Osborne Calls for Eliminating Summer Recruiting Period in Hoops
"I sure hope there will be more discussion (on the summer ban)," Osborne said. "There has been an NCAA committee looking at that. "Discussion has flourished throughout college basketball in the 48 hours since Kansas acknowledged a long-term internal ticket problem. To read more, click here.
NCAA Will Not Accept BYU's Online Courses
The NCAA's ban on BYU online courses drew concern Tuesday night from Kadie Otto, a former president of The Drake Group, a collection of professors advocating for improved academics for college athletes. Otto said if the NCAA is singling out BYU and American School, the NCAA will have to sort through the dozens of other institutions offering such courses. To read more, click here.
NCAA-Conferences
BCS Executive Director Responds to Congress
Because college football developed as numerous conferences rather than as a single unifiedleague and has had a successful broad-based bowl system, the presidents of the universities alongwith the conferences and the bowls chose to create what is now called the BCS to match the toptwo teams in the post-season national championship game. To read more, click here.
PAC 10 Extremely Undervalued Says Commissioner
"What the Big Ten has done with its network and what the SEC has done (with ESPN and CBS) took things to another level. It's all indicative of the value college sports can bring to the media. To read more, click here.
The Price of Departing Conferences
Based on 2007-08 figures, Nebraska received $9.1 million from the Big 12, so in the event it leaves the conference Nebraska would lose half of that each of the final two years it's in the Big 12. To read more, click here.
NCAA Violations Could Cost USC $4 Million
"We believe the self-imposed sanctions are consistent with penalties imposed at other NCAA institutions which have been cited with similar rules infractions," USC athletic director Mike Garrett said in a statement when the sanctions were announced. To read more, click here.
Sections
Big Ten Could be Looking at 16 Teams and 4 Divisions
As has been acknowledged by pundits and publications nationally, expansion is all but inevitable in the Big Ten and other major conferences, such as the Southeastern Conference and the Pac 10, as a likely realignment of conferences nationwide evolves. It is anticipated four, 16-team super conferences will emerge. To read more, click here.
NCAA-Conferences
NACWAA Moving to Kansas City
New Executive Director Patty Phillips touted the city's central geographic location that will help serve members better and its low cost of living, which will enable the organization to attract top-quality talent. To read more, click here.
NCAA-Conferences
Slive Earned $2.1 Million Last Year
Slive's bonus came in the fiscal year immediately following the league's landmark 15-year television deals with ESPN and CBS that are worth a reported $3 billion. To read more, click here.
NCAA-Conferences
FBS Bowl Schedule Released
While the NCAA does not administer or operate bowl games, the NCAA authorizes and regulates bowls to ensure student-athlete safety and well-being. To read more, click here.
NCAA-Conferences
Sooners Investigate Assistant Hoops Coach
In a statement, the school indicated that Taliaferro had made calls to a Merrill Lynch representative in Florida and the content of those calls was under review. Oklahoma claims Taliaferro did not break NCAA rules by simply making the calls. The school's investigation started after a TMZ.com report that former player Keith "Tiny" Gallon had received a wire transfer from a Merrill Lynch representative.
The Sooners remain under NCAA probation until Sunday for major violations committed under former basketball coach Kelvin Sampson and by the football program. The NCAA found that Sampson and his staff made more than 550 impermissible recruiting calls between 2000 and 2004.
If the NCAA finds that Taliaferro arranged for Gallon to receive an extra benefit, it could result in another major violation leveled against Oklahoma. To read more, click here.
NCAA-Conferences
ND's Kelly Praises Independence
"It's easy for me as a football coach to talk about it because it relates to different geographical areas, and quite frankly, it opens up our recruiting." To read more, click here.
Sports Business
Georgia Athletics Donates $2 Million to University
Even after the $2 million donation to the university, the association will have about $5 million left to add to its reserve funds. The association's reserves will top $65 million at that point. To read more, click here.
Sports Business
Athletic Director Salaries Soar
Parker Executive Search, a talent recruiting firm based in Atlanta, is charging N.C. State $75,000 to help find a replacement. And if the university pays Lee Fowler's replacement the ACC average salary of $357,936 a year, that will represent an increase of $77,936 per year more than Fowler made. To read more, click here.
Sports Business
Dartmouth Hires Parker for AD Search
"The first step is for them to come here and understand what we are looking for," Spears said. "Then, they will establish a strong pool of applicants based on our feel." To read more, click here.
Sports Business
Pastilong Confident in West Virginia's Future
Pastilong, who was scheduled to retire effective June 30, will remain WVU's athletic director "for as long as they need me" until a new athletic director is brought on board. Then, he will serve as an advisor until 2012 through an agreement reached with the previous administration. To read more, click here.
Sports Business
Football Bowl Association Appoints Kunzer-Murphy Chair
The passing of the gavel signified the Football Bowl Association's respect for and confidence in Tina Kunzer-Murphy, who was appointed its new chairman. To read more, click here.
Sports Law
Scholarship Length Focus of Justice Department's Investigation
The NCAA says its rules are clear. Athletic scholarships are one-year, "merit-based" awards that require both demonstrated academic performance as well as "participation expectations" on the playing field. To read more, click here.
Sports Law
Everybody is Making Money Except Student-Athletes
The NCAA and EA have continued to use former players in order to make more money. No one really noticed that the NCAA was doing anything wrong until a few former players discovered that they were seeing their images and likeness being used by the NCAA without getting their consent. They decided it was time for someone to stand up for the players' rights. To read more, click here.
Sports Law
Michigan Prepares Self Imposed Sanctions
U-M had 90 days to formulate its response, which will go to the NCAA's Committee on Infractions. The school will appear before the committee Aug. 13-14 in Seattle. The NCAA has recommended that U-M bring nearly a dozen officials to its hearing, including university president Mary Sue Coleman, Brandon and head football coach Rich Rodriguez. To read more, click here.
Sports Media
Tom McMillan to Host Podcast Series
"I am fortunate to have enjoyed a professional career as a basketball player, congressman and businessman and this allows me to bring to online talk radio my own unique perspective on important issues and to invite my friends and colleagues to join in the discussion", said McMillan. To read more, click here.
Sports Media
Northeastern Uses Technology to Keep Student-Athletes Academically Connected
Student-Athlete Support Services Director Lauren DeSantis helped decide on the lecture capture initiative, which began as a pilot program in fall 2009. About 25 faculty members participated in the pilot, and 95 classes were captured. The program expanded to 50 faculty members with 445 class recordings in the spring semester. DeSantis said she expects the program will continue to expand, with student-athletes and professors working together. To read more, click here.
Sports Media
Quinnipiac Video Nominated for NACDA Media Award
"Bobcats Unleashed In HD" was a two-part, half-hour long feature produced by Quinnipiac University that aired on the New England Sports Network (NESN). To read more, click here.
Sports Media
All Longhorns Network Could be Next
"I always thought that individual institution networks serve institutions better than the conference network. Texas people would rather be able to go to the Texas network and catch all of our sports and all of our events and all of our academic side rather than going to the conference network, where one-twelfth of the inventory will be Texas." To read more, click here.
Sports Facilities
EWU's Red Field Named for Roos'
With the impending installation of red synthetic turf that included a $500,000 contribution made by Michael and Katherine Roos, Eastern Washington University's football field in Cheney, Wash., will be re-named to "Roos Field" this fall. The turf project is expected to commence this summer upon successful completion of the fundraising effort on behalf of the initiative. To read more, click here.
Sports Facilities
Gillette Stadium to Host First College Football Game
Among the details worked out was a financial agreement between the Patriots and UNH, where the pro team will cover the college team's operating expenses, such as transportation and accommodations, and any potential economic shortfall UNH might experience by not holding the game at Cowell Stadium. To read more, click here.
Sports Facilities
Plans for Husky Stadium to Move Forward without Public Financing
The university is soliciting varying design ideas with maximum costs attached, due back to the school July 1. Then it hopes to choose from about five plans and begin remodeling the Pac-10's oldest football venue the day after this year's home football schedule ends on Nov. 18. To read more, click here.
Sports Marketing
Big South and Glidden Paints Ink Partnership
The partnership will allow Glidden Professional paints the opportunity to claim a strong foothold in a League whose member institutions spends a large sum on paint and paint supplies each year. Glidden Professional will be recognized on the Conference's regional television package and at the League's Olympic Sports Championships. To read more, click here.
Sports Marketing
USC and LRG Form Strategic Partnership
"This new agreement enables us to maintain the strategic direction of our program while leveraging LRG's software systems, administrative services and retail marketing capabilities." To read more, click here.
Personnel Moves
D-II Missouri S&T Picks Women's Soccer Coach
McCauley takes over for Jon Kiester, who stepped down in March to accept an assistant coaching position at the University of Hawai'i. He brings 11 years of head coaching experience to the Lady Miner program, including a five-year stint within the Great Lakes Valley Conference at Bellarmine University. To read more, click here.
Personnel Moves
D-III Finlandia Names McCabe Men's Hockey Coach
McCabe takes over the Finlandia Lions men's hockey program after completing his sixth season as an assistant men's hockey coach at University of Alabama-Huntsville, which is a NCAA Division I school. To read more, click here.
Personnel Moves
DeGeorge Named Rhodes Head Men's Basketball Coach
DeGeorge transformed the Cornell program from 3 wins in 2005-06 to 21 wins in 2008-09. The 2008-09 Cornell squad captured the school's first Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) Championship and earned the school's first NCAA tournament berth in fifteen years. Coach DeGeorge was named the IIAC Coach of the Year in 2008-09. To read more, click here.