Governance and Commitment to Rules Compliance Subcommittee Members:

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Operating Principles to be addressed by Governance and Commitment to Rules Compliance Subcommittee during the period of Self-Study

Excerpt from the 2002-03 Division I Athletics Certification Self-Study Instrument pages 7-9):

1.1 Mission of the Athletic Program and the Institution. Maintaining intercollegiate athletics as an integral part of the educational program is a basic purpose of the Association. Consistent with this fundamental policy,

1. The institution shall demonstrate that the mission and goals of the athletics program:

   1. Relate clearly to the mission and goals of the institution;
   2. Support educational objectives; academic progress and general welfare of student-athletes;
   3. Support equitable opportunity for all students and staff, including women and minorities;
   4. Embrace the Association's principles of sportsmanship and ethical conduct;
   5. Are widely circulated among the institution's internal and external constituencies.
   
   

2. The institution shall demonstrate that the actual practices of the institution's athletics program are consistent with the athletics program mission and goals.

1.2 Institutional Control, Presidential Authority and Shared Responsibilities. The Association's principle of institutional control vests in the institution the responsibility for the conduct of its athletics program, including the actions of its staff members and representatives of its athletics interests. In fulfilling this principle, the institution shall demonstrate that:

1. The institution's governing board provides oversight and broad policy formulation for intercollegiate athletics in a manner consistent with other units of the institution.

2. The chief executive officer is assigned ultimate responsibility and authority for the operation and personnel of the athletics program.

3. Appropriate campus constituencies have the opportunity, under the purview of the chief executive officer, to provide input into the formulation of policies relating to the conduct of the athletics program and to review periodically the implementation of such policies.

1.3 Rules Compliance. Membership in the Association places the responsibility on each institution to assure that its staff, student-athletes, and other individuals and groups representing the institution's athletics interests comply with the applicable Association rules and regulations. Consistent with this responsibility, the institution shall demonstrate that:

1. It has in place a set of written policies and procedures that assign specific responsibilities in the areas of rules compliance, including assignment of direct accountability for rules compliance to the individual the chief executive officer assigns overall responsibility for the athletics program.

2. In critical and sensitive areas, institutional compliance procedures provide for the regular participation of persons outside of the athletics department.

3. Rules compliance is the subject of an ongoing educational effort.

4. A clear and unambiguous commitment to rules compliance is a central element in all personnel matters for individuals involved in the intercollegiate athletics program.

At least once very three years, its rules-compliance program is the subject of evaluation by an authority outside of the athletics department.

[Note: The effective date of this requirement is January 1998.]