We are pleased to have hosted Name, Image, and Likeness (“NIL”): What it Means for College Governing Boards, the latest in our series of webinars for trustees. In this live 90-minute program on April 12, we examined the impact of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)’s new NIL rules in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in NCAA v. Alston, along with the implications for governing boards.
The webinar featured Michael Hsu, co-founder of the College Basketball Players Association; Tom McMillen, president and CEO of the LEAD1 Association; and Lyle Adams, founder, and CEO of Spry Payment Systems, Inc.
The Final Four is upon us, and with it the fiction that National Collegiate Athletic Association men’s basketball is an amateur competition. The NCAA has a vested interest in this fiction, because the bulk of its annual $1.14 billion in revenue comes from its March Madness tournament. Critics fall into two broad camps. The first […]
We college presidents have learned to tread lightly when it comes to the passions of alumni and other fans for our athletic teams, whether it is one competing for a national championship or a less heralded group playing a rivalry game. Recently, though, we have seen passions aroused in other quarters, as state legislatures have passed bills […]
A 2015 poll by Monmouth University found that barely a quarter of Americans feel that “colleges with big-time sports programs maintain the right balance between academics and athletics.” Recent stories of academic misconduct in the athletic programs of the University of North Carolina and the University of Texas only serve to fuel public concern. Last […]
The desire to make a difference is embedded in the human psyche. The effective altruism movement, recently made famous by the exploits of one of its most prominent advocates, taps into this aspect of our nature and offers a clearly defined, logical answer to the core question of which causes and organizations to support. While this […]
A lawsuit filed earlier this week by former University of North Carolina football player Michael McAdoo claims that UNC “systematically funneled its football student-athletes into a ‘shadow curriculum’ of bogus courses which never met and which were designed for the sole purpose of providing enrollees high grades.” Indeed, a recently released 130-page independent investigation of […]
Proposed changes in how the NCAA compiles financial data from college athletics departments could lead to more of them being in the black, though not by increasing revenue or cutting expenses. Just 23 athletics departments are self-sufficient by the NCAA’s current benchmarks. That has led to criticism of increases in athletics spending across Division I […]
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