This situation can be explained by analogy to the federal powers versus state powers. Here, the NCAA is the federal government and individual conferences and schools are the states.
Too many $$$$ would be lost to discontinue the series. The $$$$ set the agenda and the direction for the NCAA. I would love to see a new organization formed to replace the NCAA.
Did you ever wonder why IU’s football team has historically had a disproportional number of General Studies majors (incredible that such a major is available at a Big Ten school) while almost no basketball players ever majored in GS? Hint: It had everything to do with the coaches. But thank goodness the NCAA didn’t try to tell IU what is and isn’t acceptable from a curriculum standpoint.
It really explains much more about the kind of kids Knight recruited and his leverage over them and the program. It also deflates the high moral ground of some in regard to what is and isn’t acceptable from an academic standpoint.
They are.
Exactly. The only people who are overthinking this are the ones obsessed with penalizing UNC for . . . something. Or anything. To them, it really doesn’t matter.
It's not so much what NCAA wanted or didn't want; it's what NCAA members don't want NCAA to do for them.
Okay. That's good. I like that. But, what happens if a school loses its accreditation or is put on probationary status by an accrediting agency?
"In many cases, a loss of accreditation will force the college or university to close its doors. This is because the school will no longer be eligible to receive federal and state financial aid, which is a significant source of funding for many schools."
I presume the NCAA's thinking is that athletics is their wheelhouse and academics is not, so it will leave academic issues to those who specialize in academics.
It will be an all out sprint to the bottom. If you the family and school care nothing of academics...
Right now your post seems to be a bit of alphabets soup to me. It appears that you know quite a bit about an area I am interested in but ignorant of. So much for not ending a sentence with a preposition.
All of these things have been possible for decades. For some reason, however, it’s not occurring in the manner you’re suggesting. No need to pull the fire alarm.
True, but it's been on the hush hush level. Now, go for it. NCAA has given the thumbs up.
That's not how I read it. The rule was not passed because membership schools rejected it by vote. It may be re-introduced if the egregious academic situation deteriorates further on campuses. If anything, I would expect the situation at schools to get better, because we've been through all this already, and schools don't want to erode their academics henceforth.
I don’t believe you’ve characterized MD accurately in either his role as Governor of Indiana or the President of Purdue. At best, it’s facile.
I think you meant humanities and liberal arts (studies). Humanitarian studies comprise learning about caring for populations in need:
But can they earn an entire degree in conditioning? No English, no math, only sports classes. Now they can.Not really. Athletes at Oregon can earn academic credit for playing football or lifting weights. This happens at a lot of different schools.
PEIA 360. Football. 1 Credit.
Repeatable once for a maximum of 2 credits.
PEIA 371. Sport Conditioning I. 1 Credit.
Repeatable. A strength and conditioning training opportunity for varsity and club sport student-athletes. Sequence with PEIA 372, 373. All PE activity courses are repeatable once for credit.
PEIA 372. Sport Conditioning II. 1 Credit.
Repeatable. A strength and conditioning training experience for varsity and club sports student-athletes. Sequence with PEIA 371, 373. All PE activity classes are repeatable once for credit.
PEIA 373. Sport Conditioning III. 1 Credit.
A strength and conditioning training experience for varsity and club sport student-athletes. Sequence with PEIA 371, 372. All PE activity courses are repeatable once for credit.
