The NCAA released a proposed model today from the Division I Steering Committee for Governance that includes a possible weighted voting system for a group that will oversee the daily legislative functions of Division I. The article on the NCAA website said the steering committee supports including voting rights by the chair of the Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee; the chair (always an athletics director) of a new group tentatively called the Council; and the highest-ranking Division I member of the Faculty Athletics Representatives Association's executive committee.
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Each vote from the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC would be counted four times, totaling 37 percent of the weighted total. Votes from the American Athletic Conference, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West and Sun Belt would each count twice (18.6 percent), and the remaining 22 Division I conferences would have their vote count once (40.7 percent). Athletes' votes would count once and comprise 3.7 percent of the total pie.
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Each vote from the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC would be counted four times, totaling 37 percent of the weighted total. Votes from the American Athletic Conference, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West and Sun Belt would each count twice (18.6 percent), and the remaining 22 Division I conferences would have their vote count once (40.7 percent). Athletes' votes would count once and comprise 3.7 percent of the total pie.
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