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Knight Commission Meeting on Oct. 9 to Present Latest Research on College Sports

Issues of financial sustainability and accountability in intercollegiate athletics will frame reform-focused discussion among higher education leaders Who: The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, chaired by William E. “Brit” Kirwan, chancellor, University System of Maryland, and R. Gerald Turner, president, Southern Methodist University, will be joined by Rick Legon, president, Association of Governing Boards of…

LSU Athletics Directs Portion of Revenue to Academics Endeavors

The Louisiana Business Report published an article about an agreement by the Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors that will send at least $36 million of athletics department revenue to academic endeavors over the next five years. The report included comments by Knight Commission Executive Director Amy Perko, who said “the deal appears to be…

The Future of the NCAA and Its Membership

“The Future of the NCAA and its Membership” is a panel discussion to be presented by the Pennsylvania State University sports journalism program at 7 p.m. Oct. 3 at the State Theatre. It is free and open to the public. Malcolm Moran, Knight chairman in sports journalism and society and director of the John Curley…

College Sports Subsidies Remain Integral Part of Game

The Arizona Republic published an article examining the extent to which colleges should decrease their subsidies of athletics programs based upon the increase in revenues from agreements between television networks and major athletic conferences.  This article examined that issue at Arizona State University. The Republic quoted the 2010 report, Restoring the Balance, in which the…

Knight Commission Statement Regarding NCAA Penalties on Penn State Football

The Knight Commission’s policy is to refrain from commenting on issues at a specific institution, which includes the sanctions recently announced for Penn State University’s football program. However, the Knight Commission believes this is an appropriate moment to comment more broadly on the current state of college athletics. Recent action by the NCAA, including today’s…

Maryland Athletics’ Financial Woes Reveal a Broken College Sports Revenue Model

A recent Washington Post article examined the financial situation in the University of Maryland’s athletics program in light of its recent decision to eliminate seven of its 27 varsity athletic teams next year. The article notes that “athletic departments at nine out of 10 public universities that compete in big-time sports spent more money than…

Thinking Beyond the Payoff from a Playoff

The Chicago Tribune published this opinion by Knight Commission co-chairs, William “Brit” Kirwan and R. Gerald Turner, on June 14, 2012: “Major change is on its way to big-time college football after years of debate among fans, sports media, Congress and even President Barack Obama about how the sport crowns its national champion. The conference…

Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics Supports Knight Commission Concept on Revenue Distribution

On June 13, 2012, the Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics (COIA) endorsed the Knight Commission’s concept of revenue distribution from the Bowl Championship Series.  The COIA statement follows: “The Steering Committee of the Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics (COIA) welcomes and supports a proposal by the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics to implement a distribution scheme for…