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Divisions II and III have traditionally had fewer proposals up for debate than Division I. That has changed in the last couple years as the Presidential Retreat agenda has pushed other Division I legislation to the sidelines. This year, Division II has the most ambitious legislative agenda of all three divisions. DII will take up […]
At the NCAA Convention in January, all eyes will be on the Division I Governance Dialogue. There the talk about providing autonomy for the largest athletic departments while keeping everyone in the same big Division I tent will move from principle to something more concrete and actionable. At the same time though, the business of […]
Enterprising Kansas fans are trying to crowd fund an additional year out of freshman Andrew Wiggins. [Update: The campaign is has been taken down already.] And they believe they may have found a way around NCAA extra benefit rules: Here’s the fun part: NCAA rules prohibit athletes from receiving cash contributions during their college careers. However, […]
Feeding athletes was supposed to be a big topic with the Rules Working Group legislation coming this year. And despite the RWG taking a bit of back seat this legislative cycle, food for athletes is a big part of the legislative agenda at the NCAA Convention in January. Two proposals would loosen the reins on […]
The NCAA has begun adding the proposals advanced by the Legislative Council in October to its legislative database, LSDBi. In the system already are recruiting proposals which seek to establish earlier start dates for contact in some sports along with deregulation of how often coaches can call or text prospects in most sports. But more […]
Brad Wolverton of the Chronicle of Higher Education followed up an article about a new merit aid concept called microscholarships by asking whether it might make a major impact on athletics: If coaches created a clearer path for athletes in describing what they were looking for—both on and off the field—it could help more athletic […]
The NCAA released an Educational Column on Thursday, November 11, which clarifies how to handle the hiring of individuals associated with a prospect in a men’s basketball program. If an institution hires an individual associated with a basketball prospect to a noncoaching position, the prospect is permanently ineligible at that institution. But there is a […]
Twice this year, the NCAA has suffered public relations damage because of its delayed enrollment rules. Earlier this year, Steven Rhodes was initially going to sit out the 2013 football season because of some intramural games he played while serving in the Marines. Now, Nathan Harries was in line to lose a season of eligibility for a […]
The Division II Committee on Infractions has finally released the public report in the case involving Chadron State College. The case became public when Bill O’Boyle, the head coach at Chadron State during the time of the violations, was relieved of his coaching duties in October 2011. While not as long as the Miami case, […]
Malik Mueller, an incoming freshman guard for Virginia Tech’s men’s basketball team, will not play this year because he did not meet NCAA initial eligibility requirements. Mueller missed the GPA/test score sliding scale because of two classes the NCAA did not accept: Mueller, who attended a German boarding school, is enrolled at Tech and is […]
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