Roger Haynes, who is entering his second year as the college’s full-time director of athletics, recreation and fitness, initiated the all-athlete meeting, which lasted approximately 45 minutes. Items that Haynes and the rest of the MC coaching staff addressed included:

• a video on NCAA drug testing.
• the explanation and completion of several Monmouth College and NCAA forms, relating to such issues as participation agreements and the Family Educational Right to Privacy Act (FERPA).
• academic requirements, specifically related to satisfactory progress toward a degree and academic honesty.
• a review of a Social Guidelines Agreement that Haynes instituted a year ago, with items relating to such issues as alcohol and substance abuse, eligibility and travel policies.
• goals for the college’s athletic teams, which included extending the streak of five consecutive men’s all-sports championships and student-athletes posting a cumulative GPA higher than the campus average.
• creating a new Leadership Council of student-athletes that would address issues not currently being handled by the college’s Student Athlete Advisory Committee. The 40-member council will include two members from each of the college’s 20 athletic teams.

"I think it’s important to have some consistency and continuity among our athletic teams and how we run our programs," said Haynes of the meeting. "Sharing things like our common goals and our social guidelines can only help us."