Division III has the most ambitious legislative agenda of the three divisions at the current moment. Like Division II, most of the proposals are focused on playing and practice season rules. But while D2 is mostly tweaking, D3 has two major changes. One would cut the number of contests in most Division III sports while […] The post Spring Football Highlights D3 Proposals appeared first on Athnet.| Athnet
Division II released its Initial Publication of Proposed Legislation (IPOPL) last week. Like Division I’s, the Division II legislative agenda is short and focused. As of now D2 will take up four proposals at the 2015 NCAA Convention and all of them involving playing and practice seasons to some degree. Also interesting compared to Division […] The post Playing and Practice Seasons Dominate D2 Legislative Agenda appeared first on Athnet.| Athnet
Oregon joined Texas A&M, Florida State and Baylor as schools paying the premiums for disability/loss-of-value insurance for athletes. Wisconsin is also rumored to have joined this club as well. As more schools realize this is possible, more athletes will be aware that they could get such insurance and as some people have pointed out, the […] The post Schools May Not Need SAF to Pay for Insurance appeared first on Athnet.| Athnet
Today Notre Dame confirmed that it was investigating potential academic misconduct involving four football players: Evidence that students had submitted papers and homework that had been written for them by others was initially detected at the end of the summer session, and referred to the compliance office in athletics on July 29. The Office of […] The post Notre Dame Reports Potential Academic Violation to NCAA appeared first on Athnet.| Athnet
Depending on who you ask, August 15ths prior to 2011 were either the good ol’ days or the bad ol’ days. On August 15th, the Division I Publication of Proposed Legislation is due. Prior to 2011 and the Presidential Retreat, it was hundreds of pages long and included 80–100 different proposals that ranged from important […] The post Proposed Legislation for Division I Highlighted by Championships and Drug Testing appeared first on Athnet.| Athnet
The Division III Presidents Council has voted to sponsor legislation which would cut the number of contests in most Division III sports, some by more than 10%. Aside from football and cross country, all Division III teams could see the maximum number of competitions cut by one to four dates of competition or contests. The […] The post Division III Proposes Cutting Number of Games appeared first on Athnet.| Athnet
http://Alma College Sports Recruiting.Josh Gregory, SMU’s head men’s golf coach and winner of two national championships as head coach at Augusta State, resigned on Friday from his job at his alma mater. The reason, according to Golfweek, is NCAA recruiting violations: Among the alleged violations were impermissible text messages sent to recruits, in violation of […] The post SMU Golf Coach Resigns Over Alleged Recruiting Violations appeared first on Athnet.| Athnet
Yesterday I explained how the judge’s injunction in O’Bannon simplified the cost-of-attendance debate by making many of the alternatives illegal. Under the injunction there can be no need-based cost-of-attendance stipend nor can the NCAA and its members agree on the value of certain elements of COA. The judge required COA to be calculated: As defined […] The post Wide Variance in COA Calculations with No Good Solution for Power Conferences appeared first on Athnet.| Athnet
With a larger and more diverse Committee on Infractions, especially with ex-coaches now part of the group, questions were bound to arise about the COI’s recusal policy. One of the first instances has come up in Georgia’s infractions case involving swimming and diving coach Jack Bauerle. Chip Towers of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has the details: […] The post Cremins Recuses Himself from UGA Case appeared first on Athnet.| Athnet
The NCAA Executive Committee, the highest body in the NCAA, has decided what to do with for-profit institutions. They will be members of the NCAA, but not full members: The subcommittee determined for-profit schools could participate as NCAA members if: any financial benefits were received through their conferences and not directly from the NCAA; and […] The post NCAA Sets Rules for For-Profit Schools appeared first on Athnet.| Athnet
SODO Apparel, a men’s sportwear brand out of Seattle, is planning to become the first apparel company to pay college athletes. “It’s a new day for NCAA athletes,” founder Mark Nelson stated. “We have discovered a viable way to compensate those athletes being exploited the most by the NCAA, its partners, and the universities.” SODO’s […] The post SODO Apparel Launches Fund to Pay Former College Football Players appeared first on Athnet.| Athnet
The NCAA Division I Board of Directors approved the new governance proposal today by an overwhelming majority, 16–2. But the proposal still has to survive the override period. 75 override requests would trigger the override process while 125 would table the proposal and keep it from becoming effective while that process goes on. The final […] The post Small Addition Could Derail Governance Proposal appeared first on Athnet.| Athnet
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