Tim Brown, the 1987 Heisman Trophy winner, set two single-game, nine single-season and eight career records during his time at Notre Dame and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2009. The nine-time Pro Bowl selection was...
Amy Perko, a three-time Academic All-American at Wake Forest who set multiple school women’s basketball records, is the executive director of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. After earning her master’s degree, she worked...
David Robinson, the 1987 United States Naval Academy graduate and Naismith Men's College Player of the Year, holds 30 different school records. The first pick in the NBA Draft by the San Antonio Spurs was named one of the NBA’s 50 Greatest...
Dear Higher Education Community: Higher education and intercollegiate athletics have been rocked in recent weeks by allegations of pedophilia involving coaches and young boys. Sexually abusive behavior is not confined to intercollegiate...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick Changes to the academic requirements for incoming Division I student-athletes will require freshmen to meet a tougher academic standard to compete in the first year of enrollment at a Division I institution. The...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick The Division I Board of Directors continued the quick-action precedent set earlier this summer, adopting a package of proposals Thursday that toughen academic standards and provide increased academic and economic...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick Men’s basketball coaches will be free to contact recruits without many of the current restrictions under a new recruiting model for the sport adopted by the Division I Board of Directors Thursday. Coaches will be...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick Pending direction from a presidential working group charged with streamlining the Division I Manual, the Division I Legislative Council used its fall meeting to offer perspective on broad areas such as recruiting...
By Ronnie Ramos NCAA Division I presidents concluded their two-day summit by calling for bold, sweeping changes to improve intercollegiate athletics. Saying they were “fed up” with cheating and a lack of accountability, the presidents were...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick Less than 24 hours after emerging from a landmark Presidential retreat, the Division I Board of Directors unanimously approved the concept of increasing the required academic performance of all teams and mandated...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick The Division I Leadership Council reached consensus on some aspects of a new men’s basketball recruiting model and hopes to have a final package of recommendations to the Board of Directors in time for the...
By Gary Brown An expanded definition of agents proposed by the Division I Amateurism Cabinet would include third-party influences, including family members, who market student-athletes’ athletics ability or reputation for personal...
In an effort to provide a safer sports environment for America’s children, the NFL and NCAA are advocating for state legislation designed to prevent and properly treat concussions among youth athletes. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and...
The NCAA is honoring more than 900 Division I sports teams for their high marks academically. The Association announced that 909 teams have earned Public Recognition Awards, based on their most recent multi-year Academic Progress Rates...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick The Division I Leadership Council moved closer to making recommendations aimed at improving the men’s basketball recruiting environment. The discussion will continue over the next several months, with legislation...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick NCAA.org The Division I Academic Cabinet wants feedback on a legislative package for the 2011-12 cycle that strengthens requirements for two-year college transfers and provides an opportunity for prospects who...
Sports agent Jimmy Sexton told the Division I Leadership Council on Thursday that education is the key to minimizing eligibility problems stemming from student-athletes receiving benefits from agents. “The only way to solve it is through...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick Division I men’s basketball recruiting rules could get a makeover as early as 2012, depending on recommendations that come from the Leadership Council in the coming months. The January Council meeting will be the...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick Most student-athletes participating in intercollegiate athletics grow up in the U.S., though the number of international student-athletes is increasing dramatically – up more than 1,000 percent over the last 10...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick The issue of summer basketball recruiting will be reviewed through the Division I governance structure over the next year, with the implementation of changes possible by summer 2012. The Division I Board of...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick The Division I Board of Directors will consider tomorrow a proposal from the Collegiate Commissioners Association to sponsor legislation in the current cycle that would eliminate the July recruiting period for...
