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NCAA Governance News
DI Board retains current initial-eligibility sliding scale
The Division I Board of Directors on Thursday adopted legislation that would keep for the foreseeable future the test score/grade-point average sliding scale at the current level for student-athlete access to financial aid, practice and competition in the first year. Read more
Board suspends changes to recruiting communications rules
The Division I Board of Directors on Thursday suspended the rule that would have allowed coaches to communicate with recruits in new ways – including through text messaging – and lifted restrictions on numbers of contacts. Read more
Calendar moves forward for Midnight Madness
Men’s basketball teams will be allowed to begin their first practice – celebrated at many schools with Midnight Madness events – up to two weeks earlier than in the past, starting this fall. The proposal was finalized at the close of the Division I Board of Directors meeting Thursday. Read more
DII Presidents endorse Academic Task Force report
Division II moved one major step closer to major changes in its academic standards Thursday when the Presidents Council voted to endorse the recommendations of the Academic Task Force. Read more
DIII presidents dive into membership survey results
With budget issues, recruiting policies and championship resource allocations likely to dot the Division III agenda in the coming years, the governing body responsible for setting strategic direction began reviewing survey results that could help plot the course in those important areas. Read more
Division I
DI Board recognizes new conference,
changes bowl qualification
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick
NCAA.org
The Division I Board of Directors on Thursday officially recognized the prospective Big East Conference as a Division I multisport conference, effective Aug. 1.
Members of the new conference include Butler, Providence, Creighton, St. John’s, DePaul, Seton Hall, Georgetown, Villanova, Marquette and Xavier.
The addition creates changes within the current Division I governance structure as well, adding representatives of the Big East to the Leadership Council, Legislative Council and Championships/Sport Management Cabinet and changing the vote weights for the Division I (no football) conferences to 1.14 from 1.2 on those groups. The new Big East will also enter the rotation for representation on the Division I Board of Directors.
The Board also noted that on July 1, the current Big East Conference will change its name to the American Athletic Conference. That conference will maintain its positions within the governance structure.
As part of the conference discussion, the presidents adopted a resolution that requests a thorough review of voting ratios and subdivision placement issues over the next 15 months. The resolution also asks that the review take place either through a substantial agreement between conferences or through the planned evaluation of the Division I governance structure and process.
In other business, the Board decided that Football Bowl Subdivision teams with 6-6 records heading into their conference championship game will be qualified to participate in a bowl game whether they win or lose that game.
In the last two years, teams from UCLA and Georgia Tech faced that situation and received waivers to play in a bowl. The Board’s action will make future waivers for similar situations unnecessary.
Previously, 6-7 teams were eligible only through the waiver process or through qualification criteria to be used only if more bowl slots exist than qualified teams to fill them.
Thursday’s action is intended to benefit student-athletes who earn the right to participate in a conference championship but who would lose bowl eligibility as a result of that championship. Some schools assert that the original policy, making 6-7 teams eligible only if more bowl games than qualified teams exist, is sufficient. Those schools have concerns that teams with winning records may not be selected to bowls in favor of teams with losing records.
In 2010, the membership changed bowl eligibility criteria to make 6-6 teams eligible for bowls. The arguments for the change included providing a bowl experience for student-athletes and a belief that total bowl game numbers will be determined by the market.
The rule change will be effective for the 2013 football season.
