 | Board of Visitors minutes October 13, 1950 |  |
NCAA MATTER
The President presented a letter from Mr. H. C. Willett, President of the National Collegiate
Athletic Association, in which Mr. Willett stated that the NCAA Council at its meeting of
August 12 voted as follows:
"That the Council recommend to the next Convention of the Association that the
membership of the University of Virginia be suspended until the Constitutional Compliance
Committee certifies that the University of Virginia is in compliance with
the Constitution, By-Laws, and Regulations of the Association, such suspension to
provide that the University of Virginia shall not be eligible to enter athletes in
NCAA meets and tournaments, shall not be eligible to vote in the business affairs
of the Association, and that member institutions shall not schedule intercollegiate
athletic contests with the University of Virginia until its compliance is certified."
The President stated that the Executive Committee of the NCAA had approved by a vote of
eight to five the modification of the present rules so that it would be possible for the University
of Virginia to conform. After discussion of the matter, a resolution was adopted directing the
Special Committee of the Board on the Study of NCAA Regulations to consider the feasibility of approaching
eastern and southern institutions to determine if possible what stand each plans to take
on the present NCAA rules at the annual meeting, and further to attempt to organize support among
these institutions for the proposed recommendations of the NCAA Executive Committee. The Special
Committee was asked to explore the feasibility of securing data showing actual violations of the
present Code.
| Board of Visitors minutes October 13, 1950 | |