NCAA President Mark Emmert said Tuesday that it was troubling to see the University of Alabama-Birmingham drop its football program, but he believes Olympic-type sports are more vulnerable to cuts as schools look at athletic budgets.
Learfield Sports officials said they were attracted by the expertise of the 17-year-old local firm and will retain all of its employees. Butler University and University of Indianapolis are among clients that will be affected.
Meet Marcellus Barksdale. And Khufu Najee. And DavRon Williams. College-degree holders, all. Doing postgraduate work, all. And IUPUI Jaguar players, all.
In addition to hosting the men’s basketball Final Four at Lucas Oil Stadium in 2021, Indianapolis will host first-round and second-round games at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in 2017.
The NCAA plans to announce between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Friday on CBS Sports Network its selection of cities to host the men’s basketball Final Four in 2017 through 2020.
The NCAA's Board of Directors delayed its first major vote under a new governance structure Thursday.
College athletes are graduating at record numbers and with better rates than non-athletes, according to new statistics released Tuesday by the Indianapolis-based NCAA. Critics are balking at the interpretation of those numbers.
The deal calls for the Indianapolis-based NCAA to toughen return-to-play rules for college athletes. It also would create a medical fund to test current and former athletes for brain trauma.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association spent more on congressional lobbying from July through September than it did in all of 2013 as it continued to fight lawsuits challenging its structure.
NCAA President Mark Emmert said Monday there is no talk about allowing compensation for autographs and signed memorabilia, but a new model for scholarships could be approved by January.
The policy is effective immediately, meaning all current Big Ten athletic scholarships are now guaranteed. The 14 universities in the Big Ten provide about $200 million in direct financial aid to almost 9,500 athletes in 42 sports.
The NCAA and 11 conferences that have played major college football in recent years have filed a motion to dismiss two antitrust lawsuits that accuse the association of illegally capping compensation to athletes.
Chief operating officer Jim Isch announced he would retire early next year, a move that is prompting NCAA President Mark Emmert to reorganize his top staff.
The NCAA has notified the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that it intends to appeal a judge's ruling in the Ed O'Bannon case that it violated antitrust laws. What's unclear is how the NCAA's legal team will attack the ruling.
The NCAA's best argument against the Ed O'Bannon ruling may be the financial limits imposed by U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken — the same ones the NCAA lauded in her decision.
The NCAA is going back to court in Oakland, California—to clarify two points in U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken's ruling.
Analysts say the Indianapolis-based NCAA could ask Congress for an antitrust exemption that, coupled with some reform, would help the organization maintain the basic model of college sports.
NCAA President Mark Emmert said on a Sunday talk show that his organization found a lot in the decision that was "admirable" and some parts it disagreed with so strongly that they could not go unchallenged in court.
National Collegiate Athletic Association rules barring student athletes from seeking a share of its $800 million in annual broadcast revenue are illegal, a federal judge in California ruled in a lawsuit that may dramatically change college sports.
The changes may further increase the wealth gap between the 65 schools in the top five conferences and the rest of the Indianapolis-based NCAA’s roughly 350 Division I members.
