Congratulations to our February winner, Etienne Thomas of North Carolina Central University!  Etienne won a free NAAC Convention registration compliments of ACS Athletics.

As the 2010 NAAC Convention Title Sponsor and Official Technology Consultant, ACS Athletics is proud to sponsor one free NAAC Convention registration per month leading up to the event. 

The NCAA is seeking institutional assistance as part of a review of current issues related to cancellation of SAT or ACT test scores used for NCAA initial eligibility purposes.   

Have you ever read an NCAA interpretation or legislative proposal and thought to yourself, “This will be difficult to monitor” or “This legislation will raise more questions than answers?” If you have, then we have good news! As a member of NAAC you now have the opportunity to provide significant input on legislative proposals and interpretive issues, which impact all of us as compliance professionals.

The Division I NAAC Top 10 Poll is compiled by calculating the number of NAAC members from each institution within each conference by the number of full time compliance professionals from each institution within each conference.  For example, if Conference X has 40 full time compliance members of which 20 are NAAC members, their calculation would be 20/40 = 50%. 

Dear Division I NAAC Members:

One of NAAC's goals is to create universal compliance standards to guide athletics departments and compliance professionals in their efforts to properly monitor compliance with the NCAA rules as well as establish and maintain institutional control.  Your feedback via a prior survey helped NAAC's Committee on Reasonable Standards establish a starting point for developing these standards.  We have drafted a few potential standards (relative to complimentary admissions, recruiting evaluations and contacts, and countable athletically-related activities) and now want to make sure that they reflect tasks that are reasonable based on current practices.  Thus, it is important that we gather your feedback regarding how you are monitoring the selected areas as we prepare to solidify the details of each of the currently drafted standards.

CLEVELAND -- NAAC is accepting proposals for session topics to be presented at the 2010 Convention at the Marriott Hotel in Anaheim, Calif. on June 21-22, 2010. Sessions are generally 45 to 60 minutes in length. Proposals may be submitted for the entire group at the Convention (estimated 250 people) or for smaller breakout sessions.

Cleveland, Ohio -- The National Association for Athletics Compliance (NAAC) has announced the launch of "NAACConnect.com," presented and developed in a partnership with ScoutForce LLC.

NAACConnect.com will be a one-stop shop for current members to share ideas, upload documents and discuss compliance topics and legislative proposals using this new interactive web tool.  As a compliance professional, it is important to stay up-to-date on current issues and have the ability to engage in national dialogue and interact with other athletics administrators in the field.  NAACConnect.com gives NAAC members this opportunity.

What an exciting time to be a member of NAAC! This collective group of compliance professionals has begun to change the face of athletics compliance as we know it. As a profession, the compliance industry has experienced exponential growth over the last 20 years and NAAC’s goal of providing service to the compliance industry has never been stronger.