NCAA council votes to remove cannabis from banned drug list
Any penalties currently being served by student-athletes who previously tested positive for cannabinoids will be discontinued.
Any penalties currently being served by student-athletes who previously tested positive for cannabinoids will be discontinued.
Many Division I schools expect their athletic budgets to be stressed by the House v. NCAA settlement, which would require back damages of $2.77 billion to be paid over 10 years to athletes.
The settlement could resolve three major antitrust lawsuits against the NCAA that carry the threat of some $20 billion in damages, a blow that would cripple the organization. The settlement includes dramatic changes to the NCAA’s amateur sports model.
A deadline looms next week for the NCAA and major conferences to agree to a deal that could cost billions in damages and set up a groundbreaking revenue-sharing system with college athletes.
The Protect The Ball Act is intended to provide legal safe harbor for the entities that run college sport, which has been under siege from antitrust lawsuits.
A settlement being discussed in an antitrust lawsuit against the Indianapolis-based NCAA and major college conferences could cost billions and pave the way for a compensation model for college athletes.
The Indianapolis-based NCAA fast-tracked rule changes to fall in line with a recent court order.
The NCAA announced Thursday the proposal would define “exemplary cooperation” more clearly while establishing its impact on possible penalties.
NCAA President Charlie Baker expressed concerns about threats to the integrity of competition and harassment of athletes by bettors angry with their individual results.
Purdue big man Zach Edey has been an unstoppable force for two seasons. Edey’s size—7-foot-4, 300 pounds—usually forces teams to double him in the post. But UConn has 7-2, 280-pound Donovan Clingan in the middle.
Clark—who is expected to be the No. 1 pick in this month’s WNBA draft, where the Indiana Fever have the No. 1 pick—finished her four-year college career with 3,951 points, an NCAA record for both men and women.
Indiana State, which lost 79-77 to Seton Hall in the NIT championship game on Thursday, finished 32-7 and was among the first teams left out of the NCAA Tournament.
N.C. State poked and jabbed at the 7-foot-4 Edey and gave him fits over his 40 minutes on the floor, but he still dominated the battle of big men against 6-9, 275-pound Wolfpack forward DJ Burns Jr.
Painter was 35 when he took over for Keady. At 53, his Purdue teams have 471 victories and 16 NCAA tournament appearances in 19 years. And a berth in the Final Four.
The Sycamores (32-7) fell one win short of claiming their first national postseason title since the 1950 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics championship and one win short of the school’s single-season record.
Despite a ton of progress—schools still get zero dollars for their women’s basketball teams participating and advancing in the NCAA Tournament.
The higher price for the women’s games is partly due to the ticket supply for the men’s games being greater, a Logitix spokesman said. He added that demand for women’s tickets is unprecedented and driven by fanfare for the University of Iowa’s Caitlin Clark.
Tickets for Thursday’s NIT championship game at Hinkle Fieldhouse are officially sold out but can be purchased on the secondary market at prices reaching more than $1,500.
The University of Iowa’s victory over Louisiana State University was the most-watched men’s or women’s college basketball game ever on ESPN, more than doubling the prior largest audience.
Indiana State University doesn’t feel like a Cinderella as it prepares for the National Invitation Tournament semifinals Tuesday night at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.