http://collegead.com/new-rules-may-distance-power-five-rest/
Autonomy for the Power 5 conferences to implement their own rules when it comes to the benefits student-athletes receive finally puts the emphasis of college athletics where it belongs – on the athletes. The stodgy NCAA of yesteryear is much different than the caring one today because of a vote in August 2014 by the Division I board of directors allowing the schools in the Power 5 conferences and Notre Dame to write many of their own rules regarding student benefits.
Autonomy for the Power 5 conferences to implement their own rules when it comes to the benefits student-athletes receive finally puts the emphasis of college athletics where it belongs – on the athletes. The stodgy NCAA of yesteryear is much different than the caring one today because of a vote in August 2014 by the Division I board of directors allowing the schools in the Power 5 conferences and Notre Dame to write many of their own rules regarding student benefits.