The new measures of autonomy in collegiate athletics allows schools from the Power Five conferences to create legislation for all of Division I schools to follow if they choose. The NCAA announced Friday that 72 such proposals were presented by the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC to be voted on in January.
Among the proposals are two directly that would put an end to the satellite camp debate. From the NCAA release:
An ACC proposal that would apply to all of Division I if adopted would require a Football Bowl Subdivision school’s camp to be held on the school’s campus and limit FBS coaches and football personnel to working at only those camps. A similar proposal from the SEC would limit FBS coaches and football personnel to working at camps sponsored by his or her school.
Additionally, the Pac-12 notably submitted a proposal to allow student-athletes to “use their names, images and likenesses to promote their own non-athletic business ventures.” The proposal comes in the months following the conclusion of the Ed O’Bannon lawsuit, which would allow schools to pay football and men’s basketball players around $5,000 a year for using their names, images and likenesses for athletic purposes.
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The Pac-12 also called for the establishment of a “contiguous eight-hour period between 9 p.m. – 6 a.m. where athletic activities cannot be required” and a mandated “three-week discretionary period for student-athletes immediately following the conclusion of their seasons,” among others.
Elsewhere, the Mountain West proposed allowing NCAA championships to be held in states (i.e. Nevada) that allow sports wagering while the MAC wants to “lift all restrictions on communicating with recruits over social media.”
According to a joint release from the Power Five conferences, these proposals now enter a “period of preliminary review and refinement” where amendments can be presented and conferences can join forces “to support a concept through co-sponsorship.”
Proposals must take their “final form” by Nov. 15, the release said. At that point, they will be “published and made available for comment by all of the Division I membership” ahead of voting at the Jan. 15, 2016 NCAA Convention.
“Our universities have made significant strides to modernize college athletics and improve the student-athlete experience,” the Power Five commissioners said in a joint statement. “There is more work to do, but collectively we have sharpened our focus on the overall objective of preparing our student-athletes to succeed on and off the field – in college and in life.”
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