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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…

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October 26, 2009 – First of its Kind Survey Reveals Dilemma of Reform For more, link here Multimedia Links Presidential Survey Report Presidential Survey Appendices Photos from the event Video of Press Conference (part 1, part 2) Audio (session 1, session 2) 20th Anniversary Video History of the Knight Commission   See Past Meeting Highlights

Economic Hard Times Forcing College Athletics to Make Major Cuts

The Austin American Statesman published an article on the economic difficulties affecting intercollegiate athletics, with a particular focus on how those college athletic programs with and without resources are attempting to withstand the current recession. The Chronicle of Higher Education reported that in the 2008-09 school year, 13 NCAA Division I athletic departments dropped a…

Time Out on Salaries for Coaches

On August 18, 2009, the Orlando Sentinel ran an opinion about the escalating costs of coaches salaries, particularly the salaries of major college football coaches. The opinion notes the 2001 report from the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, which at the time called coaching salaries a “glaring symptom of the arms race run amok.” As…

Is There Too Much Emphasis on College Football Programs?

In a July 31, 2009, article in Newsday, columnist John Jeansonne inquires about how long athletic departments can sustain the exorbitant spending for elaborate facilities, travel, large rosters sizes, and other costs in support of college football. Jeansonne prsents the argument that with less money to go around these days, but no less demand for…

July 27 – August 1, 2009: Six Part Series: College Sports and Money

The Orlando Sentinel investigated the finances of major-college sports with a six-part series: • Monday, July 27, 2009: Recession is changing face of athletics. A 2008 NCAA study showed the average net operating deficit among FBS schools was $8.9 million in 2006, a figure that rose 25 percent in two years. The article noted the…

Economic Recession Is Changing the Face of College Athletics

In the Orlando Sentinel, a July 27, 2009, article presented a look at the college athletics landscape and how it is being impacted by the current economic recession. A 2008 NCAA study showed the average net operating deficit among FBS schools was $8.9 million in 2006, a figure that rose 25 percent in two years.…