Issues addressed at the National Collegiate Athletic Association meeting include banning boosters and alumni from recruitment activities, closer scrutiny of coaches' income, distribution of complimentary game passes, a rule prohibiting a college coach from watching his son's high school football games, improvement of regulation enforcement, and…

The National Collegiate Athletic Association's three-person research staff conducts several projects each year and coordinates others by university researchers, but without the publicity from the new rule on academic standards for freshman eligibility. Most research addresses a variety of topics such as athlete academic achievements, injuries, and…

National Collegiate Athletic Association president's commission proposals are summarized for institutional control of athletic budgets, annual athletic program audits, annual submission of Division I athlete information to the NCAA, athletic program self-study requirements, enforcement procedures revision, timely infraction punishment,…

Proposals to be considered by the National Collegiate Athletics Association membership at its January 1985 convention are summarized. They cover academic requirements, governance, membership and classification, financial aid, personnel limitations, amateurism, championships, playing and practice seasons, eligibility, recruiting, and other issues.…

In its annual convention, the National Collegiate Athletic Association approved details of an organizational restructuring, granted athletes the right to work during the academic year, and offered fifth-year eligibility to students unable to compete in their freshman year. More trust was experienced by delegates than in previous years. Students…

The House Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education heard testimony about both the positive aspects of intercollegiate sports and overcommercialization and corruption. The information gave legislators little sense of the federal government's role in overseeing college sports. (MSE)

An Education Department study shows that high school coursework is a more significant barrier to student participation in college sports than is a controversial National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) requirement for higher standardized test scores. The stricter NCAA standard, to take effect in August 1996, has been criticized for…

At least 600 athletes failing to meet minimum academic standards to compete in college sports as freshmen are enrolled in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I institutions. The second annual NCAA survey shows that this year, as last, a high percentage are Black. (MSE)

John B. Slaughter, the chancellor of the University of Maryland, is interviewed about the impact of Len Bias's death and its long-range impact on college sports, Proposition 48, freshmen ineligibility, and his efforts to press for changes at the NCAA's presidents' commission. (MLW)

Proposed National Collegiate Athletic Association rule changes address issues of academic standards, financial aid, program administration, association administration, championships and extra events, athlete eligibility, association membership and institutional classification, playing seasons, and aspects of program deregulation. (MSE)

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) will loosen its academic standards for college athletes with learning disabilities. By agreement with the Justice Department, the NCAA will certify special education classes offered to high school students with learning disabilities toward its initial-eligibility requirements, rather than…

The National Collegiate Athletic Association's recent rules allowing drug testing of some athletes before major competitions and use of college receipts and association funds for rehabilitation, the penalties for coaches and athletes, and criticisms leveled against the plan are discussed. (MSE)

The University of Iowa's president has vowed to bar freshmen from intercollegiate sports even if the National Collegiate Athletic Association does not agree. The move is intended as a leadership stand, to allow freshmen to get an academic foothold before entering competition. The football coach and the governor disagree. (MSE)

The 33 universities currently under National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sanctions for violations of association regulations are listed, with violations and penalties specified. Infractions of standards for eligibility, coach behavior, student aid and benefits, recruitment, and academic achievement in a variety of intercollegiate sports…

The National Collegiate Athletic Association's new regulation preventing freshman athletes with low standardized test scores from participating in varsity sports, and the response of Black colleges, including a legal challenge, are discussed. (MSE)