The Division III Membership Committee recommended waiving the sports sponsorship requirement for spring sports at its meeting via videoconference Wednesday.
Three-quarters of student-athletes surveyed in the NCAA Student-Athlete Activism and Racial Justice Engagement Study indicated that it was important to them to be an engaged citizen, and over half said college athletes have a responsibility to volunteer in the local community.
The NCAA will allow up to 25% capacity for its 2021 winter championships and Division I fall championships being held in the spring. Exact capacity percentages will vary by site, depending on state and local health mandates due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Once finalized, announcements will be made for each championship.
As a follow-up to the spring 2020 NCAA Student-Athlete COVID-19 Well-Being Survey, the fall survey showed student-athletes continue to face heightened mental health concerns, barriers to sport participation, and career planning challenges.
The NCAA Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee, in conjunction with the office of inclusion, is recognizing five individuals as Champions of Diversity and Inclusion for their work in supporting ethnic minorities and other underrepresented groups and individuals.
NCAA Division III winter championships are canceled for the 2020-21 academic year due to low participation numbers, the Division III Administrative Committee announced Wednesday.
The world of NCAA enforcement and hearing operations has not stopped turning, or significantly slowed down, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
More than 300 graduate assistants and interns from NCAA member institutions, conference offices and affiliate organizations will gather electronically starting today for the 2021 Emerging Leaders Seminar.
The latest findings from the Concussion Assessment, Research and Education Consortium show that disproportionately higher concussion rates and head impact exposure in college football occur during the preseason and practice — not regular-season games.
"Today, we asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reaffirm that the NCAA has ample latitude to govern college sports. As outlined in our brief, the lower court ruling distorts federal antitrust law and, in the process, wrongly redefines...
Derrick Gragg summarized the past year of activism and social and racial justice efforts within college athletics with one sentence during the virtual 2021 NCAA Convention.
The NCAA this week released its fiscal year 2019-20 audited financial statement, which reinforced the value of the financial contingency plan that the Association used because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Anthony Francois, a former men’s volleyball student-athlete at John Jay, was elected chair of the Division III Student-Athlete Advisory Committee during the virtual 2021 NCAA Convention.
Dr. Vivek Murthy has stepped down as one of five independent members of the NCAA Board of Governors. Murthy was nominated by President Joe Biden to become the next U.S. surgeon general, a position he held from 2014 to 2017.
The NCAA seeks nominations for an independent member to join its Board of Governors. The Association is calling for suggestions from its community on an exceptional individual who will expand diverse perspectives and experiences on the NCAA’s top governing body.
The Division I, II and III Student-Athlete Advisory Committees and the Board of Governors Student-Athlete Engagement Committee issued a joint statement regarding the pause in the process of voting on name, image and likeness legislation.
The Association’s top governing body, meeting virtually Wednesday as part of the 2021 NCAA Convention, reaffirmed its commitment to providing name, image and likeness opportunities to all college athletes at the first viable opportunity.
The Division III Management Council made a recommendation to the Division III Presidents Council to withdraw the proposal on name, image and likeness from Friday’s Business Session at the virtual 2021 NCAA Convention.
While last year provided NCAA members some of the most difficult challenges they have ever faced, 2021 offers the chance to showcase the membership’s values and reinforce its mission.
Louise McCleary, an integral part of Division III with more than two decades of administration experience within the division, will assume the role of NCAA’s interim vice president of Division III governance beginning Feb. 1.
Following the recent announcement of health and safety protocols for the Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, the NCAA has announced protocols for its remaining winter championships. The protocols related to the Division I Women’s...
