WEBINAR #45 – Improving Graduation Rates of Division I Basketball and Football Players – Whose Responsibility and What Strategies Work?

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WEBINAR #45 – Improving Graduation Rates of Division I Basketball and Football Players – Whose Responsibility and What Strategies Work?

A stellar line-up of experts working with college athletes share research supported strategies for improving the current low graduation rates of Division I basketball and football players. This research demonstrates that there are characteristics among college athletes that institutions continue to fail to acknowledge. Also, the research demonstrates that there are institutional best practices that … Read more

Webinar #41 How will the Evolving Landscape of College Athletics Affect the USA Olympic Sports Development System?

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 … Read more

Webinars #35, #36, #37, #38 – Every Session of The Sack National Symposium on April 18 from Howard University

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?

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 #26: Sports Betting: What are the Risks for Intercollegiate Athletics?

The finances of college sports are in peril. Desperate for cash, college athletic departments are embracing sports betting.  Many colleges have entered partnerships with sports book companies and some schools receive a payout whenever a student opens an account with the sports book.  An international panel of experts examines the threefold threat to athletics and … Read more

WEBINAR #25: 2023 Sack Symposium Proceedings – Session Four – “Are We Getting What We Paid For? Entertainment or Education?”

A panel of experts explores the economic drivers of college sports and how they affect athlete education.  The NCAA’s Division I athletics enterprise generates $15.8 billion in annual revenues of which only $2.9 billion –18.2 percent — is returned to athletes in the form of athletics scholarships and only 1 percent is spent on medical … Read more

WEBINAR #24: 2023 Sack Symposium Proceedings – Session Three – The Drake Group Education Fund National Awards Luncheon

The Drake Group Education Fund Chair, Michael Driscoll and The Drake Group Co-Founder and Director Emeritus Allen Sack present national awards.   SEE RECORDING HERE MEET THE AWARD WINNERS: National Public Service Award, The Honorable Cory Booker, United States Senator for the State of New Jersey National Public Service Award, The Honorable Richard Blumenthal, United … Read more

WEBINAR #23: 2023 Sack Symposium Proceedings – Session Two “Aspects of the College Athlete Environmnet That Negatively and Positively Contribute to Academic Outcomes”

A panel of experts address whether current academic and other support programs for college athletes are structured to achieve graduation success. What constitutes a meaningful education and a safe and supportive educational environment?  Do coaches make a difference in college athlete academic outcomes?  Are there underlying issues related to racial inequities, time demands, and/or abusive coaching … Read more

WEBINAR #22: 2023 Sack Symposium Proceedings – Session One “Who is the College Athlete Who Is Not Graduating?”

A panel of former college athletes examines the reality of the athletics experience and reflects on the graduation statistics, demographics, and causative factors of college students participating in Division I revenue sports:  e.g., 52 percent of all NCAA Division I men’s basketball players; 38 percent of all Division-I football players, and 38 percent of all … Read more

WEBINAR 21 – Are Institutions Being Held Accountable for Delivering on the Promise of a Meaningful Education?

Are college athletes truly being provided with the education they were promised? How is that education being measured? Are there differences in the academic advising and treatment of athletes in revenue versus non-revenue sports and, if so, what are they? Are graduation rates the best measure of educational outcomes? Should other alternatives or additional measures … Read more