WCU Athletics Committee

Meeting of 11 April 2008

 

Present: Swanger, Cipriano, Cooper, Boan, Beaudet, Causby, Smith, Brown, Knotts, Cantler, and Abel.

 

Not Present: Grube, Wooten, Menickelli, Mickelsson, Walker, McCoy, Wilfong

 

Meeting called to order at 1205 in the UC Rogers Room.

 

I. Approval of Minutes – minutes from previous meeting will be available at next meeting.

 

II. Old Business

• A recent appeal decision overruled the decision of the Athletic Department.
• A basketball player’s request to transfer was denied.
• Coach Wagner has been invited to a future meeting of the committee.

 

III. New Business

• Chip Smith went over the budget/handout
• went over the budget line by line explaining each
• explained that athletics can receive no money which arises from state appropriatons
• said there was a rising cost of secondary insurance
• explained the effect of Davidson’s post season appearances on the conference and conference funding
• explained the different scholarship numbers for Women’s BB and Men’s BB
• said that the difference between the budget of $6.0 million and the summary (expenses) of $6.4 million was the salaries for coach teaching
• said that guarantee money goes to the respective teams except for Football
• responded that in order to achieve equity for scholarships overall, more money is made available to Women’s Track and Golf than to Men’s Track and Golf
• Fred Cantler said that though Football had scheduled practice at 0600 in the morning to allow athletes to be students, there continued to be class scheduling/practice time conflicts, but that an absentee policy favorable to athletes was currently before the Academic Policy Review Council
• Boan, Cooper, and Menickelli will provide a report of academic support services for student-athletes at the next meeting

 

IV. Next meeting at 12 noon on 25 April 2008 in the UC Rogers Room.

 

Meeting adjourned at 1251.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Malcolm Abel