The Drake Group Education Fund: Realizing The Promise Of College Athletics
Webinar #41 – How will the Evolving Landscape of College Athletics Affect the USA Olympic Sports Development System? Thursday, October 17, 2024 – 2:00-3:30 p.m. EST
The House/Hubbard/Carter v NCAA settlement has raised concerns among many that colleges and universities could soon pay athletes directly, particularly in revenue-generating sports, through NIL and revenue-sharing arrangements with the majority of these payments going to football and basketball players. These payments are poised to nearly double due to Title IX gender equity obligations, and they would … Read more
Webinar #40 NCAA v. House-Carter-Hubbard Proposed Settlement: The Current Legal Landscape
Critical Issues Webinar, Critical Issues Webinars, Featured
An exceptional line-up of attorneys, sport journalists, and academic experts take a deep dive into the impacts of the blockbuster NCAA vs. House-Hubbard-Carter antitrust lawsuits. They examine the current status of the proposed settlement, possible legal challenges, and how the $2.8 billion in past damages and estimated $20 billion in injunctive relief might affect Division … Read more
Education Fund Salutes Olympian, Advisory Council Member, Ashleigh Johnson
The Drake Group Education Fund (TDGEF) is thrilled to congratulate Advisory Council member Ashleigh Johnson on her remarkable achievement of representing the United States at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. As a world-class athlete, Princeton graduate, and dedicated advocate for TDGEF, Ashleigh is an inspiration to us all. The extraordinary achievements of Ashleigh and other … Read more
Education Fund Releases Major Research Report: Improving Academic Outcomes in NCAA Division I Revenue Sports and HBCU Limited Resource Athletic Programs
Athletics Reform, Featured, Racial Exploitation, Uncategorized
A new report by The Drake Group Education Fund (TDGEF) highlights the low graduation rates of Division I football and basketball players, especially Black athletes at Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs). It urges universities to improve academic support for these athletes, who face pressure to succeed in both academics and sports. Julie Sommer, Executive Director of … Read more
WEBINAR #39 Women in College Coaching and Administration – The Double Standard
Critical Issues Webinars, Featured, Video
A stellar line-up of attorneys, coaches, and academic experts discussed the subtle and not so subtle ways in which a double standard is applied to female coaches and athletics administrators from evaluation of performance to compensation, hiring, and termination decisions. The most current statistics on female administrator and coach employment at the college level, including … Read more
Webinars #35, #36, #37, #38 – Every Session of The Sack National Symposium on April 18 from Howard University
Critical Issues Webinars, Featured
The purpose of the 2024 Allen Sack National Symposium on April 18 at Howard University in Washington, DC was to address national issues having a critical impact on college athletic programs. Speakers and panelists discussed college athletes’ well-being with a focus on hazing, bullying, coach misconduct, and the little-known fact that thousands of college athletes … Read more
WEBINAR #34 What is the Role of the Press in Covering College Sports?
Critical Issues Webinars, Featured, Uncategorized
Student reporters and accomplished sports journalists who were judges in this year’s The Drake Group Education Fund Student Journalism Prize for Investigative Reporting on Intercollegiate Athletics participate in a wide-ranging conversation about college sports and the role of investigative journalism. Student journalists from Northwestern University and Quinnipiac University, winners of this year’s sports journalism contest … Read more
Webinar #33 – The College Athlete: Match Fixer, Gambling Addict, or Victim?
Critical Issues Webinars, Featured, Uncategorized
On the eve of March Madness, one of the biggest sports gambling days of the year, a former NBA referee and an attorney who were gambling addicts, a professional gambler and founder of a betting tips newsletter, and experts on match-fixing and treatment of gambling addiction discussed how gambling has the potential to destroy college … Read more
Webinar #32 – Conference Realignment – What Does It Mean?
Critical Issues Webinars, Position Paper
Another historic phase of college football conference realignment occurred in 2023. The Big 12, Big Ten, and Atlantic Coast Conference all embarked on another round of expansion that destroyed the 108-year-old Pac-12 Conference. Two new super-conferences were created in the South and Midwest. The new national map of college football will exist for the foreseeable … Read more
Webinar #31: Does Baker’s Proposal Invite the Power 4 to Leave the NCAA and What Might Happen If It Does?
Critical Issues Webinars, Featured
NCAA President Charlie Baker took office in March 2023, and inherited several significant lawsuits regarding pay-to-play, name, image, and likeness, and health and safety issues. In response, in late 2023 Baker challenged NCAA member schools with a plan to create a new Division I tier in which schools would be required to pay a minimum … Read more