NCAA President Mark Emmert says NCAA Division I basketball tournament games will be played without fans in the arenas because of concerns about the spread of coronavirus. Emmert said in a statement Wednesday he made the decision to conduct both the men’s and women’s tournaments, which begin next week, with only essential staff and limited family in attendance. Categories: Coronavirus,…
NEW YORK (AP) – NCAA President Mark Emmert says it is “highly probable” federal legislation will be passed that sets national guidelines for how college athletes can be compensated for the their names, images and likenesses. Emmert says he is focused on figuring out how the NCAA and its member schools allow college athletes get that compensation. The issue was…
CHICAGO (AP) – A Northwestern basketball player is suing the school and the NCAA, claiming the association’s transfer regulations violate federal antitrust laws. John Vassar says in the federal lawsuit filed Monday that Northwestern harassed him and made other efforts to make him transfer and take away his athletic scholarship. Vasser’s lawsuit is seeking class-action status and wants the NCAA…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – The NCAA will begin distributing some revenue to member schools for the academic achievement of its athletes, starting in 2019-20. The NCAA announced Thursday that the Division I Board of Directors and NCAA Board of Governors approved the change to the revenue distribution model. The money will come from the NCAA’s multimedia rights deal for the men’s…
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) – The NCAA has penalized Mississippi for violations in its women’s basketball and track programs and placed the athletic department on probation through 2019. The ruling by the committee on infractions Friday also includes show-cause penalties for several coaches involved with the two sports, including a two-year penalty for former women’s basketball coach Adrian Wiggins. The NCAA…
UNDATED (AP) –The NCAA wants to restrict when and where college football coaches can hold satellite camps and implement two early signing periods for high school prospects. The two proposals by the Division I Council were recommended by the football oversight committee as part of comprehensive reforms to recruiting. The council also recommended allowing FBS schools to have 10 assistant…
WASHINGTON — Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, and Equality NC, the statewide organization working to secure equal rights and justice for LGBTQ North Carolinians, hailed the Atlantic Coast Conference’s decision to stand up for the safety of its employees, players, and fans by moving championship games out…
Texas is ranked for the first time under coach Charlie Strong, coming in at No. 11 in the latest Associated Press college football rankings after a rousing opening victory against Notre Dame. The last time the Longhorns were ranked was November 2013, Mack Brown’s last as coach. No. 10 Wisconsin also made a big jump into the Top 25 after…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – The NCAA’s Board of Governors is asking leaders in all three athletic divisions to consider legislation to deal with athletes accused of sexual violence. The announcement came Thursday after the board’s quarterly meeting in Indianapolis – and one day after it received a petition signed by more than 157,000 people seeking a ban of sexually violent athletes….
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – A woman who says she was raped by college football players nearly 20 years ago is asking the NCAA to ban sexually violent athletes. Brenda Tracy and her son will present a petition to the NCAA’s Board of Governors at its meeting Wednesday in Indianapolis. Current guidelines generally allow schools or conferences to hand down such punishments….
