{"id":29486,"date":"2011-10-28T09:16:28","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T13:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=29486"},"modified":"2018-04-30T15:32:46","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T19:32:46","slug":"trustees-give-president-hitt-authority-to-negotiate-new-conference-affiliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/trustees-give-president-hitt-authority-to-negotiate-new-conference-affiliation\/","title":{"rendered":"Trustees Give President Hitt Authority to Negotiate New Conference Affiliation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2011\/10\/football-team1-548x3171.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium img-fluid wp-image-29489\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2011\/10\/football-team1-548x3171-300x173.jpg\" alt><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium img-fluid wp-image-29489 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2011\/10\/football-team1-548x3171-300x173.jpg\"><\/a>The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees voted during a teleconference meeting today to give President John C. Hitt the authority to negotiate a potential new conference affiliation for UCF\u2019s athletics program.<\/p>\n<p>At this time, UCF has not received an invitation to join another conference. Should UCF receive such an invitation, the board\u2019s vote grants President Hitt the authority to negotiate a contract for a new conference affiliation and also to cancel the current conference affiliation contract.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis vote represents the next step in our process of pursuing the best possible conference affiliation for our university,\u201d UCF spokesman Grant J. Heston said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees voted during a teleconference meeting today to give President John C. Hitt the authority to negotiate a potential new conference affiliation for UCF\u2019s athletics program. At this time, UCF has not received an invitation to join another conference. 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