On January 20, 2022, the 1,082 member institutions of the NCAA will have another opportunity to demonstrate their willingness to enter another “Faustian bargain” – a deal with the devil at the price of one’s soul. If approved, the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) will operate with little or no restraint. It will retain voting control … Read more
A regular feature of our webinar series is “Follow-Up Notes/Q&As” which provides a link to the recorded webinar, answers to questions from the audience that panelists did not have the time to address (prepared by Drake Group experts), and information on previous and next webinars. This edition covers audience questions related to panelists’ discussion of … Read more
A regular feature of our webinar series is “Follow-Up Notes/Q&As” which provides a link to the recorded webinar, answers to questions from the audience that panelists did not have the time to address (prepared by Drake Group experts), and information on previous and next webinars. This edition covers audience questions related to panelists’ discussion of … Read more
A regular feature of The Drake Group Webinar Series — Critical Issues in Collegiate Athletics is “Follow-Up Questions and Answers” which provides answers to questions from the audience that panelists did not have the time to address. Click Here for full recording of the Webinar See Webinar #3 Q&As Here (PDF)
Former Olympians Martina Navratilova, Nancy Hogshead Makar, and Donna de Varona lead a a blue-ribbon slate of researchers, lawyers, athletes, gender equity experts and sports administrators to address the topic of transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s interscholastic, intercollegiate and open Olympic and club sports. Panelists will explore whether eligibility for participation should be based … Read more
A regular feature of The Drake Group Webinar Series — Critical Issues in Collegiate Athletics is “Follow-Up Questions and Answers” which provides answers to questions from the audience that panelists did not have the time to address. See Webinar #2 Q&As Here (PDF) Click Here for full recording of the Webinar
U.S. Senators Booker and Blumenthal introduced S. 5062 College Athletes Bill of Rights as legislation to be considered by the 116th Congress in December of 2020. At the time, the bill was heralded as extraordinarily progressive legislation. We asked Allen Sack, a co-founder of The Drake Group, to write a first person narrative of the … Read more
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The Drake Group President-Elect Andrew Zimbalist and Drake Board of Directors member Julie Sommer wield a mighty pen with a timely critique of the NCAA’s efforts in the courts to protect its profits – revenues derived from the labor of talented, hard-working—and disproportionately Black—college athletes, especially those playing in the women’s and men’s Final Four … Read more
The Drake Group urges reflection on the example of The University of Texas refusing the request of Black football players not to play “The Eyes of Texas” at the end of each football game, because of its offensive and degrading history and impact on these and other students. READ FULL PRESS RELEASE