Webinar #42 Athlete Compensation, Organizing, and Employee Status in College Sport. What is the Path Forward for College Athletes?
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Panelists discuss the impact of a free agent transfer portal, college athlete compensation tied to revenue production value with no financial guardrails, and the prospect of collective bargaining, unionization, and “employee” status. What might employee bargaining units look like within the multisport and national construct of college sport? Only 2-3 percent of Division I college … Read more
Webinar #41 How will the Evolving Landscape of College Athletics Affect the USA Olympic Sports Development System?
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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
Webinar #40 NCAA v. House-Carter-Hubbard Proposed Settlement: The Current Legal Landscape
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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
WEBINAR #39 Women in College Coaching and Administration – The Double Standard
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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
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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
WEBINAR #30: NIL Education: Are Collegiate Athletics Departments Delivering?
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In the third year of college athletes being allowed to profit from their name, image, and likeness (NIL), many college athletes have taken advantage of their new opportunities entering various types of NIL deals. While NIL has opened the door for these athletes to reap some of the financial benefits of their labor, it has … Read more