The Management Council finished its final meeting on Monday. The report is out in record time, and here are the highlights:
• The following proposals were approved and sent on to the Board for its meeting next week: 2007-016-B, 2007-030-C, 2007-035, 2007-040 (FCS), 2007-050-B, 2007-052 (FBS), 2007-058, 2007-061 + 2007-061-1, 2007-066 + 2007-066-1, 2007-068, 2007-078, 2007-079, 2007-081, 2007-083, 2008-004, 2008-005, 2008-006. Proposal 2008-004 is of particular note to compliance folks because it specifies that a staff interpretation that has been reviewed and approved by the Legislative Review/Interpretations Committee shall be binding on all other institutions (other than the requesting institution) on publication to the membership.
• The Management Council defeated Proposals 2007-017, 2007-031-B, 2007-039 (FCS), 2007-067 + 2007-067-1, 2007-080, 2007-092 (FCS), 2007-103.
• Two proposals were referred: 2007-092 + 2007-092-1 (FBS) and 2007-100. Two proposals were moot: 2007-030-B and 2007-050-A.
• One modification of wording was adopted (M-2008-1) to clarify that in bowl subdivision football, the U.S. service academies shall be limited to 54 evaluation days during the fall evaluation period.
• A motion to change the effective date of Proposal 2007-040 from August 1, 2008, to immediate was defeated. So, contact with signed football prospects during the spring evaluation period cannot occur in Spring 2008.
• The Management Council did not adopt emergency legislation to preclude recruiting contact with swimming prospects and their parents at the venue of the upcoming US Olympic Trials. A majority of the Management Council members supported it, but it fell short of the 75% majority required to enact emergency legislation.
• We may have seen the last of the printed Official Notice. Look for an on-line version of the next edition by November 15, 2008.
• Get ready for a new TLA: ARS (once known as ARP) will become SLR (Division I Legislative Council Subcommittee for Legislative Relief) when the governance transition is complete. The obvious parallel is that except in the rarest of cases, team uniforms change when a new coach is hired.