Below, please find editorials from the release of Restoring the Balance: Dollars, Values and the Future of College Sports on June 17, 2010 and other editorials surrounding the work of the Knight Commission through May 20, 2011. Download a PDF of the media editorials by clicking here.
Editorials:
- Houston Chronicle- Court time v. class time
- The Salt Lake Tribune- Eye on the ball
- The Gainesville Sun- Editorial: The core mission
- Orlando Sentinel- Put academics first: Colleges must curb athletic spending and focus on academics
- Tricityherald.com- College athletic programs ought to share the wealth
- Observer-Reporter.com (serving Pennsylvania counties)- Troubling reports on higher learning
- The Detroit News- Universities should heed commission’s ideas for spending on athletics
- Roanoke Times- Editorial: Prove the profitability of college sports
- The Daily Tribune (Oakland Co, MI)- Universities must cut funding for college sports
- Boston Globe- Concerned about rising tuition? Look at the coaches’ salaries
- The Daily Camera (Colorado)- Treating student athletes like students: March Madness takes a class
- The Press Democrat (California)- PD Editorial: Hoop glory
- The Times-Tribune (Pennsylvania)- Stop (part of) the madness
13a. Republished in The Progress-Index (Virginia) as NCAA basketball graduation rates aren’t always so sweet - Florida Times-Union- College athletics: Get serious on academics
Student Newspaper Editorials:
- The Oracle Editorial Board, University of South Florida- Editorial: Suggestions good for NCAA
- The Chronicle, Duke University- Support the Knight report
- The Maneater, University of Missouri, Columbia- Editorial: Should academics or athletics be the true face of Missouri