Tag: NCAA
Failing NCAA drug tests: who’s to blame?
When people think about college athletes testing positive for use of banned substances everyone thinks about performance-enhancing drugs or illegal substances such as cocaine...
Does the NCAA Exploit Athletes?
Thomas Palaima has an interesting article in this week’s Chronicle of Higher Education dealing with the NCAA regulation—or lack of such—of its member institutions...
Division I Continues to Examine Agent Rules
After a litany of high-profile investigations in the summer and fall of 2010, Division I is focused on regulating how sports agents mix with...
Has the Bar Been Lowered Too Far for College Student-Athletes?
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has been grappling for over 50 years with the minimum requirements for first-year student-athletes who want to compete...
NCAA: Point shaving threatens college sports
In the wake of Monday’s allegations against two former men’s basketball student-athletes and a former assistant coach, the NCAA reiterated its stance that point...
Salaries Go Up Even When Income Doesn’t
There has been a lot of reporting in recent months about the spiraling earnings of Division I football and men’s basketball coaches, many of...
Is the NCAA picking on the Junior College Athlete?
A class-action lawsuit has been filed by a group of two-year college football players which names the California State University system and several other...
The Drumbeat for Pay for Play Grows Louder
It seems that everywhere a person looks these days for sports news the issue of whether or not NCAA Division I football and men’s...
Everybody Gets Paid Except for the Hired Help
Every year at this time American sport fans look forward to the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Division I basketball Final 4s. Beginning Saturday millions...
Is it Madness to Not Pay Student-Athletes More than What Their Scholarship Permits?
The question of whether college student-athletes should be paid above and beyond what they currently receive under their NCAA defined athletic scholarships remains a...
