Agenda
FC Athletics Committee
Old Business:
1. Further discussion of
committee charge.
The Faculty Handbook describes the charge of the Athletics
Committee as follows:
This Committee shall formulate and recommend policies regarding
the role of organized athletics, both intramural and intercollegiate, in the
life of the university. The committee
shall particularly monitor and report on the sources and expenditure of Athletic
Department funds and health of the academic programs undertaken by students who
participate in intercollegiate athletics (p.76).
For comparison, I provide the following
description of the charge of the Athletics Council:
The purpose of Athletic Council is to monitor
policies and procedures involving intercollegiate athletics, recommend
revisions and additions to policies and procedures and provide counsel on
matters relating to athletics. The constitution of the
Athletic Council is approved by the President and the Board of Regents and the
Council is advisory to the President and the Athletic Director. Membership of
the Council totals 15 voting members: 7 faculty, 1 administrator
representative, 2 staff, 2 students and 3 alumni. Also, six
ex officio members. Members are nominated by their group and appointed
by the President or Faculty Council.
The Athletic Council has four standing
committees. Academic Integrity engages in by-semester reviews of grades for
progress toward a degree. They also review schedules for competitions/missed
classes and make recommendations to the Executive Vice President, who has the
final say on the approval of those schedules. They provide a yearly report of
the academic integrity at OSU based on computer runs by Institutional Research,
aggregated by sports. Equity, Welfare and Sportsmanship reviews Title IX
compliance and tracking and also looks at the sportsmanship policy. Fiscal
Integrity looks at bottom line financial figures and two times a year provides
presentations of finances to the Athletic Council. Governance and Rules
Compliance serves largely in a monitoring role, tracking any possible
violations that might occur.
2. Discussion of issues for the coming year.
The following were mentioned at the last meeting
1. A comparison of the
advising services available to athletes and those available to other students.
2. Tracking athletes to
determine what happens to them after they leave OSU.
It was suggested that we
begin by tracking what happened to athletes who left OSU in 1992 and 1997. Moder and Allen will investigate what
information may be already available.
3. Interviews with various
students to determine their views on issues or problems with intramural and
intercollegiate athletics. Scholarship
athletes from football and basketball and from smaller sports would be invited,
as well as students not involved in intercollegiate athletics.
Other business