The NCAA announced it has released a database on single-year Academic Progress Rates (APR) for Division I head coaches in six sports, including football and basketball. The database was designed to strengthen the accountability of coaches for the academic performance of their student-athletes. The Head Coach APR Portfolio this year includes baseball, football, men’s and…
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Inside Higher Ed published an article about how the NCAA’s benchmark for measuring the academic success of athletic teams, the Academic Progress Rate (APR), is weaker than originally intended when correlated to recent graduation rates. The NCAA uses the APR as a tool for each Division I athletic team to account for progress toward graduation,…
On July 3, the Birmingham News quoted former U.S. Representative Tom McMillen, a former college basketball star and an NBA veteran, in response to the Knight Commission recommendations to restore balance between academic and athletic spending among universities. The News reported the Knight Comimssion findings in Restoring the Balance: Dollars, Values, and the Future of…
Media from across the nation published articles on the financial state of college athletics following the June 17 release of the Knight Commission report, Restoring the Balance: Dollars, Values, and the Future of College Sports. Below are brief summaries of articles published by several media outlets. A video from WUSA TV-9 in Washington DC, with…
Several newspapers across the country have published editorials about the concerns over the finances of college sports in response to the Knight Commission’s release on June 17 of Restoring the Balance: Dollars, Values, and the Future of College Sports. These include The Detroit News, Salt Lake Tribune, The Gainesville Sun, Orlando Sentinel, Observer-Reporter, and The…
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“Restoring the Balance: Dollars, Values, and the Future of College Sports” Reveals Huge Disparities between Spending on Athletics and Academics Washington-(June 17, 2010) — Following an 18- month study of college sports finances, the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics released today a report that calls for financial reforms in college sports. It includes three principles…
On June 12, the Minneapolis Star Tribune published an article noting the timely impact of the upcoming Knight Commission report about the finances of college sports, particularly in relation to the recent decision by instituions to jump from one conference to the next. The commentary, from Rachel Blount, stated: “Following the conference expansion saga has…
Jon LeCrone, commisioner of the Horizon League, responded to a recent op-ed from Dr. Karen Weaver about the impact of institutions from major NCAA Division I institutions choosing new athletic conference affiliations. Her response, printed in the Indianapolis Star, is below: “In her guest column published in The Star on Tuesday, Dr. Karen Weaver opines…