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3335-5-48.5 Athletic council.
(A) The athletic council shall consist of fifteen members.
(1) Eight regular tenure-track faculty.
(a) Four regular tenure-track faculty selected by the faculty council. The term of service is four years with service commencing the first of July following appointment or election.
(b) Four regular tenure-track faculty members appointed by the president. The term of service is four years with service commencing the first of July following appointment.
(2) Four students.
(a) One graduate student.
(b) One professional student.
(c) Two undergraduate students. The term of service is two years and one student is selected each year.
(3) Two alumni designated by the Ohio state university alumni association using procedures adopted by that body. The term of service is four years and the terms are staggered so that one member retires every two years.
(4) One staff member of the university selected by the university staff advisory committee. The term of service is two years.
(B) Duties and responsibilities.
(1) Develop, subject to the general authority of the president and the board of trustees, policies governing intercollegiate athletics, as the agent of the senate. The senate may hold these policies in review.
(a) These policies shall guide the administration of the program of intercollegiate athletics by the director of athletics, but the athletic council shall not serve in an administrative or executive capacity.
(b) It will consider and establish policy on such matters as the income and expenditures budget, the schedules for seasonal and post-seasonal play in relation to the effect upon the welfare of the athletes, grants and other financial aid to athletes, eligibility of athletes, student grievance procedures and sportsmanship policies related to athletics, awards to athletes, ticket distribution, and public and campus relations of the athletic program.
(c) Its recommendations and decisions on policy shall be made known to the senate and to the staff of the department of athletics.
(2) Participate with the president in the process of selecting one or two university faculty representatives to the intercollegiate conference of faculty representatives (big ten conference).
(a) For each faculty representative position, the athletic council shall prepare a list of no fewer than two regular faculty members from which the president shall select a faculty representative. All regular tenured faculty members are eligible for inclusion on these lists.
(b) The chair of the athletic council shall appoint a nominating committee which shall have the responsibility to inform the university community about the position of faculty representative and to invite applications and/or recommendations for nominations. Brief recommendations in writing that state the candidate's qualifications for the position may be submitted to the nominating committee by any member of the university community. Applications and nominations shall be due in accordance with a reasonable schedule established by the nominating committee.
(c) Final approval of each list of names submitted to the president shall be made by the full membership of the athletic council. The list for each faculty representative position shall be presented to the president during the autumn quarter preceding the start of the next term of office in order to allow for a smooth transition between outgoing and incoming faculty representatives. The new faculty representative will be appointed January first to take office July first of the same year.
(d) If the president appoints two faculty representatives, the terms of the representatives shall be arranged so that the terms shall not begin or expire within the same year. The term of office for a faculty representative is four years, beginning the first of July following appointment. Reappointment for no more than one additional four-year term is permissible. If an incumbent faculty representative is eligible to and desires to serve another term, then at least seven months prior to the expiration of the current term, the athletic council shall undertake a review of the incumbent's performance. If the council decides that the incumbent should serve a second term and the president concurs, the faculty representative's term shall be renewed. Otherwise, the council shall move to prepare a list to submit to the president following the procedures of paragraphs (B)(2)(a) to (B)(2)(c) of this rule.
(e) A faculty representative who is not already a member of the athletic council shall attend meetings of the council. The chair of the athletic council, or the chair's designee from among the faculty members of the athletic council, shall serve as an ex officio alternate for either faculty representative with full voting privileges at conference meetings.
(C) Organization.
(1) Reports by the council to the president, other than those made through the senate, shall be made through the director of athletics.
(2) As a standing committee of the senate, this council is also governed by the provisions of rules 3335-5-46 and 3335-5-48 of the Administrative Code. (B/T 5/1/86, B/T 7/11/86, B/T 2/5/88, B/T 7/12/91, B/T 2/4/93, B/T 7/8/94, B/T 11/4/94, B/T 7/7/95, B/T 5/3/96, B/T 4/4/97, B/T 4/3/98, B/T 6/1/2001, B/T/ 7/11/2003, B/T 6/7/2005)
