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Background:
This April, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I
Board of Directors will reconsider its alcohol policies. That review
presents a tremendous opportunity to accomplish one of the Campaign for
Alcohol-Free Sports TV’s major goals: to end beer ads during college sports.
The Board of Directors is made up of 18 college presidents from Division I
schools and is led by two chairmen. Please write to those higher education
leaders to express your concern about the tie between college sports and
beer ads and urge them to eliminate the broadcast of beer ads during NCAA
sporting events.
If you can send only one or two letters, please write to incoming Chair
Philip Austin of the University of Connecticut and outgoing Chair Robert
Hemenway of the University of Kansas. If you can, please also send letters
to any or all of the 16 other Board members, especially if any are from
schools in your state. For a full list of the Board and contact information,
click here.
To read more about the NCAA’s review of its alcohol policies, read the Jan.
27
USA Today article.
On Feb. 2, USA Today published three
letters to the editor; all support the
Campaign’s concerns.
You can help maintain this buzz and get the NCAA to do the right thing by
writing to the above Board members – please act soon.
Thanks for your continued support of the Campaign. Please let us know if you
have any further questions.
For More Information:
For more ways to take action, click
here.
For statistics on youth and alcohol, click
here.
To see if your local university has signed the College Commitment, click
here.
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