University of Nebraska-Lincoln chancellor Dr. Ronnie Green tells the Lincoln Journal Star he supports our proposal, Transforming the D-I Model. Read the full article here. “The third one is the whole idea of what is the structure of collegiate athletics going to be. The NCAA is under fire right now, folks. It really is,” said…
The Athletic’s Chris Vannini utilizes the Knight Commission’s College Athletics Financial Information (CAFI) Database. Read the full Athletic article here. JMU has nice facilities and an athletics budget in the $50 million range, which would fit in the AAC, though it’s notable a huge chunk of that comes from student fees (more than $41 million…
Ralph Russo of Associated Press quotes Knight Commission co-chair Nancy Zimpher on the need for change, citing the Transforming the NCAA D-I Model. Read the full AP article here. Nancy Zimpher, co-chair of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, said the university presidents who sit on the Board of Governors and other high-rankings bodies have…
Forbes’ Karen Weaver cites the Knight Commission’s December 2020 proposal to create a new governing structure for the sport of FBS Football. Read the full Forbes article here. University leaders need to consider their future in FBS football. While the pie is getting bigger and bigger when it comes to revenues, the bulk is likely…
SI’s Ross Dellenger cites the Knight Commission’s October 2020 survey of college administrators and subsequent recommendations. Read the full article here. Last October, the Knight Commission released a sweeping survey in which it polled college administrators on two potential future NCAA models: (1) create a fourth division made up only of the 65 Power 5 teams; (2)…
CBS’s Dennis Dodd speaks with Knight Commission CEO Amy P. Perko regarding the future of college sports and cites the Knight Commission’s December 2020 FBS recommendations. Read more here. “We’re all going to start talking about that and figuring that out,” said Amy Perko, CEO of the Knight Commission, a watchdog on college athletics. “There…
Knight Commission CEO Amy P. Perko speaks with Politico’s Juan Perez Jr. highlighting the need for action from college sports leaders. Read the article here. “Schools are doing what they’ve always done: trying to figure out how to get a competitive edge,” said Amy Perko, CEO of the Knight Commission college sports reform organization. “Now…
NPR’s Nina Totenberg spoke with Knight Commission CEO Amy Privette Perko and Co-Chair Len Elmore about the Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling in favor of college athletes in the NCAA v. Alston case. Read and listen here. Elmore, co-chair of the independent Knight Commission, would like to see the rules for collegiate athletics more broadly changed,…
The Wall Street Journal spoke with Knight Commission Co-Chair Len Elmore on the Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling in favor of college athletes in the NCAA v. Alston case: “The NCAA is on its heels right now,” said Len Elmore, co-chair of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, an advocacy group that aims to reform inequities in college…
Co-vice chairs of our racial equity task force, Shanteona Keys and Jacques McClendon, published an op-ed in The Athletic on why it is so critical for institutions to enact the Commission’s 4 recommendations to achieve racial equity. You can read our whole report here. An excerpt from the article: “We believe that one of the…