A New Era for College Sports: The Saving College Sports Proposal Outshines the SCORE and SAFE Acts
There are three proposals in front of Congress, will any of them progress and would they even help maintain the NCAA’s relevance?
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NCAA Defends House Settlement From Title IX, Opt-Out Appeal
The NCAA insists that while Title IX requires financial aid and athletic scholarships be gender-balanced, it does not mandate “all student-athlete benefits” be gender-balanced.
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Bloomberg Law: SCORE Act Delay Deemed a Small Victory for Title IX Advocates
“There’s no mood for consolidating more money in Power Two conferences at the expense of all the other conferences and small to mid-size schools because that’s just going to accelerate the trend of cutting Olympic or women’s sports,” said Rep. Lori Trahan (D-Mass.), a former Division I volleyball player who sits on the committee of jurisdiction.
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E60: Paid To Play
E60’s Jeremy Schaap unpacks the seismic shift that has transformed college athletics from an amateur ideal into a high-stakes marketplace.
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USA Today: Congress pulls major college sports bill after bipartisan backlash: ‘Not ready for prime time’
“The SCORE Act (college sports) is well-intended but falls short and is not ready for prime time. I will vote no,” Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas).
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Bloomberg: America Is an Olympic Powerhouse, College Sports Rules Could End It
America’s dominance in the Olympics may be impacted by a shakeup in college sports funding, with schools potentially cutting programs.
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Bloomberg Law: NCAA Settlement Forcing Cuts to College Teams in Olympic Sports
Roughly 41 Olympic sports programs have been cut across NCAA Division I, affecting at least 1,000 student-athletes after the settlement was announced by the NCAA in May 2024, said Sam Seemes, CEO of the US Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
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Sports Business Journal: Collateral damage: The NCAA settlement puts Olympic and non-revenue sports on the brink
Olympic and non-revenue sports are facing an uncertain — and in many cases, grim — future.
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Front Office Sports: Dozens of Olympic Sports Have Been Cut in Wake of House v. NCAA Settlement
“We are concerned that the new financial obligations placed on schools will force administrators to divert their attention and resources away from non-football and non-basketball sports – the programs where the majority of NCAA student-athletes participate,” the coaching associations for volleyball, wrestling, track and field, and swimming and diving wrote in a joint statement after the settlement was approved. “This is no hypothetical. Budget cuts and program eliminations have already taken place in anticipation of today’s outcome, and more are likely to follow.”
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‘Creating havoc everywhere’ — House-NCAA settlement causing crunch for Olympic sports as roster limits come into focus
The new roster limits are eliminating thousands of Division I roster spots — mostly for football and Olympic sports. Here’s why, and what’s next.
