MIAMI, Fla. – In 2001, the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics recommended that eligibility for postseason bowl games should be reserved for football teams that graduate at least 50 percent of their players. If that recommendation were in effect today, nearly half of the participating teams would not be eligible. Twenty-seven of this season’s…
WASHINGTON , D.C. — Members of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics met today with experts on college sports financial issues as well as the NCAA Board of Directors’ Chair and University of Kansas Chancellor Robert Hemenway, to discuss the ongoing need for the reform of college sports. The meeting, which also marks the Commission’s…
Study Commissioned by the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics Has Broad Implications for Funding PolicyStudy Commissioned by the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics Has Broad Implications for Funding Policy MIAMI, FLORIDA — Success in big-time athletics has little if any effect on a college’s alumni donations or on the academic quality of its…
Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics Calls for Clearer Model of Division I-A Football Governance Notre Dame Football Coach Tyrone Willingham and Former Texas A&M Coach R.C. Slocum Offer their Testimony WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics today welcomed recent efforts to reform the postseason bowl structure and to tighten requirements…
Commission will hear from Notre Dame Football Coach Tyrone Willingham WASHINGTON, D.C . – In the three months since its last meeting, the Knight Commission has continued to monitor the intense commercial and professional pressures affecting college sports, serving as a reminder of the higher education role sports plays in college life. The Knight Commission…
Best practices’ for college and university boards outlined in new guidelines from Association of Governing Boards of Universities and College NEW ORLEANS (March 24, 2004) — The excitement of March Madness should not distract higher education leaders from their responsibility to help the nation’s colleges and universities moderate the glorification of athletic achievement and commercialism…
Only 21 of 65 Men’s Teams Would Meet Panel’s Graduation Standard MIAMI, Fla. – In 2001, the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics strongly recommended that eligibility for postseason tournament play should be reserved for teams that graduate at least 50 percent of their players. If that recommendation were in effect today, fewer than one-third…
NCAA President, Coaches, Network Executives Meet With Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics Myles Brand, former UNC Coach Dean Smith Offer Testimony WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics met today with NCAA President Myles Brand, television executives, basketball coaches and faculty members as it continued its work seeking reform of college…
MIAMI, Fla. — In 2001, the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics strongly recommended that eligibility for postseason bowl games should be reserved for football teams that graduate at least 50 percent of their players. If that recommendation were in effect today, 26 of this year’s 28 bowl games could not be played with their…
Meetings Focus on Bowl Championship Series, Television Contracts and Financing of College Sports Nov. 24, 2003 WASHINGTON, D.C. — With reports on the financing of intercollegiate athletics, television contracts and the status of the Bowl Championship Series, a streamlined Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics met here today to resume its seminal work seeking reform…