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Memorandum 1 (December 4, 2012)

handle is hein.nccusl/nccpub4389 and id is 1 raw text is: Memorandum TO: Richard T. Cassidy, Chair, Scope and Program Committee FROM: Dale G. Higer, Chair, Study Committee on Amending the Uniform Athlete Agents Act DATE: December 4, 2012 SUBJECT: Report of Study Committee During the Mid-Year Meeting of the Scope and Program Committee, consideration was given to whether to study the need for and feasibility of amending the Uniform Athlete Agents Act. A copy of the proposal to Scope is attached. After a very thorough discussion, there was a consensus on the Scope and Program Committee that the evolving nature of the athlete agent problem, coupled with a decade of experience with the UAAA, indicated that a formal review of the Act's provisions was merited and Scope recommended that a study committee be formed. The resolution approved by the Executive Committee provided: RESOLVED, that a study committee be formed to study the need for and feasibility of amending the Uniform Athlete Agents Act. A study committee was appointed by President Michael Houghton. An organizing conference call of the committee was held on May 7, 2012. Among other things, the committee reviewed the issues identified in the proposal to Scope and agreed all of them should be reviewed and considered by the committee. The committee recommended that an in person stakeholders meeting this fall would be helpful to the work of the committee. During the summer, John Sebert and Nicole Julal, with help from Edgar Burch, the NCAA's Assistant Director of Government Relations, compiled a stakeholders list comprised of nearly forty individuals from a wide range of organizations involved in or interested in the UAAA and its successful enforcement. A copy of the current stakeholders list is attached. A stakeholders meeting was held in Washington D.C. on November 1, 2012. Thirteen individuals attended in person and nineteen participated by phone. A copy of the issues memorandum sent out for the meeting and a report of the meeting are attached. The following issues were discussed at the stakeholders meeting: Whether undertaking a revision of the Uniform Athlete Agents Act would be useful? 1

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