MENENHA@mail.state.wi.us.at.Internet wrote:
>
> I've been waiting for this body of law to develop. It's also going to come
> up in the area of disability, where NCAA rules create siginificant barriers
> to athletic participation by athletes who have LDs and who have been
> accomodated - NCAA rules inherently question the legitimacy of their
> academic achievement and abilities if their disabilities are accommodated
> (e.g., alternative asessment).
>
> Most colleges and universities essentialy turn over teir policy making in
> some areas to the NCAA. It really has become a quasi-gevernmental
> body in that it develops rules that public colleges and universities must
> obey if their athletic programs are to survive, and those same rues
> govern the actions of private colleges and unviersities that receive
> federal funding.
>
> <MENENHA@mail.state.wi.us>