NCAA ends early version of Midnight Madness

It asked the board to consider restore the use of postseason and television bans as well as fines for major infractions, including repeat violators of academic fraud.

An NCAA release said those penalties have not been used recently.

"Some time ago, we moved away from television bans because we felt that impacted sister institutions rather than the guilty party," Division I vice president David Berst said. "It believed there were other ways to impose penalties that were just as meaningful. Now, the committee believes it may be appropriate."

The committee also wants to publicly name staff members involved in infractions cases, create a new set of penalties to equitably fit the violation and eliminate the reward for cooperating with NCAA investigators. Rather, the committee believes schools should be punished for refusing to cooperate.

The NCAA will now seek input from member schools before considering the measure for a vote. Cases currently pending would not be subject to the revised penalties.

Another proposal, made by the ACC, would give basketball players about a 10-day window to withdraw from the draft and return to school. Current rules permit players to declare early at the end of the season, and they then have until mid-June to withdraw. The ACC believes decisions should be made earlier so coaches can replace those turning pro during the spring signing period.

Football players have 72 hours to withdraw.

"I will tell you there are varying views on this, whether that's an appropriate time period or whether there should be a time period at all," Berst said. "But we thought it was important to begin the discussions now, so that we could have it in place for the 2010 draft if that's what we do."