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PLANNING

Response deadline approaches for strategic plan survey

Staff contact: David Berst (dberst@ncaa.org).

SPORTS WAGERING

Faculty representatives to assist with gambling survey

Faculty athletics representatives at NCAA member institutions have been sent a survey that will help the NCAA Committee on Sportsmanship and Ethical Conduct determine the scope and extent of sports wagering by student-athletes on campuses. The study will be the first of its kind to address the issue on a national scale.

The Faculty Athletic Representatives Association's executive committee endorsed participation in the study last spring. Faculty representatives were selected as the conduit for the survey based on their experience in administering the NCAA Study of Substance Abuse Habits of College Student-Athletes, a study compiled every four years. The National Study on Collegiate Sports Wagering will be conducted in a similar manner. FARs at member institutions are being asked to administer the study to student-athletes in two preselected sports by November 20.

Survey results will assist the sportsmanship and ethical conduct committee in developing strategies and programs that help student-athletes resist the pressure of the growing sports wagering problem.

Staff contacts: Bill Saum (bsaum@ncaa.org) and Ron Stratten (rstratten@ncaa.org).

STRATEGIC PLANNING

Response deadline approaches for strategic plan survey

Those who have been contacted to participate in a Web survey pertaining to the NCAA strategic plan may respond through the week of September 29.

Presidents, athletics administrators, coaches, student-athletes and others have been invited to take part in the survey, which will gauge constituent reaction to a proposed NCAA core purpose, to a set of core values and to a single, large Association-wide goal. In addition, the survey inquires about proposed three- to five-year goals that support the draft purpose and values. The results of the survey will be considered only in aggregate form.

Staff contact: Jim Isch (jisch@ncaa.org).