Board of Visitors minutes :: April 6, 1973 :: University of Virginia Library

RESOLVED by The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia that the following statement be and it is hereby approved:
(1) That responsibility for administration of the Department of Athletics shall be placed on a Director of University Athletic Programs, who shall have faculty status and the pay of a Department Head, and that the Director of University Athletic Programs shall be responsible to the President of the University.
(2) That the faculty shall, as heretofore, have the responsibility of setting the standards required for the maintenance of acceptable academic standing for students in general; that students who maintain such standards shall be eligible to represent the University in athletic competition, subject to such regulations as may be established by the administrative authorities of the University, including the Board of Visitors, regarding eligibility in respects other than that of acceptable academic standing. The policy of the University concerning scholarships which may be awarded to students who participate in intercollegiate athletics is reserved for decision by the Board of Visitors, which may act with the benefit of recommendations from the administrative authorities, the Student Aid Foundation, and the Advisory Council hereinafter mentioned.
(3) That an Advisory Council on Athletics be established which shall consist of:
(a) Four members from the Faculty, appointed by the President;
(b) Four members from the Alumni Association, elected by its Board of Managers, at least two of whom shall be members of the Board of the Virginia Student Aid Foundation; and,
(c) Four members from the Student Body, elected by the Student Council, two of whom shall be President of Student Athletic Council and the Senior Intramural Manager;
that this Advisory Council shall be authorized to select its own Chairman and to adopt rules or regulations governing its sessions and the transaction of its business; that the Advisory Council shall be required to meet once in each calendar quarter and at such additional times as may appear necessary, on call of its chairman or of the Director of University Athletic Programs; that the Director of University Athletic Programs shall be required to report to the Council at each meeting concerning his administration of the Department and to suggest to the Council for its discussion and for advisory action any questions then existing or anticipated by the Director of University Athletic Programs as likely as to arise prior to the next regularly scheduled Council meeting; that this Council shall have the function of advising with the Director of University Athletic Programs concerning all major decisions affecting the administration of his Department, or referring to the Board of Visitors, through the President, for its consideration questions of policy deemed by the Council to be appropriate for Board action, and of recommending in like manner to the Board of Visitors action on any question concerning the Department, referred by the Board to the Council.
(4) That the administration of the Department of Athletics shall be under the supervision of the President and administrative authorities of the University, and that decision on all questions involved in its operation shall, as in other phases of the University's activities, be subject to review and final determination by the Board of Visitors.