The NCAA Division I membership voted (narrowly) to uphold the multi-year scholarship proposal. The proposal survived the override vote process, which concluded on Friday, February 17, 2012. The NCAA announced on its website that the multi-year scholarship proposal (Proposal No. 2011-97) was “one of several measures the Division I Board of Directors adopted in the wake of an August 2011 presidential retreat”. The NCAA also stated “Division I schools will have the option to offer scholarships guaranteed for more than one year. Of 330 institutions voting, 62.12% percent voted to override the legislation. A 62.5% majority of those voting was required to override legislation. More than 90% of Division I institutions voted.”
For more information on the legislation and the override vote, click here (NCAA website) and here (Inside Higher Ed website).
The Michael L. Buckner Law Firm will provide compliance strategies to avoid rules-violations involving the implementation of this legislation in the March 2012 issue of Collegiate Athletics Best Practices Alert newsletter, which will be released on March 21, 2012. Previous issues of the newsletter, as well as other resources, can be viewed by clicking here.
