Delivered via Email July 25, 2024
Jere Morehead, Chair
NCAA Division I Board of Directors
Dear President Morehead,
We are writing to urge the NCAA Division I Board of Directors to reconsider one aspect of its internal payment plan to fund damages for the proposed House settlement. Specifically, the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics requests that the Division I Board protect the Academic Performance Fund incentives in its proposed plan to pay the House settlement damages.
It is our understanding that, at any point during the payment plan period, the Division I Board, in conjunction with the NCAA Board of Governors, has the authority to modify the NCAA’s internal plan to fund the annual House damages payments.
In view of that authority and responsibility, the Knight Commission recommends alternative approaches to funding the $10 million in payments now scheduled to come annually from a reduction of the academic incentive awards.
Read the full letter here:
Knight Commission Letter to DI Board on Altering House Damage Payments