Sports Hiatus Gives NCAA an Opportunity to Rethink the Structure of College Sports

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Sports Hiatus Gives NCAA an Opportunity to Rethink the Structure of College Sports

By Dr. Gerald Gurney, Dr. Donna A. Lopiano and Dr. Andrew Zimbalist
Originally published April 25, 2020

Tragedy begets opportunity, calling to mind the old admonition to “never waste a good crisis.” Educators and college athletic administrators should heed those words during the current hiatus from competition and develop a plan to redirect college athletics toward academic integrity, financial sanity, and athlete well-being. We suggest that such a plan should contain the following elements.

Read the entire Op-Ed on Forbes.