The NCAA Constitution Committee met again this week, discussing the survey results from the campus outreach that occurred last month. An executive summary and the full results are available on the committee's ncaa.org page.
"The Constitution Committee has been meeting for a month while engaging with colleagues through conversations, conducting a comprehensive survey, receiving presentations from segments of college athletics and studying the financial model," said Robert M. Gates, Constitution Committee chair and independent member of the NCAA Board of Governors. "As part of our existing governance model, changes must be made across the Association, which requires all three divisions to engage and participate."
The Board of Governors and President Mark Emmert took the unprecedented step of calling for a Special Convention to directly address the fundamental issues surrounding college sports. The Special Convention is intended to propose dramatic changes to the NCAA Constitution to reimagine aspects of college sports so the Association can more effectively meet the needs of current and future college athletes.
"Successfully drafting a new constitution will unlock the ability of the three divisions — especially Division I — to make the changes required to not encounter these setbacks again and to continue governing itself," said Jack DeGioia, Board of Governors chair, Constitution Committee member and Georgetown president. "The passage of a new constitution in January 2022 sets the stage in the months to follow for the divisions to begin work on reimagining their own governance model, rules and standards."
For more on this week's meeting of the Constitution Committee, read the committee's statement.
