When the NCAA was considering adding the 12th game, Paterno publicly declared his concerns to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (link here): “I think the athletic directors and the people who are on the Management Council have to decide whether we’re in this to educate kids or whether we’re in the business that these kids are going…
“I was devastated,” said Wright, who told the paper. “My family tried to talk to (Alvarez) and get him to step in on my behalf, but he made it seem like it was entirely out of his control. … If (Wisconsin) didn’t want me, that’s fine, but they should have let me know a lot…
USF coach Jim Leavitt would rather play on Saturday. “High school football, I think, should have Fridays,” Leavitt said. “But we’re going to [play on Friday]. We’re fortunate to be able to play on TV… That’s the positive part of it all, but I’ve always been a big proponent of high school football and coaches,…
The report noted that the school has shortened library hours, reduced staff, and canceled classes. Rutgers will also eliminate six sports including crew, fencing, and swimming to save $1.2 million. ‘’One of the saddest parts,’’ said Norman Levitt, a math professor, ‘’is that some of the people getting hurt the most are the student athletes–and…
According to the JMU student newspaper, The Breeze (link here), the elimination will affect 144 athletes on the teams, including eight scholarship players costing the department $13,500 annually. The three full-time coaches and eight part-time coaches will lose their jobs, but will be granted full severance pay. The decision will afford women’s golf, women’s tennis…
WKU President Gary Ransdell supports the proposal that it is in WKU’s best interests, including an opportunity to raise its national profile and to bring football in line with 18 other WKU sports which already compete in the Sun Belt. Ransdell stated that the athletic program was not in federal Title IX compliance in which…
Jeanette Ward, coach of the the Edmonds Community College women’s soccer team told the paper of her tireless efforts to improve her roster from six to 14, but that just five players have soccer experience. “I don’t know if it’s just a gender thing,” Ward said. “But there’s got to be (a reason) because it’s…
Fifteen years after the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics initial report (click on “reports” above for a copy), the Kansas City Star took a look at the state of presidential control of intercollegiate athletics. The results, according to reporter Blair Kerkhoff, are mixed.
How does the academic support athletes receive differ from that available to the general student body? That is a question recently asked in a recent article by the New York Times (link here, subscription required). The article notes that many of the nation’s top athletic programs have recently invested significant funds in their athletic-academic programs.…
Most, if not all, colleges admit athletes who either a) have lesser academic credentials than other students or b) would not have been admitted had it not been for their athletic abilities. Recent articles compared this practice for athletes to other specially talented students, with controversial conclusions. The San Diego Union-Tribune (link here) reported that…