This opinion by Knight Commission co-chairs William E. “Brit” Kirwan and R. Gerald Turner was published in the September 17, 2010 edition of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “The college sports offseason was filled with news of record-breaking television revenues, lucrative multibillion-dollar television contracts and a reshuffling of athletic conference affiliations designed, in part, to maximize television…
Media from across the nation published articles on the financial state of college athletics following the June 17 release of the Knight Commission report, Restoring the Balance: Dollars, Values, and the Future of College Sports. Below are brief summaries of articles published by several media outlets. A video from WUSA TV-9 in Washington DC, with…
Several newspapers across the country have published editorials about the concerns over the finances of college sports in response to the Knight Commission’s release on June 17 of Restoring the Balance: Dollars, Values, and the Future of College Sports. These include The Detroit News, Salt Lake Tribune, The Gainesville Sun, Orlando Sentinel, Observer-Reporter, and The…
“Restoring the Balance: Dollars, Values, and the Future of College Sports” Reveals Huge Disparities between Spending on Athletics and Academics Washington-(June 17, 2010) — Following an 18- month study of college sports finances, the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics released today a report that calls for financial reforms in college sports. It includes three principles…
Commission releases its third major report in 20-year history, noting pivotal moment in curbing unsustainable growth in athletics spending Who: Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics Co-Chairmen William E. “Brit” Kirwan, Chancellor, University System of Maryland, and R. Gerald Turner, President, Southern Methodist University, and Commission member Carol Cartwright, President, Bowling Green State University, will be…
“The Knight Commission believes that the issue of college sports finances is serious and systemic, requires collaborative solutions, and cannot be solved by one university president alone. The escalation in coaches’ salaries nationally has made it difficult for any one university to opt out. The Commission owes its effectiveness to the involvement of higher education…
For Immediate Release: April 27, 2010 Statement from William E. Kirwan and R. Gerald Turner, Co-Chairmen, Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics We would like to extend our congratulations to Mark Emmert on being named NCAA President. We look forward to working with President Emmert to promote our shared visions that college sports programs can and…
In response to the NCAA’s new 14-year, $10.86 billion agreement with CBS and Turner Broadcasting System to broadcast the Division I men’s basketball tournament, Knight Commission co-chairmen R. Gerald Turner, President of Southern Methodist University, and William “Brit” Kirwan, Chancellor of the University System of Maryland, provided a comment: “Today’s announcement of the new NCAA…
Below is a press release from the TIAA-CREF Instittute: New York, March 8, 2010 — The TIAA-CREF Institute is pleased to announce William E. (Brit) Kirwan, Chancellor of the University System of Maryland, as winner of the 2010 TIAA-CREF Theodore M. Hesburgh Award for Leadership Excellence. This award recognizes leadership and commitment to higher education…
On January 12, the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics will encourage the NCAA to address the financial crisis in college sports in a presentation at the NCAA Scholarly Colloquium on Intercollegiate Athletics. The Commission will discuss the recent survey of NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) member presidents about the state of affairs in…