Other conferences are still deliberating as fall creeps closer. But what kind of playbook is in place for forging ahead with college sports amid a deadly pandemic? "People are making it up as we go along," says Richard M. Southall, a professor at the University of South Carolina...
While there are still many ways to further support and improve the lives of student-athletes, both financially and academically, the NCAA remains an integral organization for college-bound and continuing student-athletes across the country. As the NCAA continues to expand, member institutions and col...
There are two ways that a college basketball team can earn a bid to the NCAA tournament at the end of the season: an automatic bid and an at-large bid. We'll explain both here. What is an automatic bid? The 31 Division I conferences all receive an automatic bid, which they each awa...
How are the teams selected? There are two ways that a team can earn a bid to the NCAA tournament. The 31 Division I conferences all receive an automatic bid, which they each award to the team that wins the postseason conference tournament. Regardless of how a team performed during ...
In January 2024, the NCAA penalized theFlorida State Universityfootball program for breaking that rule, alleging it used the promise of NIL money to secure an athlete's commitment in 2022. There are likely other examples of this happening at other schools that go undetected, ...
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Rose was banned from Major League Baseball for betting on games while manager of the Cincinnati Reds. OVERSIGHT The NCAA, the largest governing body for college sports in the country, p rohibits athletes and athletic department employees from gambling — even legally. And conferences partnered with...
The settlement There are two principal components of the settlement term sheet. First, the NCAA and its Division I members will pay $2.78 billion in damages to a class of current and former Division I student-athletes (dating back to 2016) over a ten-year term.1The NCAA its...
Names behind the NCAA lawsuit hope decisions will benefit everyone Though House and Prince have their names on the lawsuit, most of the decisions being made because of it are being hashed out by lawyers, judges, conferences and the NCAA. ...
What Is the NESCAC? What Are the Little Ivies? What Are Your Chances of Acceptance?Most people have heard of the Ivy League schools, but not everyone knows that there are other athletic conferences composed of academically prestigious colleges and universities. Notably, in New England, 11 ...