WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics met today with NCAA President Myles Brand and conference commissioners and addressed a broad range of challenges facing college sports. Commissioners discussed and applauded the work of the newly formed NCAA Presidential Task Force on the Future of Intercollegiate Athletics, citing the alignment of its…
MIAMI, Fla. — One of the central recommendations of A Call to Action, the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics’ 2001 report, was that eligibility for postseason participation should be reserved by 2007 for basketball teams that graduate 50 percent of their players. If that recommendation were in effect today, nearly two-thirds (42 of 65)…
MIAMI, Fla. – In 2001, the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics recommended that eligibility for postseason bowl games should be reserved for football teams that graduate at least 50 percent of their players. If that recommendation were in effect today, nearly half of the participating teams would not be eligible. Twenty-seven of this season’s…
WASHINGTON , D.C. — Members of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics met today with experts on college sports financial issues as well as the NCAA Board of Directors’ Chair and University of Kansas Chancellor Robert Hemenway, to discuss the ongoing need for the reform of college sports. The meeting, which also marks the Commission’s…
Study Commissioned by the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics Has Broad Implications for Funding PolicyStudy Commissioned by the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics Has Broad Implications for Funding Policy MIAMI, FLORIDA — Success in big-time athletics has little if any effect on a college’s alumni donations or on the academic quality of its…
Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics Calls for Clearer Model of Division I-A Football Governance Notre Dame Football Coach Tyrone Willingham and Former Texas A&M Coach R.C. Slocum Offer their Testimony WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics today welcomed recent efforts to reform the postseason bowl structure and to tighten requirements…
Commission will hear from Notre Dame Football Coach Tyrone Willingham WASHINGTON, D.C . – In the three months since its last meeting, the Knight Commission has continued to monitor the intense commercial and professional pressures affecting college sports, serving as a reminder of the higher education role sports plays in college life. The Knight Commission…
by Robert H. Frank Henrietta Johnson Louis Professor of Management and Professor of Economics Johnson Graduate School of Management Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 Prepared for the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics May 2004 Download PDF Abstract Do successful college athletic programs stimulate additional applications from prospective students and greater contributions by alumni and…
Best practices’ for college and university boards outlined in new guidelines from Association of Governing Boards of Universities and College NEW ORLEANS (March 24, 2004) — The excitement of March Madness should not distract higher education leaders from their responsibility to help the nation’s colleges and universities moderate the glorification of athletic achievement and commercialism…
Only 21 of 65 Men’s Teams Would Meet Panel’s Graduation Standard MIAMI, Fla. – In 2001, the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics strongly recommended that eligibility for postseason tournament play should be reserved for teams that graduate at least 50 percent of their players. If that recommendation were in effect today, fewer than one-third…