INDIANAPOLIS - The NCAA board of directors has approved a plan that will give the five biggest conferences the ability to create their some of their own rules.
The SEC, ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 and Pac-12 will have the ability to implement some rules on their own, though probably not policies on rules violations. But a stipend for athletes that goes beyond currently allowed limits of tuition, room and board, books and fees, seems likely.
Leagues outside the Power Five can opt to adopt the same rules.
