NCAA votes to give Big 5 conferences autonomy (can make own rules)
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The NCAA Division I board of directors on Thursday voted 16-2 to allow the schools in the top five conferences to write many of their own rules. The autonomy measures -- which the power conferences had all but demanded -- will permit those leagues to decide on things such as cost-of-attendance stipends and insurance benefits for players, staff sizes, recruiting rules and mandatory hours spent on individual sports.
"This keeps Division I together," said board chairman and Wake Forest president Nathan Hatch. "I'm thrilled that Division I and all its virtues can be maintained, and I think this is the pathway to do so."
The top 65 schools in the richest five leagues (the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, SEC and Pac-12) can submit their own legislation by Oct. 1 and have it enacted at the January 2015 NCAA convention in Washington, D.C.
Other new rules the biggest conferences could enact include loosened restrictions involving contact between players and agents, letting players pursue outside paid career opportunities, and covering expenses for players' families to attend postseason games. Areas that will not fall under the autonomy umbrella include postseason tournaments, transfer policies, scholarship limits, signing day and rules governing on-field play.
Major conferences will still have to agree on issues; to pass a rule requires either a 60 percent majority of the 80-member panel plus three of the five power conferences or a simple majority plus four of the five leagues.
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/11321551/ncaa-board-votes-allow-autonomy-five-power-conferences
"This keeps Division I together," said board chairman and Wake Forest president Nathan Hatch. "I'm thrilled that Division I and all its virtues can be maintained, and I think this is the pathway to do so."
The top 65 schools in the richest five leagues (the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, SEC and Pac-12) can submit their own legislation by Oct. 1 and have it enacted at the January 2015 NCAA convention in Washington, D.C.
Other new rules the biggest conferences could enact include loosened restrictions involving contact between players and agents, letting players pursue outside paid career opportunities, and covering expenses for players' families to attend postseason games. Areas that will not fall under the autonomy umbrella include postseason tournaments, transfer policies, scholarship limits, signing day and rules governing on-field play.
Major conferences will still have to agree on issues; to pass a rule requires either a 60 percent majority of the 80-member panel plus three of the five power conferences or a simple majority plus four of the five leagues.
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/11321551/ncaa-board-votes-allow-autonomy-five-power-conferences
Comments
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I remember when my Mighty SMU Mustangs (made their own rules).
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My ASU Sun Devils big winners in this decision.
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damn, ? is about to look crazy... if the top 5 conferences are thought to have a monopoly on recruiting before its about to be really on now
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can my huskies of the American Athletic Conference get a pass for at least basketball lol
This wont change corruption but at least these kids can get stipends eventually. But you know damn well the type of "career oppritunities" gon be abused heavily. but i can't wait to hear about this new era of scandals and have some 30 for 30s on them in 30 years -
Back in the day Notre Dame use to pay players when they was on top.
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Its over
