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Opposition Grows to NCAA Proposal To Eliminate Athletics Scholarships
Two nationally prominent organizations — representing Division III faculty and students — have weighed in against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) proposal to eliminate the ability of Division III institutions to award athletic grants-in-aid to Division I student-athletes.
The proposal “will impose a burden on the affected institutions in terms of potential damage to their institutional identities, while no significant benefit will accrue to other membership institutions.”
—The NCAA Division III Faculty Athletics Representatives Association —
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The NCAA Division III Faculty Athletics Representatives Association (FARA) has objected to the proposal, stating that it “will impose a burden on the affected institutions in terms of potential damage to their institutional identities, while no significant benefit will accrue to other membership institutions.”
A prominent students’ organization also is speaking out against the proposal. The NCAA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) has voted to support an amendment that will nullify the offending proposal.
Rensselaer and other opponents of the rule change continue to gear up for the debate on the rule change at the NCAA convention Jan. 12 in Nashville, Tenn. An amendment (labeled 65-1) to block the proposal was written and submitted to the NCAA by Rensselaer and the other seven Division III institutions that “play up” in a Division I sport.
“We are working hard to build support for our amendment in opposition to the proposed rule change that would eliminate Rensselaer’s ability to give athletic scholarships to our ice hockey players,” Rensselaer Athletics Director Ken Ralph said. “The important support of the Division III faculty and student organizations is proof that our education efforts are paying off. But there is a lot more work to be done.”
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