Welcome to the home page of the 1A Faculty Athletics Representatives (1A FAR).
The 1A FAR is an organization of faculty athletics representatives at NCAA Division I institutions in the Football Bowl Subdivision, formerly known as Division 1A.
What's new
SAVE THE DATE: The 1A FAR Annual Meeting will be held in conjunction with the 1A Director of Athletics Annual Meeting September 28-30, 2008, at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Conference Center. Pleaes click here for the agenda. The registration deadline is Friday, August 29. Please click here for the registration form.
Congratulations to Ken Casavant, Washington State University and Connie Dillion, University of Oklahoma, for being selected as the 1A FARs' representatives for the NCAA Research Advisory Committee.
The 1A FAR Executive Committee met in Indianapolis May 9-10, 2008. Please click here to review the minutes from this meeting.
The 1A FAR met at the 2008 NCAA Convention. Please click here to review the minutes from this meeting.
The 1A FAR Annual Meeting was held in conjunction with the 1A ADs Annual Meeting September 23-25, 2007, at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Conference Center. If you would like to see the agenda from this meeting, please click here. If you would like to see the minutes from this meeting, please click here for the excutive committee session and here for the general session.
Our mission
The mission of the 1A Faculty Athletics Representatives is to advocate for effective interaction and academic and fiscal balance between an institution's academic mission and its intercollegiate program.
Our purpose
The purpose of the 1A Faculty Athletics Representatives is to address issues unique to Division 1A institutions, which requires a careful balancing of academic versus athletics interests, of student-athlete welfare versus competitive success and of cost containment versus additional revenue generation.
About FARs
The faculty athletics representative is a designation created and mandated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). FARs must be members of an institution's faculty and may not hold an administrative or coaching position in the athletics department. Duties vary by institution, but typically an FAR serves as a liaison to the athletics department. The 1A FAR is an advocate for the appropriate balance and effective interaction between an institution's academic mission and its intercollegiate athletics program.
All FARs who serve at NCAA Division 1A institutions are members of 1A FAR.