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The Raleigh News and Observer used the Knight Commission Academic and Athletic Spending Database (spendingdatabase.knightcommission.org) to examine the growth in coaching salaries among public universities in the Atlantic Coast Conference. According to the article, “the examination found a sharp escalation in coach compensation is a driving factor in athletic spending…” “The market has gone crazy,”…

A Dec. 5, 2013 editorial in the Raleigh News and Observer examines data in the Knight Commission spending database and an athletic director’s criticism of the “statistics” used. The editorial states that while the “[athletic director] is welcome to argue about how the data are used, he’d be foolish to write off the information as…

AL.com, a Website for The Birmingham News, The Huntsville Times and other Alabama media, used the Knight Commission Database in its analysis of academic and athletic spending patterns for the public universities in Alabama. The analysis found: “Every public Division I university in Alabama experienced athletic spending per college athlete grow at a faster rate…

The Raleigh News and Observer and Charlotte Observer published an article that used the Knight Commission Academic and Athletic Spending Database to examine spending patterns among public institutions in North Carolina. The article quotes Knight Commission executive director Amy Perko who commented on the general patterns seen across most Division I public universities: “A clear…

The Richmond Times Dispatch used the Knight Commission’s recently released spending database to analyze the academic and athletic spending patterns for the public universities in Virginia. The analysis found that “athletic spending for athletes has far outpaced academic spending for full-time students at Virginia Commonwealth University in recent years, while at the University of Virginia,…

An article in the Columbus Dispatch takes a look at spending at Ohio State University using the recently-released Knight Commission Academic and Athletic Spending Database. The trends at Ohio State run counter to the general trends of most public Division I universities that experienced a rise in athletics spending while academic spending stagnated. The article…

Prairie Business Magazine recently reported on the athletics finances at the University of North Dakota (UND) and North Dakota State University (NDSU). Knight Commission Executive Director Amy Perko provided a national perspective: “Amy Perko, executive director of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, said competition between schools has accelerated athletics spending, especially on coach salaries,…

Insidehighered.com recently reported that the athletics reform-minded Drake Group plans to pursue federal legislation to provide the NCAA with a “‘limited antitrust exemption’ to cap spending and redirect revenue toward athletes in the form of educational and medical benefits.” The proposed College Athlete Protection Act is still being drafted. The group aims to have it…