The NCAA has announced to its membership that the recruiting deregulation proposals that were the cornerstone of the Rules Working Group Package passed by the Board of Directors in January will be reconsidered by the BoD at its May meeting. This essentially means that the proposals are overridden, since reconsideration by the Board of Directors […]
The third edition of Override Watch 2013 is against the backdrop of the Rules Working Group seeking extra feedback from conferences and member institutions about some of the proposals. There is no indication that the request for feedback is anything but sincere, but it could slow down the override process some, if schools believe concerns […]
In what has to be a bad sign for the future of the proposals, the NCAA Division I Rules Working Group is requesting feedback regarding three of the most controversial deregulation proposals adopted by the Division I Board of Directors last month. Those proposals are: Proposal 11–2, which allows any staff member to make recruiting […]
It is extremely early in the process, but the NCAA Division I Rules Working Group is kicking around some of the most revolutionary changes to financial aid in some time. A number of concepts would radically change the landscape for both headcount and equivalency sports while others would remove many of the burdens and hassles […]
Another week has passed, so it is time to check in on the override process for the Rules Working Group proposals. RWG Proposal 11-2 – Noncoaching Staff May Recruit: 12 requests This proposal has gained steam in the last week, now with 12 requests and still a long way to go before time is up. […]
Add Georgia and potentially the SEC to the list of schools that will oppose some of the key proposals in the NCAA’s first package of deregulation proposals. Unlike the Big Ten’s objections, Georgia’s seem to come from its athletic director Greg McGarity, who saw his coaches eyeing the new rules like sharks before a feeding […]
Texas A&M will have enough issues with Johnny Manziel and handling his eligibility over the next year or more, but luckily they have a tool to keep some of the mania down: online classes. According to Brent Zwerneman of the San Antonio Express-News, Manziel will take all of his classes this semester online and venture […]
Brad Wolverton has a post on the Chronicle’s Players blog about the Steering Committee of the Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics and their proposals for more of a say in athletic policy making. Among their proposals are: Create a new campus-level “academic integrity group,” to be led by a tenured faculty member, whose charge would include […]
The NCAA issued the following interpretation on how to handle situations where an athlete is required to retake the SAT or ACT in order to validate his or her score: The academic and membership affairs staff confirmed that if a student-athlete is required to retake the SAT or ACT following initial, full-time collegiate enrollment because […]
Maryland used a significant chunk of Student Assistance Fund money to buy iPads for all 500 of their athletes. At retail, that would be about $300,000. Assuming the ACC splits the SAOF money equally, Maryland would be getting maybe $325,000 to $350,000 total. Even if the iPads were leased at a volume discount, we can […]