Webinar #8 – The Disintegration of the NCAA
Critical Issues Webinars, Featured
Following decades of enormous legal fees challenging rules restraining college athlete employment, facing hundreds of concussion-related lawsuits, and then suffering an adverse June 2022 Alston U.S. Supreme Court decision that eviscerated its college athlete eligibility system built on control through use of “amateur status” regulations, the organization appeared to freeze based on fear of future … Read more
Webinar #7 – Racial Exploitation in College Sports
Athlete Abuse, Critical Issues Webinar, Critical Issues Webinars, Racial Exploitation, Video
Intercollegiate athletics, especially at its highest levels, exploits people of color. Panelists examine the many ways that Black and brown college athletes are used for their talent, denied opportunities to excel in the classroom, and are excluded from leadership positions in college sports administration and coaching. Experts and an activist former college athlete speak on … Read more
Webinar #6 – Fixing the Failed Collegiate Athletics Governance Structure
Critical Issues Webinar, Critical Issues Webinars, Video
The NCAA has been frozen with indecision since the June U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting its “amateur status” rules. Fearful of legal responsibility, the organization is pursuing a constitutional convention restructure that reeks of throwing its conference and institutional members under the litigation bus. College athletics has lost its way because of a failure of governance – … Read more
Drake Calls on the NCAA to Clean Up Its Bullying Trash
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Drake Group, a national organization of college faculty and others, whose mission is to defend educational integrity in college sports, warns that unless immediate action is taken, the continued abuse of athletes will stain the college sports industry, bring endless legal action, and most importantly, damage the future well-being of … Read more
WEBINAR #5 – Title IX and the NIL Marketplace: Subterfuge or Opportunity?
Critical Issues Webinar, Critical Issues Webinars, Video
The Drake Group brings together Title IX experts and an NCAA D-I conference commissioner to discuss the new reality of the college athlete name, image, and likeness (NIL) marketplace and how it relates to the Title IX promotion, publicity, recruiting and NIL education obligations of educational institutions and the entities they control, including surrogate organizations … Read more
WEBINAR #4: The Transgender Athlete in Girls and Women’s Sports
Critical Issues Webinar, Critical Issues Webinars, Uncategorized, Video
Following each Drake “Critical Issues in Collegiate Athletics” webinar, Drake publishes answers to all the questions that the webinar audience raised that, due to time constraints, panelists were unable to answer. This webinar featured Juniper Eastwood, first NCAA Division I openly transgender athlete competing on a women’s team; Donna deVarona, two-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer, … Read more
Webinar #3 – THE SILENT STRUGGLE: Experts Speak on College Athletes’ Mental Health (September 30, 2021)
Clinicians and administrators currently working at major universities speak on college athletes mental health issues, differences related to race and gender, personnel needs not being met and other critical issues. Moderator: EMMETT GILL, Chief Visionary Officer for Athletes and Advocates for Social Justice, Member, The Drake Group Board of Directors Panelists: SHAMAREE BROWN, Director, Student-Athlete … Read more
Webinar #2 – MILLIONAIRES OR MINIMUM WAGE? College Athletes Speak on Athlete Compensation (August 26, 2021)
Current and former college athletes answer questions on the new name, image, likeness rules allowing athletes to make money while retaining their eligibility to participate in intercollegiate athletics. Moderator: Katie Lever, Chief Communications Officer, The Drake Group. Panelists: MAURICE CLARETT, nationally acclaimed author, former Ohio State running back, BRIANNA ELLIS, sophomore point guard, U. of … Read more
Webinar #1 – The Brave New World of College Athletes Compensation: The Experts Speak (August 19, 2021)
National experts answer questions on the new name, image, likeness rules allowing athletes to make money while retaining their eligibility to participate in intercollegiate athletics. Moderator: Katie Lever, Chief Communications Officer, The Drake Group. Panelists: VAL ACKERMAN, Commissioner, Big East Conference, LEN ELMORE, Co-Chair, Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, BLAKE LAWRENCE, Co-Founder and CEO, Opendorse, … Read more
College Sports — Unwinding Madness
Academic Fraud, Financial Madness, Video
Extensively based on their work as members of The Drake Group, Gerald Gurney, Donna Lopiano and Andy Zimbalist present a cogent summary of the history, issues, and Drake recommended solutions to unwind the corrupting influences of highly commercialized college sports. From academic fraud, lavish expenditures inappropriate for non-profit institutions of higher education, the exploitation of … Read more