NCAA SELF-STUDY CERTIFICATION

MINUTES OF THE FISCAL INTEGRITY SUBCOMMITTEE

MARCH 6, 2003, 2:00 P.M.

Present:          Ed Nolan, Gadis Dillon, Simon Dover, Edward Farragher, Nicholas O’Shea, Ryan Rzepka, Linda Switzer, Cheryl Verbruggan, Tracy Huth, Jane Bentham

Ed Nolan convened a discussion on Operating Principle 3.2.7.  Ed Nolan, Simon Dover and Linda Switzer comprised a subcommittee responsible for addressing 3.2.7 and prepared a draft response.  The draft had been previously emailed to all members of the subcommittee.  Ed Nolan also handed out various support materials including three years of Athletic Department financial statements to facilitate the ensuing discussion.

The Fiscal Integrity Subcommittee is to determine whether each sport at OU meets the criteria set forth in 3.2.7.  Committee members were encouraged to voice their opinions and raise questions.  Ed also reminded everyone that for each no answer, the subcommittee must come up with a plan as required by the NCAA.  Discussion followed.

The committee completed discussion on all tier one sports and some tier two sports (through women’s softball).  Consensus was reached on responses to the questions raised in operating principle 3.2.7.

Minor revisions were suggested for the draft documents discussed.  Ed will see that the changes are made.

Since we didn’t finish discussing the draft, another meeting of the Fiscal Integrity Subcommittee has been scheduled for Thursday, March 13, 2:00-5:00 p.m. in the Honors College Conference Room.