As reported by CNN, the University of Connecticut men’s basketball team cannot compete for the 2013 national championship after the NCAA denied the school’s appeal of a postseason ban. A similar decision by the NCAA, including denial of appeals, will impact the men’s basketball teams at the University of Toledo and the University of North…
Knight Commission executive director Amy Perko was one of several individuals with an opinion published in the New York Times‘ “Room for Debate” forum titled, “March Madness? What about Midterms?” Advocating policy change to emphasize the “college” in college sports has been the mission of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics for more than two…
The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics has distributed a communication to all FBS presidents and conference commissioners. The purpose of the April 20, 2012 communication is to offer a new approach to distributing shared media revenues that the Knight Commission believes should be discussed and considered by FBS conferences in conjunction with the discussions currently…
Former Knight Commission member LeRoy Walker, a pioneer in sports and education, died Monday, April 23, 2012, at age 93. The Knight Commission was one of many organizations that benefited from his involvement. Dr. Walker served on the Commission when it produced its 1991 and 2001 reports. His obituary in the Raleigh News and Observer…
The USA Today reported on the NCAA’s intent to investigate “the way in which Division I is organized for the purposes of making decisions.” According to the paper, NCAA President Mark Emmert will appoint a working group to look at the makeup of the board of directors and ensure that Division I non-football schools and…
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican published an article about a new rule being considered by the NCAA that would impact the budget of college athletics departments. The new rule would allow student-athletes to receive an additional $2,000 expense stipend up to the full cost-of-attendance. The rule, adopted by the NCAA Board in October, was suspended when…
The Associated Press reported on an address by the U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan at the 2012 NCAA convention. Duncan urged the nation’s major institutions to put some of the revenue earned from football and men’s basketball championships into an education fund. Duncan praised recent policies adopted by the association membership, including tougher academic…
January 13, 2012 Knight Commission Executive Director Amy Perko visits KU The University Community Forum presents “A Dialogue on Intercollegiate Athletics in Higher Education” with Knight Commission Executive Director Amy Perko on Tuesday, Jan. 24. Perko, a former University of Kansas associate athletics director, was named Knight Commission executive director in 2005. The Knight Commission…
An article by Boston Globe columnist Derrick Jackson questioned the decisions made in higher education institutions with respect to their athletic departments. Jackson pointed to recent child sexual abuse allegations, NCAA rules-breaking of cash payments to college football players and recruiting violations, and other major scandals while the vast amounts of money generated by major…
The Fayetteville Observer recently published an article featuring the career of Amy Perko, executive director of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. Perko will be receiving a Silver Anniversary Award from the NCAA in January. As part of the article, the Observer included discussion about the past, current, and future role of the Knight Commission. …