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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
WEBINAR 20 – Name, Image, and Likeness 1.5 Years Out -What Have We Learned and Potential Pathways Forward
A stellar line up of expert panelists discussed the burgeoning NIL industry and its impact on intercollegiate athletics in America. Topics include the growth of “booster NIL collectives, protection of college athletes from unethical agents, and whether universities are educating athletes on financial literacy and IRS obligations. Significant Title IX and other gender equity issues […]
Webinar #14: 2022 Sack Symposium Proceedings: Session 3: Name, Image, and Likeness — Chaos or Opportunity?
Given the 2021-22 recruiting chaos created by differing state laws, lack of NCAA enforcement of inducement and extra benefit controls, and the call for common guardrails, what should be the role of Congress? What do H.R. 850, the College Athlete Freedom Act sponsored by Representative Lori Trahan (MA) and other federal NIL bills propose? What is the current status of […]
Webinar #13: 2022 Sack Symposium Proceedings: The Drake Group National Awards “A Vision for the Future”
Included in this program are the presentations of national awards to Sedona Prince, University of Oregon basketball player and journalism students who have excelled in investigative reporting on intercollegiate athletics. Allen Sack, Co-Founder of The Drake Group delivers a keynote address. In the midst of the current governance, NIL and athlete exploitation chaos, can a […]
Webinar #12: 2022 Sack Symposium Proceedings: Session 2: Mandating A College Athletes Bill of Rights
How can Congress address the economic and educational exploitation of college athletes: lack of adequate long- and short-term insurance and medical expense coverage for athletics injuries, low graduation rates for minority basketball and football players, lack of professional codes of conduct that protect athletes from abuse. The panel examines Senator Cory Booker’s Framework for legislation mandating a College […]