Everything you ever wanted to know about NCAA legislation and the legislative process.
Key Dates
The 2011-12 legislative calendar and meeting dates. "You are here" is indicated in red; votes on legislation are marked with a ∆.
June 21, 2011
Awards/Benefits Cabinet meeting
Agenda • Report
June 22-23, 2011
Recruiting Cabinet meeting
Agenda • Report
June 24, 2011
Championships Cabinet teleconference
Agenda • Report
June 27-28, 2011
Academic Cabinet meeting
Agenda • Report
June 28-29, 2011
Amateurism Cabinet meeting
Agenda and Supplements 1-11, 12-17 • Report
June 29, 2011
Administration Cabinet meeting
Agenda • Report
July 14, 2011
Legislative Council conference call
∆ Review of Proposals 2009-100-A and 2010-30 as part of override process.
Report
July 15, 2011
Conference, cabinet legislation submission deadline.
August 2, 2011
Leadership Council meeting
Agenda • Report
August 11, 2011
Board of Directors meeting
Agenda • Report
August 15, 2011
Publication of Proposed Legislation available online. Legislative Council Administrative Committee forwards legislation to cabinets.
September 12-13, 2011
Academic Cabinet meeting
Agenda • Report
Legislative Resources
Places to find help.
- NCAA Division I governance agendas and reports are available via home pages of various governance committees. Here are several of interest:
• Board of Directors
• Leadership Council
• Legislative Council
• Academic Cabinet
• Administration Cabinet
• Amateurism Cabinet
• Championships/Sports Management Cabinet
• Student-Athlete Awards, Benefits, and Financial Aid Cabinet
• Recruiting Cabinet
- 2011-12 Division I Publication of Proposed Legislation (POPL).
- 2011-12 Official Notice.
- Legislative proposals FAQ.
- Use LSDBi to track specific proposals and create legislative summaries.
- The NCAA's Legislative Action and Issues page
NCAA Manual Updates
As we move through the 2011-12 legislative calendar we will list here newly adopted proposals in effect (unless otherwise indicated) and adopted since the publication of the 2011-12 NCAA Manual.
To see other legislation that has been adopted and which has a future effective date (usually 8/1/2012), use LSDBi.
2011-9: Increases, from 15 to 18, the number of members of the NCAA Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee and the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics and specifies that the composition of the committees shall be equally distributed among the three divisions; further, specifies that each committee shall include a current chancellor or president from each division. (Adopted 8/2011)
2011-10: Increases, from 30 to 75 [from 15 to 25 for NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) specific legislation], the requisite number of requests to initiate an override of the adoption or defeat of a legislative proposal and, from 100 to 125 (from 40 to 50 for FCS specific legislation), the requisite number of requests to suspend a legislative change; further, establishes the minimum numbers to initiate an override and to suspend legislation specific to the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) as 25 and 50, respectively. (Adopted 8/2011)