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NEWS BRIEFS: U.S. House Committee Discusses Draft Bill To ‘Save College Sports as We Know It’

A sticking point is whether athletes in revenue-generating sports are considered employees rather than just student-athletes.
by Future U/ January 20, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: University of Michigan Anticipates Windfall from Winning the National Football Championship

Analyst: "You cannot buy the kind of publicity" the university is getting.
by Future U/ January 9, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEF: Hedging Bet Regarding Congressional Action, NCAA Advances NIL Regulation Policy

"Measures include development of registry for service providers to help weed out bad actors"
by Future U/ October 8, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: Analyst on the State of Revenue-Generating College Athletics, “This Has Become a Soulless Enterprise”

Michael LeRoy, Univ. of Illinois professor, "There is no moral compass. There is no brotherhood."
by Future U/ September 5, 2023/ Education, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Northwestern University Women’s Faculty Group, “Firing Football Coach is Small Step Toward Real Reform”

"Hazing in football isn't first athletic scandal at Northwestern. University leaders did not deliver, and here we are again."
by Future U/ July 12, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Are College Athletes Getting a Quality Education?

Virtual forum, Thursday, March 30, 2-3:30p., Eastern Time
by Future U/ March 21, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: When Paying College Athletes Goes Off The Rails

The nearly $14 million deal fell through, and the college recruit signed with another school.
by Future U/ February 5, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES ON NIL: “Asking Third Parties to Pay is Dishonest, Disorganized, and Dysfunctional”

"Let us be grownups about this and approach this honestly."
by Future U/ January 19, 2023/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: Sen. Murphy (CT) and Representative Adams (NC, 12) Introduce “”Fair Play for Women Act”

FROM THE DRAKE GROUP: “The Act would strengthen existing statutes that require colleges and universities to publicly report data demonstrating …
by Future U/ December 21, 2022/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: “Not Viable” (Swim/Dive Teams Reinstatement) Foster Reports at MSU Board Meeting

Melanie Foster, MSU Trustee: “Most prohibitively, without sufficient existing fundraising, there is not a path to build a new competition pool …
by Future U/ December 19, 2022/ MSU, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Why Did the NCAA Appoint a Governor As Its New President?

FROM THE ATHLETIC: The Association is looking to politics, Gov. Charlie Baker (R-MA), to 1) protect itself and 2) secure …
by Future U/ December 18, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: MSU Asks SCOTUS to Hear Case Involving Title IX and Its Decision to Eliminate the Women’s Swim Team

FROM USA TODAY: “The question of whether ‘the athletic participation gap between male and female students must be assessed in …
by Future U/ July 30, 2022/ MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: B.S. in Major College Sports Has a New Name–“MSU Spartans Presented by Rocket Mortgage”

FROM CBS SPORTS: “Sponsorship opportunities in basketball have become more widely accepted in recent years, particularly in the NBA, with …
by Future U/ March 12, 2021/ MSU, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Petition to Save Amateur, Non-Revenue College Sports

Cutting non-revenue sports isn’t because schools ‘face a budget crisis.’ It’s about how money is being spent, and why some …
by Future U/ December 24, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

College Athletics: From Spending Like There’s No Tomorrow to Cutting Sports and Begging for Money

Universities all over the country are cutting non-revenue sports to save money, and they are also asking boosters to give …
by Roger Barbee/ November 13, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
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