A column in the Sedalia Democrat quotes University of Central Missouri (UCM) President Chuck Ambrose who describes his concerns that the “strategic vision for what college sports should look like is not there.” Ambrose is a former college soccer player who served as chairman of the NCAA Division II President Council in 2006-07. UCM recently…
Knight Commission Executive Director Amy Perko is quoted in the Washington Post‘s April 3 article, “NCAA stages its gaudiest spectacle, while its amateur foundation is under question.” The article summarizes the recent debate over whether athletes should receive more benefits and whether they should be represented by a players’ union. “What impact, if any, one…
AP’s “The Big Story” on March 22, 2014 was a report on the remarks Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby made at the Knight Commission’s March 17, 2014 meeting. The report noted that Bowlsby’s panel was “tasked with forecasting how college sports may change over the next decade…if Bowlsby got his way, the model would change—considerably.”…
On March 28, the New York Times published on its opinion page the following statement by Knight Commission Executive Director Amy Perko: The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics continues to strongly promote its principle that institutions must treat college athletes as students first and foremost, not as professionals. The commission supports many of the benefits…
The Miami Herald‘s report of the Knight Commission’s March 17, 2014 meeting in Miami highlighted the discussion around a growing “imbalance between academics and sports.” The article cites findings from the Knight Commission’s Athletic and Academic Spending Database for Division I: “College spending per football player skyrocketed 70 percent compared with only a 6 percent…
The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics heard passionate dialogue during a meeting here on a range of issues facing college sports, particularly issues of academics and well-being for college athletes. The Commission also announces latest update to its athletic and academic spending database
FoxSports.com previewed the March 17, 2014, meeting of the Knight Commission with an interview of one of its panelists: Ramogi Huma is the founder and president of the National College Players Association. He has been advocating the cause of student-athletes since 2001. The issue of compensation for college athletes has come to the forefront and…
New benefits for college athletes among the issues to be discussed Who: The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, co-chaired by William E. “Brit” Kirwan, chancellor, University System of Maryland and R. Gerald Turner, president, Southern Methodist University, will be joined by Nathan Hatch, chair, NCAA Board of Directors and president, Wake Forest University; Bob Bowlsby,…
A blog posted on the Knight Foundation Website highlights key aspects of the database and how the tool can be used. One of the examples provided is below: “… to understand the differences in the growth in academic spending and football spending at institutions whose football programs compete in the NCAA’s top division, the Football…
The Raleigh News and Observer used the Knight Commission Academic and Athletic Spending Database (spendingdatabase.knightcommission.org) to examine the growth in coaching salaries among public universities in the Atlantic Coast Conference. According to the article, “the examination found a sharp escalation in coach compensation is a driving factor in athletic spending…” “The market has gone crazy,”…