Senate File 219 - Introduced SENATE FILE 219 BY DANIELSON A BILL FOR An Act relating to an intercollegiate basketball scheduling 1 requirement for institutions of higher learning under the 2 control of the state board of regents. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2035XS (4) 88 kh/jh
S.F. 219 Section 1. Section 262.9, Code 2019, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 39. Require each institution of higher 3 learning’s athletic department to schedule intercollegiate 4 basketball games against each of the other institutions’ 5 basketball teams at least once annually during the regular 6 intercollegiate sports calendar, with each university’s arena 7 hosting such game on an alternating basis. If an institution’s 8 athletic department fails to meet this scheduling requirement, 9 the amount appropriated by the general assembly to the board 10 for the institution’s general university line item for the next 11 following fiscal year shall be reduced by the total amount 12 paid by the institution’s athletic department to recruit teams 13 with an appearance fee or revenue guarantee exchanged for 14 travel to play in a game hosted by the institution and its 15 athletic department. The board shall submit to the fiscal 16 services division of the legislative services agency and to 17 the department of management, by September 1 of the fiscal 18 year following an athletic department’s failure to comply with 19 this subsection, a written report listing all contracts for 20 appearance fees and revenue guarantees and the amounts paid by 21 the athletic department under the contracts. 22 EXPLANATION 23 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 24 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 25 This bill directs the state board of regents to require 26 the regents universities and their athletic departments to 27 schedule intercollegiate basketball games against each other at 28 least once annually during the regular intercollegiate sports 29 calendar, with each university arena hosting on an alternating 30 basis. 31 Failure to meet the scheduling requirement will result 32 in a reduction in the amount appropriated to the board and 33 allocated to the institution under the institution’s general 34 university line item equivalent to the total amount paid by 35 -1- LSB 2035XS (4) 88 kh/jh 1/ 2
S.F. 219 the institution’s athletic department to recruit teams with 1 an appearance fee or revenue guarantee exchanged for travel 2 to play in a game hosted by the institution and its athletic 3 department. 4 If an athletic department fails to meet the scheduling 5 requirement, the board is directed to submit the necessary 6 budget information to the fiscal services division of 7 the legislative services agency and to the department of 8 management. 9 -2- LSB 2035XS (4) 88 kh/jh 2/ 2