C.A.R.E. Model: Report and Resources

Report: Connecting Athletics Revenue with the Educational Model of College Sports (C.A.R.E. Model) 

• C.A.R.E Model Division I Conference Grant Application Resources (February 1, 2024)
  • C.A.R.E. Model Conference Grant Press Release (November 17, 2023) 
• C.A.R.E. Model Press Release (September 2021) 
• Other Resources:
  • C.A.R.E. Model Data for 229 D-I Public Institutions
  • C.A.R.E. Model Billions in Total Revenue Distribution (January 2024 update)
  • Gender Equity Principle Illustration
    • March 30, 2023: 3 Points to understanding NCAA March Madness revenue distribution inequity
    • April 10, 2022: Evaluation of Gender Equity Principle in NCAA Division I Revenue
• Recommendations to College Sports Governing Bodies
  • Letter to NCAA Board of Governors (September 15, 2021)  
  • Letter to College Football Playoff (CFP) Board of Managers  (September 15, 2021)
  • Letter to LEAD 1 Association (September 15, 2021)

Presentations on C.A.R.E. Model 

• January 2024 C.A.R.E. Model Presentation
  • C.A.R.E. Model Conference Grant Presentation (January 11, 2024)
  • Slide Deck
• Archived Presentation
  • NCAA Convention Forum Presentation (January 20, 2022)
  • Slide Deck

Intercollegiate Coach Association Coalition Members Endorse C.A.R.E. Model

Twenty-one members of the Intercollegiate Coach Association Coalition (ICAC), representing over thirty intercollegiate sports, support the Knight Commission proposal to tie revenue distribution and spending in NCAA Division I programs to the broad educational mission of intercollegiate athletics.  The C.A.R.E. model – Connecting Athletics Revenue with Education – recommends restructuring distributions from the NCAA, the College Football Playoff, and DI Conferences, to align with programming that serves student-athlete education, health, safety, well-being, gender and racial equity, and broad-based sports participation.   

The coaches’ associations that support the Knight Commission C.A.R.E. model are:

• American Baseball Coaches Association

• American Hockey Coaches Association

• American Volleyball Coaches Association

• American Water Polo Coaches Association

• College Gymnastics Association

• College Rifle Coaches Association

• Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (Women)

• College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America

• Golf Coaches Association of America

• Intercollegiate Men’s Lacrosse Coaches Association

• Intercollegiate Rowing Coaches Association (Men)

• Intercollegiate Tennis Association

• Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association

• National Collegiate Equestrian Association

• National Fastpitch Coaches Association

• National Field Hockey Coaches Association

• National Wrestling Coaches Association

• United Soccer Coaches

• U.S. Fencing Coaches Association

• Women’s Golf Coaches Association

• Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association

About Intercollegiate Coach Association Coalition (ICAC): The ICAC was established in 2017 as an organization to support the intercollegiate coaching profession, to engage in communication pertaining to matters that impact intercollegiate athletics, to represent the views and voice of college coaches, and to share association related information to benefit and support ICAC members.