SF 219 (LSB 2035XS (4) 88)

SENATE FILE 219

BY  DANIELSON

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to an intercollegiate basketball scheduling requirement for institutions of higher learning under the control of the state board of regents.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 262.9, Code 2019, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  39.  Require each institution of higher learning’s athletic department to schedule intercollegiate basketball games against each of the other institutions’ basketball teams at least once annually during the regular intercollegiate sports calendar, with each university’s arena hosting such game on an alternating basis. If an institution’s athletic department fails to meet this scheduling requirement, the amount appropriated by the general assembly to the board for the institution’s general university line item for the next following fiscal year shall be reduced by the total amount paid by the institution’s athletic department to recruit teams with an appearance fee or revenue guarantee exchanged for travel to play in a game hosted by the institution and its athletic department. The board shall submit to the fiscal services division of the legislative services agency and to the department of management, by September 1 of the fiscal year following an athletic department’s failure to comply with this subsection, a written report listing all contracts for appearance fees and revenue guarantees and the amounts paid by the athletic department under the contracts.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill directs the state board of regents to require the regents universities and their athletic departments to schedule intercollegiate basketball games against each other at least once annually during the regular intercollegiate sports calendar, with each university arena hosting on an alternating basis.
   Failure to meet the scheduling requirement will result in a reduction in the amount appropriated to the board and allocated to the institution under the institution’s general university line item equivalent to the total amount paid by the institution’s athletic department to recruit teams with an appearance fee or revenue guarantee exchanged for travel to play in a game hosted by the institution and its athletic department.
   If an athletic department fails to meet the scheduling requirement, the board is directed to submit the necessary budget information to the fiscal services division of the legislative services agency and to the department of management.