Budget set at $168 million; fiscal planning becomes priority Fiscal planning will become a general operating budget for next catastrophic athletics injury insur- on those rcsourccs hcfore the budget championships transportation and priority tor NCAA committees be- fiscal year, which amounts to anct to all student-athletes at all is finalircd. per diem payments in Division II. cause of actions taken August 12-I 3 $ I68,722.OOO, the committee noted NCAA member institutions would Also adopted was a policy that Instead, those now will he hudgetcd by the Association’s Executive Com- that 1991-92 would he a difficult cost $3.5 million. mnndatcs development of guidelines line items. Any surpluses or deficits mittee, which met in Carlsbad, Cal- year inasmuch as new funds gencr- Other Executive Committee ac- IO bc followed by all NCAA com- will be included in the general oper- ifornia. In addition lo approving a atrd by the CBS Sports television tions mandate that the Association’s mittces for fiscal planning in threc- ating hudget as such. 1991-92 gcncral operating budget in contract already had been commit- standing committees consider the year cycles. Also at its August meeting, the cxccss of $168 million, the commit- ted by previous Executive Commit- financial impact ot potential recom- In approving the 1991-92 NCAA Executive Committee annually rc- tee also took actions to set that the tee actions. mendations and submit those in budget, the Executive Committee views legislative proposals for the financial impact of cornmittcc rem It was noted that carhcr action to advance of annual budget discus- noted that fine-tuning adjustments Association’s annual Convention. quests for services and programs is discontinue the football television sions. still would need to be made to At this meeting, the committee did considered in advance of the assessment will result in an csti- Intended by the action is an ap- certain line items. not endorse any proposed legislation NCAA’s annual budgetary process. mated 1Y91-92rcvenuelossof$l.75 proach to annual budget planning In reviewing the Association’s with a budgetary impact. In reviewing the-Asslciation’s million, while action to provide that will allow the Executive Corn- financial plan for the coming year, Two appeals of automatic+uali- mittcc to get a handle on availahlc the committee also voted to discon- fication criteria for the Division I resources and rcqucsts being made tinue lump-sum allocations for SW Ulrc~gPl.pu$y~ 3 Certification subcommittee aims for ‘93 Convention Council supports academic package While the NC--AA Council fo- The NCAA Council has joined ing-eligibility requirement tying a cosponsored by hot h groups, as was cused on Icgislation lor the 1992 the Presidents Commission in spon- student-athlrtc’s college GPA to most of the reform package at last NCAA (‘onvcntlon in its soring a scrics of proposals for the that rrquircd for graduation at that January’s Convention. summct niceting *in Sun Valley, 1992 NCAA Convention that will institutions Division I will vote on: Idaho, there also was a harbinger strengthen acadcniic requirements Division 11 alrcudy has Its own l lncrcasing the number of high- of things lo conic: certification for athletics eligibility. satisfactory-progress GPA rcquirc- School core courses from I I to 17. of member institutions’ athletics Meeting July 3 I-August 2 in Sun nicnt in place. with the additional courses in Eng- programs Valley, Idaho, the Council agreed to Thus. the academic package lish. math and physical or naturirl The Council Subcommittee cosponsor all of the academic pro- the Plcsidents Commission’s prim science; on Certilication. appointed in posals developed by the Academic mary thrust for this year will bc SW C ~mmil, pcqy -7 May and chaired by Univcruity Requi.rements Committrc and spon- of Nevada. Rcno, President Jo- sored earlier by the Presidents Corn- CEOs’ deadline approaches scph N. Crowlcy. held its first mission. meeting In conjunction with the The entire package will be span- l‘hc dcadlinc