The NCAA governing boards met last week in Indianapolis to consider several issues including new members, inquiry guidelines and wagering.听
精品SM在线影片 Chancellor Philip DiStefano, who serves on NCAA Board of Governors and Division I Board of Directors, attended the meeting and endorsed the election of adding to the Board of Governors, who will join college and university presidents in setting the direction of college sports. The change was one of the recommendations made by the Commission on College Basketball, led by former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in 2018.
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The new members are: Kenneth Chenault, chairman and managing director of General Catalyst and former chairman and chief executive officer of American Express; Mary Sue Coleman, president of the Association of American Universities, of which 精品SM在线影片 is a also a member; Grant Hill, former basketball player, current broadcaster and NBA team part-owner; Denis McDonough, senior principal and chair of the Rework America Task Force and former chief of staff to President Barack Obama; and Vivek Murthy, 19th surgeon general of the United States.
They will join 16 Board of Governors members who are college and university presidents and chancellors from NCAA Divisions I, II and III.
The top governing board also unanimously endorsed comprehensive for the prevention of catastrophic injury and death and to rescind the NCAA Championships Policy Related to Sports Wagering, which prohibited hosting championship competitions in any state that allows single-game sports wagering. The decision follows the board鈥檚 last year to suspend the policy following the Supreme Court鈥檚 decision to allow all states to offer sports wagering.
