Transcript IPP Institutional Performance Program

Division I
Governance Review
Jackie Campbell and Kris Richardson
2014 Regional Rules Seminar
Adoption of this model will enable
Division I to:
• Operate in a more nimble and streamlined manner.
• Be more responsive to membership needs throughout
the division, particularly those of student-athletes.
• Significantly improve and alter the way Division I is
governed.
• Further enhance the division’s ability to meet
membership needs and navigate future challenges.
Unifying Principles
• Continued revenue distributions as they
currently exist.
• Ensuring the needs of all conferences are
addressed regarding championships access.
• Continuing to provide the overall benefits of a
Division I brand; with its broad and diverse
membership, Division I is an ecosystem, and
there is a strong and shared desire to keep
that system whole and fully functional.
Draft Division I Governance
Model
• Board of Directors
• Council
• Council’s Substructure
• Autonomy System
• Shared Governance System
Board of Directors
• Role – Responsibility for strategy, policy, legislative
oversight and management oversight.
• Composition – Twenty-one members. Seventeen
presidents/chancellors, one AD, one SWA, one FAR
and one student-athlete.
• Standing Committees – Will exist for major areas of
accountability in the functioning of Division I (e.g.,
finance, governance, public relations/communications,
nominations).
Council
• Role – Recommend policies to the Board,
supervise and act on championship
recommendations and issues, and vote as a
whole or by appropriate subgroup on all
“shared” governance and football legislation.
• Composition – One representative from all 32
conferences, two student-athletes and four
commissioners. Sixty percent of Council shall
be athletics directors.
Council Substructure
• Anticipate major redesign of the
“working levels” of Division I.
• The Steering Committee has designated
three subsets of the Council – academics,
championships and legislation.
• As part of implementation process, the
Council will lead the effort to redesign
the substructure below the Council.
Academic Council
• Role – Assigned the duties of the current
Division I Committee on Academic
Performance (CAP) and Division I Academic
Cabinet.
• Reporting Lines – To the Board for academic
standards and policy-related issues, and to the
Council for legislative proposals.
• Composition – Fifteen to twenty members.
Autonomy
• Autonomy System – Institutions in five
conferences (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, PAC-12,
SEC ) would be afforded independent
decision-making authority on specified issues,
through a decision-making process intended
to ensure full institutional participation among
the 65-member institutions, as well as the
opportunity for input from the broader
Division I membership.
Areas of Autonomy
• The autonomous system is designed to allow permissive
use of resources by members to advance the legitimate
educational or athletics-related needs of studentathletes, as well as to enhance their general well being.
• Examples of legislation that would fall into this
category:
 Increasing the maximum value of a grant-in-aid to the
full coast of attendance.
 Rules that have a direct impact on expenses incurred
by a student-athlete and his/her family that are
associated with the competitive experience.
Autonomy Voting Process
• Each of the 65-member institutions will appoint one
representative and three student-athletes to cast votes
on legislation in the autonomous category (80 total
votes).
• Business Session –The Five-Conference Business Session
shall be the venue for the authorized representative to
cast his/her institution’s vote on issues in the
autonomous system. An annual business session shall be
scheduled. Additional business sessions may be
scheduled with a 60-day written notice provided to the
five conferences, their 65-member institutions, the
Division I Board and Council.
Autonomous Voting Process
(continued)
• Five-Conference Forum – A Five-Conference
Forum shall be conducted annually prior to the
business session. The Forum shall be a town hall
meeting and the agenda shall include:
o Autonomous issues, including proposed
changes;
o Shared governance issues;
o Current topics I intercollegiate athletics, and
o Other items deemed appropriate.
Autonomous Voting Process
(continued)
• Introduction of legislation – An item may be
introduced into the legislative process by support of
one conference.
• Adoption of legislation – Adoption of legislation in
the autonomous area requires a two/thirds majority of
the group of 80 and four out of the five conferences
approval by a simple majority vote within conferences.
• Override – Decisions made through the autonomy
system shall be final and not subject to override.
Shared Governance System
• Includes matters that require consideration by all 32
conferences, areas of focus that do not fit into the
autonomous category, or those related to football.
• Areas would include championships administration and
policy, oversight of membership standards, legislation that
requires consideration by all conferences, or FBS or FCS
conferences, and management of sport/topic-specific studies
intended to formulate recommendations for action by the
Council.
Examples of Areas under Shared
Governance
• Academic standards and performance
expectations.
• Team scholarship limitations.
• Playing seasons.
• Recruiting (except items identified for
specific purposes in the legislative
autonomy section).
Shared Governance Voting
Process
• Weighted Voting for the Council
o Five conferences = 4 to 1 ratio (38.7 percent)
o Other five FBS conferences = 2 to 1 ratio (19.4
percent)
o 22 FCS and DI conferences = 1 to 1 ratio (38.7
percent)
o Two student-athletes = 1 to 1 ratio (3.2 percent)
*Commissioner votes are included within the
category they represent.
Rescission/Nullification Process
• Two/thirds majority vote required.
• If legislation approved with an 85 percent or higher
majority vote, rescission is not an option.
• Eliminate current triggers – One request for rescission
within 60-day period of adoption.
• Rescission of legislation restores applicable bylaw(s) to
original state and legislation would not be subject to
further consideration for a two-year period.
Voting on Football-Specific
Legislation
• Voting on football matters will be considered separately by FBS
and FCS conferences.
• FBS – Weighted voting.

ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, SEC and PAC-12 votes count 2 to 1.

AAC, C-USA, MAC, MWC and Sun Belt count 1 to 1.
• FCS – No weighted voting.
• Rescission/Nullification – Requires two/thirds majority vote of the
subdivision.
Preliminary
Implementation/Transition Strategy
• August 2014 – New governance structure
approved.
• Fall 2014 – Current Board/Steering Committee
takes lead on defining Board standing
committees.
• January 2015 – Membership votes on
championships access guarantee.
• Through January 2015 – Extend terms of Board,
Council and Cabinet members.
• January 2015 – First five conference business
session.
Preliminary Implementation/Transition
Strategy
(continued)
• January 2015 – Initial Board to take office.
• Following January 2015 Convention – Initial
Council appointed and it begins work on
developing substructure.
• Spring 2015 – Orientation for new Board
members.
• Following implementation of new governance
structure in 2015, a formal Division I strategic
plan and planning process be developed.
Questions?