The N.C.A.A.’s Ethics Problem. By then, Miles was back in Toledo; he’d been expelled from UConn in October 2008, before ever playing a game. No longer a “student-athlete,” Miles refused to cooperate. Yet Nevius interviewed Dr. Chris MacLaren, a Florida orthopedic surgeon, who had once operated on Miles’s foot. Without any consent from the patient, Nevius asked for, and MacLaren provided, details of Miles’s surgery and its costs. This, of course, was a gross violation of medical ethics. It was also, in all likelihood, a violation of medical privacy laws. Earlier this week, Mark Emmert, the N.C.A.A. president, acknowledged that the enforcement staff had, once again, done something deeply unethical. What sanctimonious claptrap.
When I expressed astonishment at this turn of events to Richard G. Indeed, in the Miami case, this is not even the N.C.A.A.’s only ethically dubious stunt. “The N.C.A.A. thinks it is the 51st state,” Johnson told me. Colleges share strategies for meeting new eligibility standards at NCAA convention. GRAPEVINE, Texas – If an athletics department doesn’t have people spreading the word to high school students, counselors and parents about the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s heightened academic standards for initial eligibility, it’s doing a serious injustice to the athletes who will be arriving on college campuses in the coming years, officials say.
“These kids are investing in their future, and it would be fundamentally unfair for them to get to the finish line and realize they’re failing – not because of them, but because we didn’t tell them what to do,” said John Morris, deputy athletics director at Colorado State University. “It’s access to a college degree, or not.” Morris and other athletic administrators presented to a packed room of college presidents, athletics directors and faculty members here at the annual NCAA convention last week, trying to imbue a sense of urgency into those who don’t already have it. Top Public Colleges in N.C.A.A. Favor Sports Over Academics. Need 3 Quick Credits to Play Ball? Call Western Oklahoma - Athletics. Brett Deering for The Chronicle You've probably never heard of Western Oklahoma State College. But call almost any major athletics department, and staff there know it well.
Its name comes up whenever athletes get themselves in a jam: They've failed a class. They've dropped another. Western Oklahoma gives them a chance, offering three credits in two weeks—and for less than $400. Related article In an online program at another college, an aspiring football player got all the help he needed, and more. Last year those 10-day classes attracted 5,668 students. The courses are especially popular with junior-college players looking to transfer to the big time. It's not just the speedy credit that appeals to many players. Eric C. 3 Credits in 10 Days Below are three of the two-week courses offered by Western Oklahoma State College. Cultural Anthropology Expectations include: The class was so short, Mr. That lack of oversight has led some athletes to turn in questionable work. Ms.
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USA TODAY Sports college football coaches salaries database. Maryland departs ACC for Big Ten Conference. Conference realignment has gotten so out of control that few things have the power to shock anymore. But Monday's announcement that the University of Maryland at College Park would leave the Atlantic Coast Conference to join the Big Ten Conference seems to be among them. That was true for many reasons. Geographically, it doesn’t make sense -- but in this age, a shift in leagues in which a university jumps across regions for any given game is hardly unusual. But the move was also swift and secretive; when news of a potential switch broke on Saturday night, one regent told reporters it was the first that some board members had gotten word of it, which isn’t surprising considering that Maryland President Wallace D.
Loh said Monday that the entire deliberations and voting process took place in under three weeks. Then there is the fact that William E. The regents' vote was not unanimous; about 10 percent opposed the decision, Kirwan said. Arizona Just Broke the NCAA's Concussion Policy. Will it Matter? NCAA convention presentation says some athletes lack basic academic skills. As part of its latest move to strengthen athletic eligibility rules, in October, the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I Board of Directors raised from 2.0 to 2.3 the minimum grade point average that an incoming freshman must have in order to compete. But if the findings of new research hold true, it might not make much of a difference. To determine initial eligibility, the NCAA uses a sliding scale whereby a student can make up for poor standardized test scores with comparatively high grade point averages, or vice versa. But with no minimum SAT or ACT scores in place, students can theoretically bomb their standardized tests and still play if their grades are high enough.
And that sliding scale is the reason why thousands of athletes have been admitted to college without the basic skills they need to succeed academically -- skills as basic as knowing how to read -- says Gerald S. Gurney and study co-author Carla A. However, NCAA officials dispute Gurney’s assessment. NCAA athlete graduation rates up in football and men's basketball, but down over all. Graduation rates for Division I football and men’s basketball teams have exceeded 70 percent for the first time ever, the National Collegiate Athletic Association announced Thursday, but the overall graduation rate for all sports fell one percentage point, to 81 percent. “We’re not satisfied at a 70 percent mark for football and basketball, but we’re certainly pleased that 7 out of 10 athletes in the highest-profile sports we have are earning their degrees,” NCAA President Mark Emmert said in a call with reporters.
“The coming years will bear even greater fruit.” The overall graduation rate for Division II athletes, meanwhile, lags behind at 72 percent, a one-point drop from last year. Seventy-four percent of Division I men’s basketball players who enrolled in college in 2005-6 graduated within six years, up six percentage points from last year.
Graduation rates for Football Bowl Series teams rose just one point, to hit 70 percent. Rising Standards. NCAA football coaches' average salary at $1.64 million. CLEMSON, S.C. -- Six years ago, 42 major college football coaches made at least $1 million. Today, 42 make at least $2 million. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney is one of them, though he could be making more — a lot more. Swinney, who makes a shade more than $2 million, has transferred raises triggered by clauses in his contract to his assistants, adding hundreds of thousands of dollars to another growing class in college football — highly paid assistant coaches.
"Part of my philosophy was, I've got this money that was due me, and I don't need it," Swinney says. The result: Swinney is the nation's 39th most highly paid head coach, and his assistants, who carry a cumulative price tag of $4.2 million, appear to be the nation's most highly paid. INTERACTIVE DATABASE: Salaries for college football coaches Coaches' pay has even outpaced the pay of corporate executives, who have drawn the ire of Congress and the public because of their staggering compensation packages. Do coaches make too much? Measuring the Impact of N.C.A.A. Injuries. N.C.A.A. tournament games between the No. 1 seed and the No. 16 seed aren’t normally worth watching. No men’s 16th seed has ever beaten a No. 1, and that doesn’t figure to change this year. But when Duke plays Hampton on Friday afternoon, the game will be worth keeping an eye on for something other than the final score: whether Duke’s spectacular freshman point guard, Kyrie Irving, gets on the floor.
The 6-foot-2 Irving, the potential first overall choice in the N.B.A. draft, has not played since Dec. 4, when he injured his right big toe against Butler. Recent reports, however, are optimistic: Irving is listed as probable for Friday’s game, and will be even more likely to play if Duke advances in the tournament. If Irving can play even at half-strength, Duke may well be the favorite to win the tournament.
Conversely, if he were ruled out of action, the Blue Devils’ chances of cutting down the nets in Houston might be nearly cut in half.