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November 29, 2012 - Firing a Coach, at a Price, With Little Evidence the Move Pays Off
November 13, 2012 - Knight Commission's recommendation to include academic performance as a part of football revenue distribution process takes hold
October 9, 2012 - Growing impact of high financial stakes in college sports highlighted at Knight Commission meeting
January 12, 2012 – Colleges consider how to pay for new cost-of-attendance stipends and impact of multi-year scholarships - Springfield (Mass.) Republican
January 12, 2012 - Arne Duncan urges NCAA leaders to continue changes - Associated Press
December 11, 2011 - Most colleges are playing a losing game with athletic spending - Boston Globe
October 25, 2011 - NCAA’s Mark Emmert supports Knight Commission efforts for tougher academic standards in athletics - Washington Post
October 13, 2011 - Most Ohio schools depend on student fees, other public help for Division I intercollegiate sports - Cleveland Plain Dealer
September 28, 2011 - Do college sports need to be saved? Minnesota Public Radio
September 24, 2011 - TV revenue fueling huge explosions in football coaching salaries - Charleston Post & Courier
September 7, 2011 - The big-time phoniness of big-time college sports - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 16, 2011 - Morals, Values Sacrificed In University Settings – Catholicsports.net
July 15, 2011 - Amy Perko discusses the state of college sports on UNC-TV with Bill Friday - NC People on UNC-TV
June 27, 2011 - In FCS athletics, ambitions compete with costs - Chronicle of Higher Education
June 15, 2011 - Financial gap in college athletics widens - USA Today
May 20, 2011 - Media editorials on the work of the Knight Commission
April 18, 2011 - Program-specific donations at California may alter funding practices - USA Today
April 15, 2011 – Underdog U: Sports and money at Brown - Brown Daily Herald
April 10, 2011 - NCAA proposal would allow companies to use player images and schools profit - Birmingham News
April 3, 2011 - Court time v. class time: The NCAA needs to boost academics in big-time college sports - Houston Chronicle
April 1, 2011 - NCAA Needs More Control Over the Bowl System - New York Times
March 17, 2011 - U.S. Secretary of Education Backs Knight Commission’s Call for Changing NCAA Basketball Tournament Eligibility Standards and Financial Rewards
February 20, 2011 - One way to save money? Cap athletics subsidies - Washington Post
January 18, 2011 - Reform the NCAA? Group's new president has his hands full - Minneapolis Star Tribune
January 15, 2011 - College coaches' salaries continue to soar - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
January 4, 2011 - Complaint to IRS Faults Orange Bowl Committee for Caribbean 'Junket' - Chronicle of Higher Education
December 23, 2010 - Cost of going to bowl games is greater than payouts - Bloomberg News
December 21, 2010 - Football coaches salaries loaded with incentives for athletic success - USA Today
December 8, 2010 - Nearly half of FBS coaches earn more than $1 million annually - USA Today
December 7, 2010 - Southeastern Conference surpasses $1 billion in athletics revenue - Chronicle of Higher Education
November 16, 2010 - AGB Board of Directors Endorses Knight Commission Report - Association of Governing Boards
September 30, 2010 - Using student fees to pay for college sports - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
September 30, 2010 - Changing the game - Trusteeship
September 22, 2010 - How student fees boost college sports amid rising budgets - USA Today
September 17, 2010 - College sports spending out of whack - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
September 13, 2010 - Concerned about rising tuition? Look at the coaches’ salaries - Boston Globe
August 18, 2010 - NCAA report shows institutional support of athletics continues to rise - Inside Higher Ed
July 3, 2010 - Tom McMillen applauds plan for athletic spending - Birmingham News
June 12, 2010 - Power schools call the tune in this latest grab for cash - Minneaplis Star Tribune
June 11, 2010 - Horizon Commissioner defends league - Indianapolis Star
June 7, 2010 - Expansion a worry to schools like UCF - Orlando Sentinel
May 20, 2010 - Faculty request reduction in subsidizing sports at Ohio - Inside Higher Ed
May 19, 2010 - Assistant football coaching salaries escalate - USA Today
April 30, 2010 - California universities eliminate athletics teams to save money - Sacramento Bee
April 29, 2010 - University of Texas one of few athletic programs profiting during economic recession - Bloomberg News
April 23, 2010 - NCAA Media Rights Deal: Time to Better Manage Commercial Success
April 7, 2010 - The high cost of keeping successful men's basketball coaches - Inside Higher Ed and Indy Star
April 6, 2010 - Fired NCAA coaches are owed $79.5 million in severance payments - Bloomberg News
April 3, 2010 - Weighing benefits of 96 teams - New York Times
April 2, 2010 - Coaching salaries rise as does institutional support of college sports - USA Today
April 1, 2010 - UC Berkeley head tackles cost of athletics - SFGate.com
March 29, 2010 - Maine athletics loses money while instructional support drops - The Maine Campus
March 28, 2010 - Colleges in Iowa weigh impact of athletic funding changes - Des Moines Register
March 25, 2010 - NCAA Division I Leadership Council considers cost-savings measures - NCAA News
March 24, 2010 - Controlling the madness - Raleigh News Observer
March 22, 2010 - Action, not whispers, needed from college presidents - Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal
March 20, 2010 - Student fees increasingly used to help sustain college athletics - Miami Herald
March 10, 2010 - College football assistant coaches salaries skyrocket - USA Today
March 3 & 5, 2010 - Oregon State and Oregon plan to reduce sports budget deficits - The Oregonian
February 3, 2010 - Nevada regents consider elimination of college athletics to balance budget - Reno Gazette-Journal
January 24, 2010 - Athletic finances at the University of Minnesota - Minnesota Daily
January 23, 2010 - Rising costs of athletics puts pressure on colleges - Indiana Business Journal
January 19, 2010 - Sports Subsidies Soar - Inside Higher Ed
January 14, 2010 - Subsidizing big-time college sports: An analysis of revenues and expenses - USA Today
January 12, 2010 - Calls for change at NCAA Scholarly Colloquium - Associated Press and NCAA News
January 5, 2010 - Knight Commission to press for fiscal change at NCAA Scholarly Colloquium - NCAA News
December 31, 2009 - Texas faculty tries to take one small step toward fiscal sanity - CBSSports.com
December 26, 2009 - Should college sports remain as tax-exempt nonprofits? - Austin American-Stateseman
December 19, 2009 - Playoffs not the answer to college football's financial crisis - Washington Post
December 13, 2009 - Colleges questioning steep price of winning in athletics - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
December 13, 2009 - College bowl payouts don't add up - Pittsburgh Tribune Review
December 11, 2009 - Western Kentucky notes need for competitive balance despite increasing salaries and expenses - WKU Herald
December 10, 2009 - Multi-part series about the business of college sports - Outside the Lines and ESPN.com
December 7, 2009 - Five issues for the next NCAA president - Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal
December 9, 2009 - IMG Intercollegiate Forum: Examining Rising Costs Of Athletics - Sports Business Daily
December 3, 2009 - Hofstra to discontinue football due to cost - Hofstra University and ESPN
December 1, 2009 - Duke professor questions $10 million subsidy of athletics - Durham Herald-News
December 1, 2009 - UC Berkeley Budget Crisis Pits Athletics vs Academics - Politics Daily
November 28, 2009 - The department of lucrative athletics - New York Times
November 24, 2009 - Is spending on collegiate athletics sustainable? - Columbia Free Times
November 23, 2009 - Northeastern University discontinues football after 74 years - Northeastern University and Boston Globe
November 13, 2009 - Time to reform system (by R. Gerald Turner and William Kirwan) - USA Today
November 11, 2009 - University of New Orleans may drop from NCAA Division I to III - NewOrleans.com and Sports Illustrated
November 11, 2009 - College football coaches see salaries rise in down economy - USA Today
November 9, 2009 - Presidents losing sense of control over sports - Lexington Herald-Leader
November 9, 2009 - The Coaching Carousel in Big-Time Intercollegiate Athletics: Economic Implications and Legal Considerations - Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal
October 14, 2009 - California spending on college sports facilities despite cuts to higher education - USA Today
September 28, 2009 - Concerns about college debt from athletics facilty construction - Chronicle on Higher Education
September 26, 2009 - Why should Notre Dame's football coach make more than tenured professors? Christian Science Monitor
September 25, 2009 - Maryland could consider cutting sports - The Baltimore Sun
September 20, 2009 - Arizona regents look at athletic coaching salaries - Arizona Republic
September 14, 2009 - Winston-Salem State to rejoin NCAA Division II - Chronicle of Higher Education
August 22, 2009 - Economic hard times forcing college athletics to make major cuts - Austin American-Statesman
August 18, 2009 - Time out on salaries for coaches - Orlando Sentinel
July 31, 2009 - Is there too much emphasis on college football programs? - Newsday
July 27 - August 1, 2009 - Six part series: College sports and money - Orlando Sentinel
July 27, 2009 - Economic recession is changing the face of college athletics - Orlando Sentinel
July 26, 2009 - Lawsuits may change how NCAA operates - Indianapolis Star
July 25, 2009 - University of Michigan athletics budget remains solid - AnnArbor.com
July 16, 2009 - Big Ten Network’s ‘Expert Opinion’ Explores The Selling of College Sports - Big Ten Network
July 13, 2009 - Colleges doing everything from eliminating sports, cutting scholarships to save money - Associated Press
July 12, 2009 - Athletic conference TV deals may exacerbate competitive disadvantages - Orlando Sentinel
July 8, 2009 - Opinion: Congress, the Bowl Championship Series, video games, and amateurism - National Public Radio
July 4, 2009 - College football players file suit over video game likeness - New York Times
June 24, 2009 - University of Oklahoma provides $7 million to support academics
June 23, 2009 - UCF student fees provide 46% of athletics budget - Orlando Sentinel
June 7, 2009 - Texas A&M to recoup $16 million loan to athletics - The Eagle
May 29, 2009 - Students vote against fees to support college athletics - New York Times
May 29, 2009 - Second set of economic dashboard indicators sent to college presidents - NCAA News
May 22, 2009 - Ron Prince deal may cost Kansas State $3.2 million - Wichita Eagle
May 22, 2009 - Regulate spending of college sports like charities - Chronicle of Higher Education
May 21, 2009 - Schools, conferences rush to contain costs as perks squeezed - USA Today
May 18, 2009 - Commission All Ears on Spending Fears - Athletic Management
May 3, 2009 - Colleges cut teams and budgets - New York Times
April 30, 2009 - Major college sports spending up nearly 11% annually - USA Today and Chronicle of Higher Education
April 19, 2009 - Kentucky athletics should give back more to university - Lexington Herald Ledger
April 18, 2009 - Florida's University Athletic Association to make $6 million in cuts - Gainsville Sun
April 4, 2009 - Commercialization of men's basketball players without adequate compensation - Bostom Globe and Associated Press
April 3, 2009 - Salary for University of Kentucky men's basketball coach raises questions of academic values - Chronicle of Higher Education
April 2, 2009 - Has college sports marketing gone too far? - USA Today
April 1, 2009 - IMG's splash on the college sports scene - USA Today
March 31, 2009 - Economies of scale: Division I reacts to troubled times - NCAA News
March 26, 2009 - College athletic scholarships come up short to pay for full cost of attendance - National College Players Association
March 18, 2009 - March Money Madness - New York Times
March 18, 2009 - Patriot League approves cost-saving measures - Patriot League
March 11, 2009 - Arizona stresses with cost to hire men's basketball coach in current economic climate - Arizona Daily Wildcat
March 10, 2009 - Colleges lose financially from March Madness - Wall Street Journal
March 6, 2009 - What college athletic departments are facing in the economic crisis - Chronicle of Higher Education
March 5, 2009 - Economic challenges for college athletics in North Carolina - Charlotte Observer
February 27, 2009 - College athletics coaches and administrators among highest paid private college employees - Chronicle of Higher Education
February 18, 2009 - University of Florida athletics to continue contributing to academics - Orlando Sentinel
February 17, 2009 - Southern Conference cuts tournament and other administrative costs - NCAA News
February 6, 2009 - Missouri, other colleges, cope with economic stress - Columbia Daily Tribune
February 6, 2009 - NAU professor calls for elimination of athletics program - Arizona Daily Sun
February 3, 2009 - College athletics in Indiana deal with tight budgets - Indianapolis Star
January 23, 2009 - Assistant football coaches salaries expand college sports financial arms race - Columbia State Herald
January 19, 2009 - Use of endowments for athletic fundraising grows, Chronicle of Higher Education
January 9, 2009 - Barack Obama and the International Education Bowl, Inside HIgher Ed
January 8, 2009 - College Sports, Inc, Washington Post
January 6, 2009 - Florida Enters BCS Title Game With Top-Paid Athletic Director, Bloomberg News
January 4, 2009 - It's time to give academics top priority, Eugene Register-Guard
January 2, 2009 - South Carolina Athletics Commits to Academics, NCAA News
December 19, 2008 - Student fees part of bid for football at Texas San Antonio , San Antonio News-Express
December 6, 2008 - Minnesota A.D. planning for financial hardships, Big Ten Network
December 2, 2008 - Football Coaching Changes Quicken with Salary Increases, USA Today
November 19, 2008 - "BCS Bowls Are Not Necessarily Big Money-Makers" Cincinnati Enquirer
November 19, 2008 - "USM budgets $180 per student for athletics" Hattiesburg American
November 17, 2008 - "NCAA’s amateurism principles becoming just a fantasy. " Sports Business Journal
October 21, 2008 - "Coach's pay draws ire from college watchdog group," USA Today
October 20, 2008 - "Financial Straits of Boosters Hit Athletic Programs," New York Times
August 7, 2008 - NCAA won’t challenge fantasy football, will keep status quo on beer ads
July 28, 2008 - Recruiting expenses increase significantly for major college sport programs, Chronicle of Higher Education
July 22, 2008 - The Higher Ed Watch Blog Calls for More Budget Transparency, New America Foundation
May 26, 2008 - The Limitations of NCAA’s Most Recent Financial Report
May 19, 2008 - NCAA’s financial picture receives concern from media
May 14, 2008 - Contra Costa Times cites Knight Commission survey
May 1, 2008 - Bowl Championship Series keeps status quo, rejects playoff
April 18, 2008 - Recent NCAA Financial Report Indicates Schools Relying More Heavily on Institutional Subsidies
April 1, 2008 - Just how much do colleges make from bowl games? Hartford Courant
October 5, 2007 - Growth in sports gifts may mean fewer academic donations - Chronicle of Higher Education
