On Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics will kick off the first in a series of four public forums to be held this fall examining the NCAA Division I model and the need for reform. The forums, Transforming the NCAA D-I Model: A 4-Part Series, begin with a session on the often misunderstood finances of Division I.
On June 4, 2020, the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics held a webinar to assess the NCAA’s proposal allowing college athletes to earn money for the use of their name, image and likeness (NIL) and to evaluate key differences with recommendations made by other groups. The session focused on issues such as compliance with fair market value, the confusion around group endorsement opportunities and ways to achieve uniformity, either through Congress or the Uniform Law Commission. The expert panel included Congressman Anthony Gonzalez, who is working on an NIL bill, Val Ackerman, Gabe Feldman and Tom McMillen.
The Future of College Sports Panel Video at the 13th Annual GEMALaw Sports & Entertainment Law Symposium at Georgetown Law Center on January 31, 2020.
For Public Release May 22, 2019 Photos are available here. Videos are available here. Agenda and list of meeting participants available here. WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics today discussed a series of recent reforms made in response to the men’s college basketball scandal and urged the NCAA to continue efforts to…
Session 1: Overview of USA Basketball programs/policies that impact elite men’s college basketball players and USA Basketball coach license requirements. Jim Tooley, chief executive officer, USA Basketball Sean Ford, director, Men’s National Team, USA Basketball Jay Demings, youth division director, USA Basketball Whitney Frye, director, SafeSport, USA Basketball Download USA Basketball powerpoint. Session 2: Coaches education/certification…
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For Public Release Oct. 29, 2018 Photos available. Videos and presentation materials available. Agenda and list of meeting participants available here. Washington, D.C. — In the wake of last week’s felony convictions for pay-to-play college basketball schemes, the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics today pressed the NCAA to establish more demanding standards for oversight, including…
Group Seeks Reforms That Go Beyond Rice Commission Proposals for Basketball Photos available for public use, with credit to: Lisa Helfert/Knight Commission. Link here. Videos available: Overview of Commission on College Basketball proposals. Link here. Discussion of proposed changes to college basketball. Link here. Proposed changes to transfer rules. Link here. Press conference with Arne…
The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics said today that recent college sports scandals have threatened not only the integrity of intercollegiate athletics but raised basic questions about the NCAA’s ability to prevent abuses, protect the rights of athletes and clean up corruption. At today’s fall meeting, NCAA President Mark Emmert told the Knight Commission, “We cannot go into the next basketball season without seeing fundamental change in the way college basketball is operating.”
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