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Introduced: Sponsor: Rep. Anthony Gonzalez [R-OH16]
This bill was referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor and House Committee on Energy and Commerce which will consider it before sending it to the House floor for consideration.
1 cosponsor is on those committees.
Knight Commission On Intercollegiate Athletics is doing a 4 part series on Transforming The NCAA D-1 Model. Today they released session 3: What D-1 Leaders Think: New Survey Findings About Reform. Here is their website with related videos and links to the slides, summaries, and survey reports - https://www.knightcommission.org/2020/09/transforming-the-ncaa-d-i-model-virtual-public-forums/
I will try to summarize some of the main points from the survey:
Methodology for the surveys:
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Qualitative phase: 4 focus groups with Athletics Directors and Commissioners from DI FBS, DI FCS and DI schools without football
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Quantitative phase: 15 minute online survey emailed to DI campus leaders distributed to more than 1400 individuals across 351 DI institutions and 32 conferences
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Data collection ran June 18 July 14 (after 2020 winter championships had been canceled but before any decisions were made about fall 2020 sports, including football)
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Responses are analyzed by the key decision maker group: presidents, ADs, commissioners.
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Respondents are grouped into their competitive classifications:
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Autonomy 5 (or A5) plus Notre Dame
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Group of 5 (G5) plus independents
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Football Championship Subdivision (FCS)
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Division I schools with no football
- Subgroup sizes sometimes became small. However they are large enough to identify general differences or similarities between groups.
Overview
Objectives of the study with campus and conference leaders:
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To understand what they view as common problems in Division I athletics
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To test their openness to a variety of policy reforms and major organizational structuring to address those problems
Overall Goals: Identify key issues > Establish a case for change > Test potential solutions
College Sports Finances: Key Points
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Survey found consensus and differences reflecting the vast disparate resources among the membership (budgets ranging from $4 million to $220+ million).
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Key financial topics:
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Differences in resources
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Concerns regarding spending and funding sources
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Dissatisfaction with NCAA and College Football Playoff (CFP) revenue distribution
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Potential solutions for healthier finances
Findings on NCAA and College Football Playoff (CFP) Revenue Distribution
Some of the greatest dissatisfaction in study revealed with the NCAA and CFP revenue distribution models that send more than $1 billion annually to D
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Is there a waiver for this? I’m going fully-online and have no involvement in any sports for the upcoming Spring 2021 semester.
Or is this something everyone has to pay?
I know this Fee is not applied to certain people, like those with Exclusive Online Degree and Certificate Programs, Graduate Students, etc.
Just curious if anyone was able to apple for a waiver for this fee.
https://twitter.com/MIAA1888/status/1300433160027676674?s=19
https://twitter.com/thesciac/status/1274024335854845952?s=21
Next update with details will be mid-July.
