A spokesman for the university said it has not entered into “formal talks” with anyone about switching conferences. Butler has been an inaugural member of the Horizon League since its founding as the Midwestern City Conference in 1979.
Indiana University Coach Tom Crean and Purdue University Coach Matt Painter cash in big time when their teams perform well, especially in postseason play.
Officials are confident attendance at the Big Ten men’s basketball tourney will top last year’s total of more than 86,000 and could surpass 90,000 for the first time since 2006.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association will wait to decide on whether scholarship athletes at college sports’ top division will be eligible for as much as $2,000 a year to pay for food, transportation and other incidental expenses.
The oft-maligned NCAA absorbs much of its criticism from football.
The legislation would require large athletic programs to cover all sports-related medical expenses incurred by athletes. In addition, the legislation would require colleges to continue providing financial aid to students whose athletic scholarships are revoked despite being in in good standing.
Reform will eliminate unenforceable, low-impact regulations.
Why would one of the nicest people I know place himself in a position where he gets criticized almost daily?
Besides individual tickets, entire suites are being offered for as much as $28,000 on various online brokerage sites for the inaugural Big Ten championship football game.
As horrific as the allegations are, just as horrendous are the alleged inactions of Penn State officials and Paterno himself.
The NCAA Division I Board of Directors OK’d reforms that give conferences the option of adding more money to scholarships, schools the opportunity to award scholarships for multiple years, impose tougher academic standards on recruits, and change basketball recruiting.
The agreement, which was negotiated by IMG College, the league’s multimedia-rights partner, will run through July 2014.
More than 300 major college football and men's basketball players are telling the NCAA and college presidents they want a cut of ever-increasing TV sports revenue to fatten scholarships and cover all the costs of getting a degree.
Capitalizing on the newfound national reputation of Butler’s men’s basketball means the relatively small program must raise its revenue game—without pricing the Bulldog faithful out of the arena.
The $125,000 in funds from the city’s Capital Improvement Board will help the Indiana Sports Corp. put on the Big Ten Football Championship game in December and basketball tournament in March.
IU prof’s 242-page dissertation puts a price tag on teams as if they were for sale on the open market, and it’s filled with nuggets sure to grab the attention of academics, sports business experts and fans alike.
The National College Athletic Association has been sued by two former college football players who claim the organization failed to enforce safety measures to protect them from concussions.
The company will be the exclusive retail and merchandising company for the organization’s football championship games and basketball tournaments through 2016.
Officials are taking steps to reverse a dramatic decline in interest in the event over the last decade.
Early indications suggest the inaugural championship football game will rake more money into the Indianapolis area than expected.
