For Ashleigh and I’s part in the team story, most of our information is already available to us. We are most concerned with the changes in GHSA policy regarding transfer, which we have been able to track from year to year. I’m not sure if these even qualify as open records, but if there were any kind of meeting notes that discussed the thought process behind the changes, that would be of great use to us. It is definitely apparent that the committee shifted focus from year to year, making large amounts of changes to one specific topic. Additionally, this would probably be of use to the entire team, but just knowing the amount of transfers within GHSA over the last few years and what their cites causes were would also give me a better idea of what the actual trend is and how GHSA is managing it as they continue to update policy. As far as retrieving them, it would likely be easiest to go through an administrator or secretary at the GHSA office.
For my personal story, I would need to see a budget breakdown of a NCAA team’s expenses. USA Triathlon has given grants to NCAA teams so I would like to know how they are spending their money, whether it be on equipment, coaches salary, travel, etc. I would go through a point person at the university for that request. Since USA Triathlon is a private company, I unfortunately cannot dig into their records, although they have the most valuable information to me, like how spending on elites has changed over the last few years, changes in USAT personnel because of NCAA or success in the sport, along with the amount of athletes competing in general.