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John Gasaway of various outlets including ESPN Insider wrote on his personal blog about this New York Times editorial connecting NCAA reform with the Grambling boycott ends with a rule Gasaway wants all NCAA critics to remember: It’s possible for bad things to happen in the vicinity of college sports that are not authored entirely […]
Back away from the Miami case, take the 30,000 foot view of it, and in a way it wraps up pretty neatly. Miami was accused of very significant violations. The NCAA proved many of them, but misconduct by the investigators prevented the case from expanding any further and may have limited which accusations the NCAA was […]
The Division I Board of Directors and Presidential Advisory Group (DI presidents from conferences not represented on the Board of Directors) will hear presentations on governance later in October. The groups represented include almost every major stakeholder in college athletics: Coaches (through coaches associations) Conference commissioners (through CCA) Athletic directors Faculty The Knight Commission Compliance […]
The way offseason workouts are handled are one of the most confusing set of rules in the NCAA manual. Not only are the total number of hours and required days off regulated, but so are the activities and number of athletes allowed. In all sports, offseason workouts are limited to eight hours per week. In […]
Football coaches have been clamoring for an earlier signing date and they got it. But much earlier than they may have thought and only for a select group of prospects: The academic and membership affairs staff determined that a prospective student-athlete who intends to graduate from high school midyear and enroll at a member institution […]
Maine Maritime Academy is the latest school to be put on probation for major violations of Division III’s ban on athletic scholarships. But compared to many recent Division III aid cases, Maine Maritime’s violations are a step above. A common pattern for Division III financial aid violations was a scholarship program which had no athletics […]
State Sen. Jake Corman, one of the most vocal opponents to the NCAA’s sanctions against Penn State in the Pennsylvania legislature, was denied the opportunity to intervene in the NCAA’s lawsuit against the state. Corman has his own lawsuit going against the NCAA in state court and wants to avoid inconsistent judgments: Corman said in […]
The NCAA reported that after having its two biggest academic committees discuss the NCAA’s academic fraud rules, the first major step toward possible reform of those rules will be to get feedback from the membership: The Academic Cabinet and Committee on Academic Performance discussed the issue throughout the summer and fall, but now the groups […]
Sometimes what seems like a reason not to do something is better thought of as an obstacle that needs to be overcome. For example, this quote from Ivy League executive director Robin Harris: “Do you pay the starting quarterback more than the third-string lineman, and how do you balance gender equity?” she said. “If you […]
Saint Mary’s College and Randy Bennett both had their appeals of major violations by the NCAA’s Infractions Appeals Committee. The result is that Bennett will serve a five-game suspension this season and Saint Mary’s will have to abide by the scholarship restrictions imposed by the Committee on Infractions. Saint Mary’s argued that the scholarship restrictions […]
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