Several national media outlets, including ABC News, published this Associated Press wire story that summarized the implications of the NCAA’s legal battles. The article quotes Knight Commission CEO Amy Perko, noting her position that: “the NCAA’s insistence of trying to govern major college football while it has no jurisdiction over its postseason and no say…
C.A.R.E. Model Implementation Resources (updated January 2025) C.A.R.E. Model Grant Application Resources (February 2024) C.A.R.E. Model Release (Sept. 2021) C.A.R.E. Model Report and Resources On November 17, 2023, the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics announced the launch of a C.A.R.E. Model Conference Grant program, providing grants from a pool of $100,000 in 2024 to Division I Conferences…
Implementation Resources for DI Conferences – updated January 2025 PDF for DI conferences that distribute less than $100 million PDF for DI conferences that distribute more than $100 million
1. What is the purpose of the C.A.R.E. Model Conference Grant program? A new financial framework is needed to ensure that Division I shared athletics revenues are used to directly support the educational mission of college sports. This C.A.R.E. Model is created for conferences and national entities to bolster accountability and ensure that both the…
C.A.R.E. Model Conference Grant Application
Sports Business Journal staff writer Ben Portnoy delved into the complicated and ever-changing “business” of college football in his examination of the teams that participated in the College Football Playoff over the past decade. Portnoy cites data from the Knight-Newhouse College Athletics Database extensively among the expense trends over that decade: more lucrative coaching salaries,…
On Jan. 11, the Knight Commission presented details about its C.A.R.E. Model (Connecting Athletics Revenues with the Educational Model of College Sports) that provides an important and essential shift to a new financial framework. This new framework emphasizes the authority conferences have to more closely connect the distribution and spending of billions in shared athletics…
See page 7 of full report for explanation Summary Data Table for 50% Benchmark for fiscal years 2019, 2022 & 2023 (excluding fiscal years 2020 and 2021 due to COVID impact, March 2025 update) Summary Data Table for 50% Benchmark for fiscal years 2018, 2019, & 2022 (excluding fiscal years 2020 and 2021 due to…
On3 asked industry leaders to weigh in on the No. 1 issue in college sports in 2023. Below is an excerpt of the response from Amy Privette Perko, CEO, Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics “The biggest issue in college sports right now is getting surprisingly little attention. The upcoming revenue distribution decisions of the governing…
On3 Sports asked industry leaders to weigh in on the No. 1 issue in college sports and compiled the answers, which included the following response from Amy Privette Perko, CEO, Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics: “The biggest issue in college sports right now is getting surprisingly little attention. The upcoming revenue distribution decisions of the…