FILE - Mark Emmert, president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), speaks during a brief press availability on Capitol Hill December 17, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)The NCAA will furlough its entire Indianapolis-based staff of about 600 employees for three to eight weeks in a cost-saving move, according to memo obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.The memo from NCAA President Mark Emmert went out to the association’s more than 1,200 member schools Wednesday.
The furloughs will not affect senior executives.Starting Sept. 21 through the end of January 2021, all national office staff will be subjected to a mandatory three-week furlough, Emmert wrote.