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LEGISLATION

Membership proposals include 131 submissions in Division I

The second year of Division I's single annual legislative cycle, combined with the traditional method of sponsoring legislative proposals in Divisions II and III, has generated a total of 140 membership proposals for consideration for 2005. That figure nearly doubles the 73 proposals submitted last year.

Division I is responsible for 131 proposals (59 last year) that will be considered in the 12-month legislative cycle. Those proposals, generated from within the Division I governance structure or submitted by conferences, will undergo cabinet review this fall, then discussion and initial Management Council review at the NCAA Convention in January. They'll receive final consideration from the Council and Board of Directors in April.

Division II members submitted six proposals -- the same total as last year -- and Division III members offered three (compared with eight last year) for consideration during division business sessions at the 2005 Convention in Dallas.

STAFF CONTACT: Lynn Holzman (lholzman@ncaa.org)

BUDGET

Executive Committee approves record budgets for biennium

The NCAA Executive Committee approved budget allocations for the next fiscal biennium, featuring record budgets over the next two years.

The plan features budgets of $485.7 million for fiscal-year 2004-05 and $521.1 million for fiscal-year 2005-06, more than a 7 percent increase each year.

The Executive Committee began approving the Association's operating budget on a biennial basis four years ago. In this process, Executive Committee members approve the total budget for the first year of the biennium and new initiatives only for the second year of the biennium.

About 90 percent of the revenues in the 2004-05 budget are derived from the television and marketing rights contracts.

Of the 2004-05 budget allocations, about $338.5 million represent Division I allocations and expenses. Divisions II and III allocations and expenses total $21.2 million and $15.4 million, respectively. More than $24 million will go toward student-athlete programming, and youth programs and services.

STAFF CONTACT: Jim Isch (jisch@ncaa.org)