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UC-Riverside is without its senior infielder Eddie Young while he awaits an NCAA ruling on his eligibility. Young should be a fifth-year senior but an administrative mistake is standing in his way: Young has been sidelined two weeks after the school discovered a paperwork error dating back to his freshman year. In 2009, Young was […]
This is the second in a two-part article responding to Jason Whitlock’s pay-for-play plan for college basketball players. Be sure to read Whitlock’s plan and part one from yesterday “Should college athletes be paid” is a bad way to frame the pay-for-play debate. It assumes that future pros have to be in college. That requires […]
Kudos to Fox Sports’ Jason Whitlock for having a plan. Most pay-for-play advocates get as far as “athletes should be paid” and leave it to the NCAA or others to figure out the details. And kudos to Whitlock for having a plan that touches on many of the issues with the current development structure in […]
NCAA Education Columns generally do not include any jaw-dropping revelations, but one published today on the graduate transfer exception included a doozy. Specifically, graduation is not required: Question No. 7: May a student-athlete who does not receive a baccalaureate degree but is accepted for enrollment in a graduate or professional school of an institution other […]
Brad Wolverton has another look at the NCAA’s failed attempts to get a stipend passed. Progress so far has been minimal: But after a series of failed attempts to carry out the proposal, the NCAA is essentially back to the drawing board. The group charged with reviving the plan intends to gather feedback on a […]
Matt Hayes of Sporting News has an excellent article on Oklahoma head football coach Bob Stoops’ defense of amateurism. In it, Stoops makes many good points, including the value of a scholarship and the difficulty in determining whether a fan bought a jersey or a ticket because of a specific player or because of the […]
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said that in response to complaints about the NCAA’s system of enforcement, that Congress should investigate the association: “Jerry Tarkanian made it into the [basketball] hall of fame,” Mr. Reid said, The Hill reported. “Why didn’t he get in earlier? Because this courageous man took on the NCAA, which has […]
Yesterday CBSSports.com reported that the NCAA enforcement staff has filed a response with the Committee on Infractions. News that the Committee on Infractions denied Miami’s motion would not have been noteworthy. The Committee on Infractions has repeatedly said it does not have the authority to dismiss the case at this juncture. But the enforcement staff […]
In the original version of the NCAA’s initial eligibility rules, at least original going back to 1983 when something that looked like the current system was put into place, there was no Eligibility Center. The NCAA required a 2.0 GPA in 11 core courses and a 700 SAT. But there was no common definition of […]
In the wake of the Rutgers scandal, Andy Staples of Sports Illustrated places a measure of blame at the feet of the NCAA, and asks the association, specifically NCAA president Mark Emmert, to do a bit of penance: He would propose emergency legislation that immediately eliminates the rule that requires athletes receive a release from […]
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