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Power 5 conferences get what they want in NCAA governance proposal
The NCAA Division I steering committee released updates Friday to its proposal for a new governance structure, and it included a key element Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive and Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany had been pushing for: Lower voting thresholds for the five power conferences to pass legislation.
Instead of a two-thirds supermajority, which those two commissioners strongly opposed, the new model outlines two ways autonomous legislation can be passed. One calls for 60% approval and a majority in three of the five conferences; the other is a simple majority if it's supported by four of the five conferences.
"I think that there's good compromise," Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany told USA TODAY Sports. "We got some things. We didn't get everything that we asked for, but nobody did. ...
"The most important thing for us was to have a pathway in the autonomy structure to address student-athlete welfare issues, and we got that. I think we also got a reasonable bar for passage. We also got student-athlete engagement."
The Div. I Board of Directors will meet Aug. 7 to vote on that new structure. If it passes, each of the 65 power conference schools will have one voting representative on autonomous issues. Plus, each of the five conferences will have three voting athlete representatives for a total of 80 votes. In other words, athletes will have 18.8% of the voting power on issues that fall within autonomy.
Entire article: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...oposal-autonomy-power-5-conferences/12830313/
NCAA board steps away from brink in autonomy, saves college athletics
The NCAA board of directors may have just saved the NCAA.
There was never anything subtle about the build-up to Friday's announcement on autonomy. A seven-person subcommittee of that board approved a process for the power five conferences, in essence, to govern themselves.
If not the Pac-12, Big 12, ACC, SEC and Big Ten would have separated from the NCAA in some form. That much was clear since autonomy saw the light of day in January. With dread, some called the separation Division IV -- a division within a division. Some have speculated it would eventually mean a clean break from the NCAA.
SEC commissioner Mike Slive all but said as much. So did the Big Ten's Jim Delany. In this governance document from Friday,MAC officials ask the steering committee to adopt autonomy or risk "de facto Division IV."
The threat was real and it was scary. (Colleague Jon Solomon meticulously broke down the concerns here.)
But the board relented, pulled back from college athletics' version of the Cuban Missile Crisis. It relented on a poison pill thrown into the hundreds of pages of documents: Any legislation by the Power 5 would be subject to a super majority -- or two-thirds -- vote.
Wisely, the board settled on a lower threshold.
A super majority was too controlling, too NCAA -- unacceptable to the Power 5. Slive actually said, "Autonomy means autonomy." Like it or not, the idea is for the Power 5 to run their own house. They will become the NCAA, at least at the highest level.
They're going to be the ones push the athlete welfare agenda. They're going to be the ones to clean up transfer rules. They're going to be the ones to guarantee lifetime medical coverage. They're the ones who could even consider freshman ineligibility to purify the whole sordid enterprise.
Most important, they're the ones who are going to implement cost of attendance. By January we should be seeing athletes get paid anywhere from $1,000-$6,000 above their tuition.
Entire article: http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...rom-brink-in-autonomy-saves-college-athletics
Colleges: Ohio State A.D. Gene Smith feels NCAA will OK changes
The NCAA will cast a vote in 20 days that could alter the operations and oversight of college sports’ governing body in favor of revenue-rich schools such as Ohio State.
Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith is confident that the vote by the Division I board of directors will grant the autonomous power sought by the five wealthiest conferences, including the Big Ten.
“I think the outcome is going to be highly positive,” Smith said. “I think in the end, we’ll be able to do what we want to do for our student-athletes in our types of institutions.”
Entire article: http://buckeyextra.dispatch.com/content/stories/2014/07/18/smith-feels-ncaa-will-ok-changes.html
The NCAA Division I steering committee released updates Friday to its proposal for a new governance structure, and it included a key element Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive and Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany had been pushing for: Lower voting thresholds for the five power conferences to pass legislation.
Instead of a two-thirds supermajority, which those two commissioners strongly opposed, the new model outlines two ways autonomous legislation can be passed. One calls for 60% approval and a majority in three of the five conferences; the other is a simple majority if it's supported by four of the five conferences.
"I think that there's good compromise," Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany told USA TODAY Sports. "We got some things. We didn't get everything that we asked for, but nobody did. ...
"The most important thing for us was to have a pathway in the autonomy structure to address student-athlete welfare issues, and we got that. I think we also got a reasonable bar for passage. We also got student-athlete engagement."
The Div. I Board of Directors will meet Aug. 7 to vote on that new structure. If it passes, each of the 65 power conference schools will have one voting representative on autonomous issues. Plus, each of the five conferences will have three voting athlete representatives for a total of 80 votes. In other words, athletes will have 18.8% of the voting power on issues that fall within autonomy.
Entire article: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...oposal-autonomy-power-5-conferences/12830313/
NCAA board steps away from brink in autonomy, saves college athletics
The NCAA board of directors may have just saved the NCAA.
There was never anything subtle about the build-up to Friday's announcement on autonomy. A seven-person subcommittee of that board approved a process for the power five conferences, in essence, to govern themselves.
If not the Pac-12, Big 12, ACC, SEC and Big Ten would have separated from the NCAA in some form. That much was clear since autonomy saw the light of day in January. With dread, some called the separation Division IV -- a division within a division. Some have speculated it would eventually mean a clean break from the NCAA.
SEC commissioner Mike Slive all but said as much. So did the Big Ten's Jim Delany. In this governance document from Friday,MAC officials ask the steering committee to adopt autonomy or risk "de facto Division IV."
The threat was real and it was scary. (Colleague Jon Solomon meticulously broke down the concerns here.)
But the board relented, pulled back from college athletics' version of the Cuban Missile Crisis. It relented on a poison pill thrown into the hundreds of pages of documents: Any legislation by the Power 5 would be subject to a super majority -- or two-thirds -- vote.
Wisely, the board settled on a lower threshold.
A super majority was too controlling, too NCAA -- unacceptable to the Power 5. Slive actually said, "Autonomy means autonomy." Like it or not, the idea is for the Power 5 to run their own house. They will become the NCAA, at least at the highest level.
They're going to be the ones push the athlete welfare agenda. They're going to be the ones to clean up transfer rules. They're going to be the ones to guarantee lifetime medical coverage. They're the ones who could even consider freshman ineligibility to purify the whole sordid enterprise.
Most important, they're the ones who are going to implement cost of attendance. By January we should be seeing athletes get paid anywhere from $1,000-$6,000 above their tuition.
Entire article: http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...rom-brink-in-autonomy-saves-college-athletics
Colleges: Ohio State A.D. Gene Smith feels NCAA will OK changes
The NCAA will cast a vote in 20 days that could alter the operations and oversight of college sports’ governing body in favor of revenue-rich schools such as Ohio State.
Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith is confident that the vote by the Division I board of directors will grant the autonomous power sought by the five wealthiest conferences, including the Big Ten.
“I think the outcome is going to be highly positive,” Smith said. “I think in the end, we’ll be able to do what we want to do for our student-athletes in our types of institutions.”
Entire article: http://buckeyextra.dispatch.com/content/stories/2014/07/18/smith-feels-ncaa-will-ok-changes.html