April 27, 2001

NCAA Council Backs Some Changes in Amateurism Rules, Defers Others

By WELCH SUGGS

College athletes would be allowed to give lessons for pay, receive free disability insurance, get loans of up to $20,000, and accept prize money for Olympic medals, under proposed rule changes approved this month by a top governing board of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

The Division I Management Council, which is made up of athletics administrators and conference commissioners, approved the new measures as part of the N.C.A.A.'s

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