Indianapolis gets nod for 2028 women’s Final Four
The event will be returning to Indianapolis that year after an extensive hiatus. The city last hosted the women’s March Madness finale in 2016.
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NCAA women’s Final Four to remain on same weekend as men’s
An eight-month review of the women’s basketball championship included looking into moving the semifinal and championship games to an alternate weekend from the men’s Final Four.
In NIL era, business is good for college hoops returnees
The option to remain in school is more enticing than ever since the Indianapolis-based NCAA permitted college athletes to profit from use of their name, image and likeness, or NIL, in summer 2021.
NCAA approves new guidance on player endorsement deals
The latest clarifications provide new guidance to members on name, image and likeness activities, giving schools, coaches and staffers a better idea of how they can be involved with athletes’ endorsement and sponsorship deals.
Athlete advocacy group files complaint with DOJ against NCAA
The National College Players Association is accusing those involved with the governing body of violating antitrust laws by capping compensation for athletes.
Concussion lawsuit against NCAA could be first to reach jury
A lawsuit alleging the Indianapolis-based NCAA failed to protect a former University of Southern California football player from repetitive head trauma is nearing trial in a Los Angeles court.
Major college football ADs urge reform, but not NCAA breakaway
The athletic directors who lead the schools that play Division I college football at the highest level want the sport to continue be governed by the Indianapolis-based NCAA—if that governance can be streamlined.
NIL turning star college football players into millionaires
Of the estimated $1.14 billion that will be poured into the pockets of athletes in Year 2, the NIL platform Opendorse predicts nearly half of it will be spent on the gridiron.
NCAA asks members for help with NIL violation investigations
NCAA officials sent a letter to its membership Thursday noting its enforcement’s staff pursuit of “potential violations” of the name, image and likeness compensation policy and emphasizing the need for schools to help investigations.
Hinkle Fieldhouse to host 2024 NIT basketball championship
The event will mark the return of postseason basketball to the historic Butler University venue, after it hosted 16 games during the 2021 NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
IUPUI athletic program faces some changes after campus’ realignment
In coordination with Purdue, Indiana University has formed at least nine task forces to tackle various issues related to the realignment of IUPUI—one of which is athletics.
Senators Tuberville, Manchin working on bill to tackle NIL
College sports leaders, including outgoing NCAA President Mark Emmert, have repeatedly called for help from Congress in regulating name, image and likeness compensation.
Hobie Billingsley, celebrated IU diving coach, dies at 95
Hobie Billingsley built the Indiana University diving team into a powerhouse, molded a legion of Olympic divers and trained a generation of instructors. Sports Illustrated once declared Billingsley “far and away the best collegiate coach in the country.”
One year into NIL era, fresh questions about its future
The first year of the NIL era in college sports evolved into almost everything the NCAA didn’t want when it gave the green light for athletes to cash in on their celebrity. Industry experts say something must be done to keep college sports from going off the rails.
NCAA Title IX report shows stark gap in funding for women
Men’s programs received more than double that of women’s programs in allocated resources in 2020–and that gap was even more pronounced when looking at home of the most profitable revenue-generating sports.
NCAA survey shows mental health still concern for athletes
A survey of college athletes by the Indianapolis-based NCAA suggests that rates of mental exhaustion, anxiety and depression remain as much as twice as high as pre-pandemic levels, but feelings of hopelessness have improved.
Saban accuses Texas A&M of using NIL deals to buy players
The Indianapolis-based NCAA lifted most of its rules barring athletes from earning money from sponsorship and endorsement deals last July, but there are concerns among many in college sports that NIL deals are being used to as recruiting inducements and de facto pay-for-play.
States hands off when it comes to NCAA, athlete compensation
Nearly half the states, 24 in all, have laws regarding athlete compensation. Yet those states have shown no appetite to question or investigate the schools, the contracts or the third-party groups orchestrating them. Even if they did, there is little legal framework for how they would do it.
Keeping schools out of NIL dealings opened door for boosters
As the NCAA and its highest-profile Division I member schools try to rein in booster-fueled organizations known as collectives, part of the solution could be taking down the firewalls between athletic departments and athletes when it comes to name, image and likeness compensation.
NIL expert predicts $50,000 minimum pay for Power 5 players
The increasing dollar amounts available to college athletes through the recent formation of collectives has drawn the attention of the NCAA, which this week released guidance for schools in the hopes of maintaining the original intent of NIL compensation.