The Washington Post published an article on the NCAA’s diversity initiatives discussed at the May 1 meeting of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. The article focused on the NCAA’s recent voluntary “Pledge and Commitment to Promoting Diversity and Gender Equity in Intercollegiate Athletics,” and noted that 30 percent of NCAA member institutions had yet…
Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics: Public Meeting Agenda (Holeman Lounge) Video (session 1) Figures produced by Knight Commission of College Football Playoff 8:45 – 10:30 a.m. The Future of College Football: A Focus on Finances and Player Benefits and Protections Bob Bowlsby, commissioner, Big 12 Conference; chair, NCAA Football Oversight Committee Judy MacLeod, commissioner, Conference…
The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics called for the College Football Playoff to invest some of its revenue for the first time in national initiatives supporting the health and safety of football players and in programs to increase diversity among football coaches. In addition, the Commission urged the College Football Playoff to follow the NCAA’s lead in adding current or former student-athletes to its board of managers.
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The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics called for the College Football Playoff to invest some of its revenue for the first time in national initiatives supporting the health and safety of football players and in programs to increase diversity among football coaches. In addition, the Commission urged the College Football Playoff to follow the NCAA’s lead in adding current or former student-athletes to its board of managers.
In its coverage of the Knight Commission meeting on May 1, USA TODAY focused on a controversial comment made by panelist Bob Bowlsby, commissioner of the Big 12 Conference, about student-athletes: “I don’t think they’re amateurs. They’re college athletes.” The story noted that Bowlsby said in an interview that American student-athletes are unique — “Doesn’t…
USA Today recently interviewed Arne Duncan, co-chair of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics and former U.S. Secretary of Education, about the current issues in college sports. The article notes, “Arne Duncan remembers as a child sitting around the dinner table as his family discussed sports, though not in the way other families talked about…
A March 24, 2017 USA TODAY article reports that the NCAA will make payments to college athletics departments ranging from $165,000 to more than $1.3 million from a $200 million distribution in mid-April. “Schools will face restrictions on how they can use the money, which is coming from the liquidation of a type of endowment…
In an effort to strengthen financial transparency, the Knight Commission produces information to describe the financial landscape of Division I college sports. Below are figures that describe “where the money comes from” and “where the money goes” in Division I college sports. For Overview of Finances for DI Publics CLICK HERE For Overview of Finances…