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This webinar is designed to serve as an educational tool. Our goal is to provide Presidents, Chancellors, Faculty Athletics Representatives (FAR's), Compliance Administrators, Athletic Administration senior staff, and other relevant staff with a best practice model for the role of the FAR on your campus and best practices to engage faculty on your campus on intercollegiate athletics issues.

Webinar Overview:
Who: Presidents, Chancellors, Faculty Athletics Representatives, Senior Athletics Administration staff, Compliance Administrators
What: Best practices on the role of the FAR / Engaging faculty on intercollegiate athletics issues
When: April 27, 2011 @ 4:00 pm (EDT)
Where: In the comfort of your office, we will provide you with a unique online webinar and a live Q&A.
Why: Wisdom and knowledge from your peers about the role of the FAR and how to engage faculty on intercollegiate athletics issues.

The "Top Five" reasons for participating on the "FAR Best Practices" webinar.
1. FAR's are ESSENTIAL: FAR's provide a very key role on your campus. This presentation will help outline the scope of the FAR's role and provide best practices from some of the best FAR's/administrators in the business!
2. It's all in the details: Specific examples of how the FAR relates to violations, eligibility certification, waivers, rules exams, and much more!
3. Peer expertise: Hear from well-respected peer FAR's and athletic administrators who will provide best practice models that you can take back to your campus!
4. Savvy people who share: Excellent peer institution models that are defined in detail!
5. Q&A: Speak with FAR's and athletic administrative staff after the presentation!

Registration is easy:
Cost: $35.00 for NAAC members / $50.00 for non-members
Register for the webinar: Download and fax your completed registration form to 440-892-4007 or REGISTER ONLINE

QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR REGISTRATION?: Please contact NAAC Intern Sarah Wilcox at 440-892-4000 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

GENERAL INQUIRIES? Please call, NAAC Education Committee Representatives (Josh Moon at 309-298-1964).

CLEVELAND – The National Association for Athletics Compliance (NAAC) has announced that it will welcome NCAA Vice President of Enforcement Julie Roe Lach, as its Keynote Speaker during its Annual Convention in June. Lach will address the NAAC attendees during the Association’s opening session on Wednesday, June 15 from 1-2 p.m.

Click here to read the full press release.

CLEVELAND - The National Association for Athletics Compliance (NAAC) has announced that it will begin accepting applications for its Inaugural Convention Scholarships for the June Convention.

SCHOLARSHIP NOMINATION FORM

NAAC is offering up to 10 scholarships to attend its Annual Convention, available to first time Convention attendees. Convention registration for the scholarship recipients will be waived and the winners will be allocated up to $500 each to assist in covering travel expenses (e.g., hotel, meals and flight/mileage) for the Convention. Deadline to submit applications is March 31.

To submit your application, click here and return the form to Advancement Committee Chair, Josh White ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).

The 2011 NAAC Convention presented by ACS Athletics will take place June 15-16 at the World Center Marriott Resort in Orlando, Fla. For more information, visit naacconnect.com.

NCAA AMA Online Case Management is a centralized case processing system for institutions to submit and manage waiver and reinstatement cases, communications and decisions.  All waiver and student-athlete reinstatement requests submitted February 28 and thereafter must be submitted via the AMA Online Case Management System. Any waiver or reinstatement case that is submitted prior to February 28 will continue to be processed via the previous method.  Guidelines, policies and procedures for each case type and other helpful documents are located on the Resources tab within the AMA Online Case Management System.

AMA Online Case Management, the new waiver and student-athlete reinstatement processing system, is available behind the Single-Source Sign-On System. Single-Source Administrators may add access to the application prior to its launch.  Administrators should expand the application once it has been assigned to be sure individual roles and privileges are selected to provide the user appropriate access levels.  The function for “Request a case” will be defaulted to “Yes” if the application is assigned to a user. If there is a user that should be able to view information in AMA Online, but should not be able to initiate a case, the access level should be changed to “No.”  There is a user guide and tutorial video available to assist users on the Help tab within the Single-Source Sign-On System.  Questions relating to the AMA Online Case Management System should be directed to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Click here to read the NCAA News article regarding AMA Online.

CLEVELAND – The National Association for Athletics Compliance (NAAC) is seeking nominations for the Association’s Frank Kara Leadership Award and the Organizational Leadership Award. The award winners will be honored at the 2011 NAAC Convention presented by ACS Athletics, which will take place Wednesday-Thursday, June 15-16, at the World Center Marriott Resort in Orlando, Fla.

The Frank Kara Leadership Award is NAAC’s premier award, and the highest honor that may be bestowed upon compliance professionals. This award is named in honor of former University of Minnesota Director of Compliance, Frank Kara, who was a leader in the compliance field and best known for hosting the inaugural NAAC Convention in 2006. Sadly, Frank lost his battle with cancer at the age of 40.

To be eligible for this award, the nominee must:
1. Be a NAAC member in good standing.
2. Be employed as a full-time compliance administrator at a collegiate institution, conference office or the NCAA at the time of nomination with a minimum of 5 years of full-time compliance experience.
3. Demonstrate leadership and vision for compliance initiatives both amongst his or her compliance peers and beyond to other collegiate leaders on their campus, conference office, and/or at the NCAA.
4. Demonstrate a commitment to furthering the compliance profession through active participation on NAAC committee(s).
5. Serve as a positive role model and mentor to other compliance administrators.

To nominate a member for the Frank Kara Leadership Award, click here.

The Organizational Leadership Award is given to an organizational leader (i.e., athletics director, general counsel, provost, president, commissioner, NCAA executive, etc.) who has demonstrated NCAA compliance leadership and a strong commitment to fostering a culture of compliance to NCAA rules within their organization.

To be eligible for this award, the nominee must:
1. Be employed as a full-time athletics director or some other representative from a campus, conference office or NCAA office (i.e., general counsel, provost, president, commissioner, NCAA executive, etc.) for a minimum of 2 years at the time of nomination.
2. Directly contribute to the organization’s culture and commitment to compliance with NCAA rules. This includes supporting preventative (i.e. rules education) and/or proactive efforts (i.e., implementation of compliance monitoring systems or conference/NCAA services to its members) of the organization’s compliance administrators. [Note: This does not preclude leaders who have seen their institution through a major infractions case as NAAC recognizes that often the best leadership is birthed through renewed commitment in response to the challenges associated with experiencing a major infractions case.]
3. Demonstrate strong support for the organization’s compliance administrators’ office and leadership.
4. Have a national presence on compliance-related issues or initiatives.
5. Serve as a positive role model.

To nominate a deserving individual for the Organization Leadership Award, click here.

Deadline to submit nominations for both awards is Friday, April 1.

Be a Part of the 2011 NAAC Convention: "Beyond the Bylaws"

Your proposals for general and breakout sessions are encouraged and welcome!

• NAAC is looking for compliance professionals to present "best practice" breakouts to advance the membership.
• Proposals for session topics are being accepted through February 15.

CLEVELAND -- NAAC is accepting proposals for breakout session topics to be presented at the 2011 Convention presented by ACS Athletics at the World Center Marriott Resort in Orlando, Fla. on June 15-16. Breakout sessions are generally 50 minutes in length and will complement a strong lineup of general sessions at this year's Convention.

This year, NAAC is specifically looking to offer several "best practice" breakout sessions presented by day-to-day compliance professionals covering various compliance related topics. If you feel your policies/procedures or monitoring efforts set an excellent standard within a particular area, please consider advancing our profession by contributing to a breakout session. All proposal submissions are welcome!

Each proposal will be reviewed by the Education Committee and forwarded to the Convention Committee for review. Proposals must be submitted by February 15. The individual listed as the contact person will be notified of the status of their proposal no later than March 1. There is a limit of two proposals per applicant. This is done to encourage collaborations and partnerships among the compliance community.

Please note, in order to keep the registration rate low for our members as our organization grows, NAAC does not pay for the cost of travel, hotel or meals expenses for its Convention speakers. In many cases, the institutions or organizations of the speakers support the mission of NAAC by covering the aforementioned costs.

Frequently Asked Questions

Click here to access the "call for proposals" form
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If you have specific questions, please contact Rob Heuer ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or David Reed ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).

When Practice Counts: The “Reasonable” Application of NCAA Playing and Practice Rules

Ice Miller LLP has published a great article on interpreting and applying correctly all of the NCAA rules that govern playing and practice seasons. Click here to read the full article.

SAVE THE DATE - Wednesday, November 17 (4 p.m. ET)

FAQ

This webinar is designed to serve as an educational tool. Our goal is to provide compliance administrators, athletics academic administrators, and other relevant staff with a step-by-step process for the eligibility certification of your prospective student-athletes, from the first point of recruitment until their matriculation at your respective institution.

Check out a recent article published in the National Federation of State High School Association Magazine: High School Today.