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Message: [QUOTE="CL82, post: 948554, member: 44"] I'm not a huge fan of litigating but unless we put a stop to this we've effectively become a Div. 2 school. See below. [INDENT][B][COLOR=#ff0000]In order to allow the five highest-resource conferences (the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big 12 Conference, Big Ten Conference, Pac-12 Conference and Southeastern Conference) to address their unique challenges, the model would grant them autonomy to make rules on specific matters affecting the interests of student-athletes.[/COLOR][/B] The university presidents who serve on the steering committee continue to seek more clarity and specificity about these proposed areas of autonomy. While retaining the concepts that were included in the “actionable” category, the board decided that the process it had identified as “actionable” - requiring the conferences other than the highest-profile five to take a separate vote – would not be included in the proposal. The steering committee is seeking more feedback on the how the remaining 27 conferences would want to apply decisions made by the 65 schools in the five highest-profile conferences. Areas in which the membership generally agrees on autonomy for the five conferences include: [LIST] [*]financial aid, including full cost of attendance and scholarship guarantees; [*]insurance, including policies that protect future earnings; [*]academic support, particularly for at-risk student-athletes; and [*]other support, such as travel for families, free tickets to athletics events, and expenses associated with practice and competition (such as parking). [/LIST] The steering committee continues to discuss other areas that could be included in the areas of autonomy, including the creation of mandatory time away from athletics for student-athletes; eliminating rules that prohibit student-athletes from pursuing careers outside of athletics while still competing (for example, making music and art or writing a book); recruiting; transfer issues; and athletics department personnel. [B][COLOR=#ff0000]The board will seek feedback on some questions raised by members of governance bodies in recent days, including: the process by which items decided by the full division could become part of the list of autonomous areas; the voting, interpretation and enforcement processes within the five highest-profile conferences; and the core structure that separates not only the five highest-profile conferences into their own group but also continues a separation of the next five conferences (the American Athletic Conference, Conference-USA, Mid-American Conference, Mountain West Conference and Sun Belt Conference) from the remaining 22.[/COLOR][/B][/INDENT] The NCAA is like Chamberlin at the Munich Conference. If this power grab isn't stopped now, things will only be worse down the road. Let's see if Aresco grows a sack and challenges this within 24 hours. [/QUOTE]

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