Tag: National Collegiate Athletic Association

Sports

NCAA Name, Image, and Likeness Policy Change Ushers in a New Paradigm

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) adoption of a new policy on July 1 that allowed players to be able to profit from their name, image, and likeness (NIL), has ushered in a new era for college athletics. It is an inflection point that will create a new paradigm that multiple stakeholders will have to adjust to. It represents a major deviation from a status quo that has been in place for generations. Players will now be able to cash in on the fame that the platform of college sports provides for the first time.

July 14, 2021

Sports

Critical Sport Scholars: Navigating an Uncomfortable Space

Being a college sports fan while also studying college sports is a difficult space to navigate.

June 23, 2021

Sports

Supreme Court Rules Against NCAA’s Education-Based Benefits Restriction

In a unanimous decision Monday, the Supreme Court ruled against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)—citing their restrictions on education-based benefits for student athletes as “unlawful.”

June 21, 2021

Sports

NCAA Allows Voluntary Football and Basketball Athletic Activities on Campus Starting June 1

A National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) moratorium on all sports activities, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will expire May 31 after the NCAA council decided that Division I football and basketball can resume on campus activities on a voluntary basis starting June 1, said CBS sports. The council extended the blanket waiver allowing teams in […]

May 21, 2020

Sports

Court Says NCAA Can’t Cap Education-Related Benefits for Football and Basketball Student-Athletes

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Monday upheld a ruling that said the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) can’t limit education-related benefits colleges provide to student-athletes who play Football Bowl Subdivision football and Division I basketball.

May 19, 2020

Students

NCAA President: No Fall Sports if Campuses Are Online Only

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) president Mark Emmert said on Friday he doesn’t expect college sporting events will take place this fall if students don’t return to campuses around the country, reported USA Today. Emmert’s comments came as part of a conversation on the NCAA’s Twitter channel. “College athletes are college students, and you can’t […]

May 11, 2020

Sports

NCAA Allows Athletes to Earn Income From Third-Party Endorsements

The National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA, on Wednesday announced it will allow college athletes to earn income from third-party endorsements but universities and colleges can’t pay these athletes for name, image and likeness activities. College athletes can identify themselves by sport and school but the use of conference and school logos and similar trademarks won’t […]

April 30, 2020

Sports

Division I Women Basketball Players Beat Men Again in Academic Progress

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I African American women basketball players academically outperformed their male African American counterparts and had a smaller gap with their White teammates in 2020, says the annual report by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES). With no NCAA Men’s and Women’s Division I Basketball Tournaments held this spring, TIDES based […]

April 2, 2020

News Roundup

Darryl A. Peal Named NKU’s Chief Diversity Officer

Darryl A. Peal was named Northern Kentucky University’s (NKU) chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer and Title IX Coordinator. He previously served as managing director for external engagement and strategic partnerships at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Peal earned his bachelor’s degree in print and broadcast journalism from Ohio Wesleyan University and his master’s […]

January 13, 2020

Sports

Dr. Katrice Albert Championing Diversity at NCAA

In 2018, The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) Racial and Gender Report Card for College Sport (RGRC) revealed that college and professional sports continue to earn low grades for racial and gender diversity in hiring. But on the same report card, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) headquarters earned high marks for its diversity and inclusion practices. Today, the job of advancing diversity and inclusion across the NCAA belongs to Dr. Katrice Albert, named the NCAA’s executive vice president of inclusion and human resources in 2017.

November 4, 2019

Sports

NCAA Votes to Change Rule Regarding Student-Athlete Payment

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) leaders voted unanimously Tuesday in support of adjusting the rule to allow college athletes to profit from their “names, images and likenesses.” This comes after state legislators nationwide looked to change the rule. In September a bill which prohibited California schools from punishing their athletes for accepting endorsement deals was […]

October 29, 2019

News Roundup

Bill Introduced in Georgia Will Allow Payment of College Athletes

A new bill will be introduced in the Georgia General Assembly that will permit college athletes to earn compensation and hire agents, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC). The state of California recently signed a similar bill into a law, which allows college athletes to be paid for the “use of their name, image […]

October 24, 2019