Governance and Commitment to Rules Compliance

The area of Governance and Commitment to Rules Compliance refers to the governing chain of command for athletics, the integration of athletics into the institution's mission, and provisions for following NCAA Rules for student-athletes.  Th seven operating principles and a brief synopsis of each are given below.  Mr. Ron Salvatore is the chair of the Subcommittee on Governance and Rules Compliance.

• Institutional Mission.  Athletics should relate clearly to the mission of the institution, support the educational objectives of the institution, and result from a process of development and periodic review in a process that involves all major constituent groups.
• Institutional Control.  Athletics should be subject to the chain of command as the rest of the institution.
• Presidential Authority.  The chief executive officer of the institution should ultimately be responsible for the conduct of athletics.
• Shared Responsibilities.  The athletics program shall be an integral part of the educational enterprise of the institution.  As such, appropriate institutional constituencies shall have the opportunity to provide input in the formulation of policies relating to the conduct of the athletics program and scrutinize the implementation of the policies.
• Assignment of Rules-Compliance Responsibilities.  Institutions shall have a set of written policies and procedures that assign specific responsibilities in the area of rules compliance.
• Rules-Compliance Accountability.  Rules-compliance shall be the subject of an ongoing educational effort, and the commitment to rules compliance shall be a central element in personnel decisions within the athletics department.
• Rules-Compliance Evaluation.  The institution will have its rules compliance program audited by an external authority on a periodic basis.

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