Releases and Statements

Knight Commission Summit participants Joanne Belknap, Professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies, University of Colorado Jemalle Cornelius, current student and football player, University of Florida Peter Roby, Director, Center for the Study of Sport in Society, Northeastern University Don McPherson, Executive Director, Sports Leadership Institute, Adelphi University Mike Aguirre, former Arizona State U. student and…

Knight Commission poll results urge NCAA to preserve academic integrity Indianapolis, Ind. — Nearly eight out of ten Americans say an athlete’s college experience should be about academics, not sports, according to a new poll conducted for the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics by Widmeyer Research and Polling of Washington, D.C.[1] While a majority of…

Commission continues its call for financial rewards to be tied to academic performance   Graduation rates for many college football teams are still too low, according to members of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, and incentives for athletic rather than academic success continue to grow. With the release of the NCAA’s new Graduation Success…

Veterans of sports, industry, and academe join commission Miami, Fla. – The Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics announced eight new members today, along with one former member returning to the panel. The new commissioners bring a broad array of experience and perspectives to the mission of reforming intercollegiate athletics. “The Knight Commission is moving…

Welch Suggs joins Commission as associate director Miami — Maureen Devlin, who has been with the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics since its founding in 1989, has stepped down as executive director but will remain involved with the Knight Commission’s work as a consultant. Succeeding her is Amy Privette Perko, a former college basketball…

Only three of the teams in the upcoming NCAA Super Regionals would be eligible Under Knight Commission’s recommended standard Miami, Fla. — One of the central recommendations of A Call to Action, the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics’ 2001 report, was that eligibility for postseason participation should be reserved by 2007 for teams that…

MIAMI, Fla. — One of the central recommendations of A Call to Action, the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics’ 2001 report, was that eligibility for postseason participation should be reserved by 2007 for basketball teams that graduate 50 percent of their players. If that recommendation were in effect today, nearly two-thirds (42 of 65)…