What is the Intercollegiate Athletics Board (IAB)?
The IAB is an oversight group for intercollegiate athletics that’s NCAA Division I athletics only; recreational or intramural aspects of athletics are not strictly within our charge. The IAB, which meets monthly, reports directly to the university president. The IAB as an entity is not required by the NCAA, and various campuses around the country have different kinds of oversight groups. Ours is a good cross-section of faculty, professional staff, administration representatives and students and student-athletes. UB created the IAB when we moved up to Division I. What are some of the duties of the IAB? We review the intercollegiate athletics budget once a month and watch for things that might appear to be problematic as compared to a previous year. We also look at successes in terms of revenues. If there are situations that need attention, the board would bring those before the administration. We also very carefully look at gender equity in athletics, NCAA rules compliance and student-a
