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Sports Business Journal: “College Football: The Cost of Winning”

Sports Business Journal staff writer Ben Portnoy delved into the complicated and ever-changing “business” of college football in his examination of the teams that participated in the College Football Playoff over the past decade. Portnoy cites data from the Knight-Newhouse College Athletics Database extensively among the expense trends over that decade: more lucrative coaching salaries,

2024 NCAA Convention Session C.A.R.E. Model Presentation

On Jan. 11, the Knight Commission presented details about its C.A.R.E. Model (Connecting Athletics Revenues with the Educational Model of College Sports) that provides an important and essential shift to a new financial framework. This new framework emphasizes the authority conferences have to more closely connect the distribution and spending of billions in shared athletics

C.A.R.E. Model Data

See page 7 of full report for explanation Summary Data Table for 50% Benchmark for fiscal years 2018, 2019, & 2022 (excluding fiscal years 2020 and 2021 due to COVID impact) Institution-Specific Data Data for each Division I public institution for fiscal years 2018, 2019, and 2022 (December 2023 update) Data for each Division I

CEO Perko to On3: State of College Sports

On3 asked industry leaders to weigh in on the No. 1 issue in college sports in 2023. Below is an excerpt of the response from Amy Privette Perko, CEO, Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics  “The biggest issue in college sports right now is getting surprisingly little attention. The upcoming revenue distribution decisions of the governing

Op-ed: CEO Perko to On3 Sports regarding the state of college sports

On3 Sports asked industry leaders to weigh in on the No. 1 issue in college sports and compiled the answers, which included the following response from Amy Privette Perko, CEO, Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics: “The biggest issue in college sports right now is getting surprisingly little attention. The upcoming revenue distribution decisions of the

Yahoo!Sports: Is college athletics headed for The Great Split? ‘We need to recreate or relaunch the NCAA’

In his article on the Knight Commission’s fall public meeting, Ross Dellenger of Yahoo! Sports reported on the key topics discussed, most notably, the call for reshaping the industry and changing governance and financial distributions for Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).  This article highlights comments made by two expert panelists, Damon Evans and Kevin White. and

November 2023 Meeting Photos

Click on each photo to enlarge. From left: Len Elmore, Pam Bernard, Arne Duncan, and Amy Perko From left: Len Elmore, Pam Bernard, and Arne Duncan From left: Arne Duncan and Amy Perko     Arne Duncan Len Elmore               Amy Perko              

Knight Commission Meeting Highlights Urgency for Changing CFP and NCAA Governance and Financial Distributions

Knight Commission Announces C.A.R.E. Model Grants for Division I Conferences CA.R.E. Model Grants Knight-Newhouse FBS Football Head Coach Buyout Data Presentation Slide Deck (PDF) Watch video of public meeting Photos for media use are available here Washington, D.C.–The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics met today in Washington, D.C. to discuss the once-in-a-generation opportunity that the

Knight Commission Announces C.A.R.E. Model Conference Grants for Division I Conferences

C.A.R.E. Model Grant Application Form C.A.R.E. Model Grant Application Resources (February 2024) C.A.R.E. Model Report and Resources The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics announces the launch of a C.A.R.E. Model Conference Grant program, providing grants from a pool of $100,000 in 2024 to Division I Conferences that implement the C.A.R.E. Model principles for their distribution