Pac-10 cost-cutting proposals

COST CONTAINMENT PROPOSALS HIGHLIGHT PAC-10 MEETINGS

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--Cost containment measures highlighted the
actions of Pacific-10 Conference leaders in just concluded meetings.
The Conference will forward a number of legislative proposals to the
NCAA and will request the Association to handle the proposals on an
expedited basis.

The legislation includes a proposal to sponsor NCAA legislation in
cross-country, field hockey, women's lacrosse, soccer, softball and
volleyball to specify that any intercollegiate competition during the
non-championship segment shall count against the maximum contest/dates
of competition for the championship segment. Another proposal would
eliminate the ability for institutions to provide housing at an on- or
off-campus location, such as a hotel, the night before a home regular
season contest in all sports unless the competition site is more than
25 miles from its campus. Also proposed is the elimination of
publication of printed media guides, recruiting brochures or any sport-
specific publication, and elimination of institutional and conference
foreign tours in all sports. The Pac-10 also is recommending the
elimination of regional competition in the NCAA Track & Field
Championships.

The Pac-10 Council also approved a number of internal cost containment
initiatives, including smaller student-athlete and support staff
travel squad sizes for regular-season and Conference championship
competition, suspension of the provision of participation awards to
student-athletes at Conference championships and elimination of some
social activities at championships. The actions are expected to save
Conference members more than $1.0 million in the aggregate.

In other action, the Conference approved a policy limiting
institutions to one road weekday football game per season when classes
are in session, discussed interest in studying the viability of
establishing a Conference television network, met with interested bowl
game organizations regarding affiliations for the 2010-13 bowl cycle
and approved in concept holding the 2011 Pac-10 Women's Basketball
Tournament at USC's Galen Center.

The Conference Medal, awarded annually to each institution's
outstanding senior male and female student-athlete, was renamed the
Tom Hansen Conference Medal in honor of Hansen, who is retiring at the
end of June after 26 years as Pac-10 Commissioner.

New Conference officers were named for 2009-10. Arizona faculty
athletics representative Jory L. Hancock was named president and
Washington State athletics director James M. Sterk and Arizona State
senior associate athletics director Dawn M. Rogers were named vice
presidents. President Michael M. Crow of Arizona State begins a two-
year term as Chair of the Chief Executive Officers Group.