College Athletics Conference Takes On the NCAA

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These college presidents are complaining that they don't have the autonomy to control expenditures. Well, duh...The NCAA views higher education as a funding source for NCAA athletics, rather than athletics as a part of academics. The NCAA mandates many policies that separate athletics from the institution. They mandate expenditures on its members to promote its brand, so that it sells more tickets to major DI championships and expand its influence.
If these presidents don't want to be dictated to and really want autonomy they need to join the NAIA. In the NAIA, they are free to determine every aspect of the athletic program. Funding levels, facility needs, staffing, scholarships, etc, etc...to achieve the right mix of academics and athletics at their institution.
That's why you see so many NAIA institutions in the first tier of the USN&WR regional university listings.

CE of IN 12:02AM August 21, 2009

All of the schools in the Centennial Conference are small schools with little sources of income. That is except for Johns Hopkins of course who has a D1 lacrosse program that racks in enough money to fund all the other sports at the school, and i highly doubt they are complaining about the new rules. Seems kinda unfair to the rest of the schools in the conference.

Bob of PA 6:39PM July 12, 2009

The rules were passed almost three years ago and delayed specifically to give D-III schools more time to comply. Why drag your feet?

Bob of MN 4:16PM July 11, 2009

I am an AV guy and to have a coach tell his administration that the wirelss microphone system for the refs to use would cost $5000 is just an out and out lie. The cost for a good system would be somewhere betwenn $500 and a $1000.

Jack of IL 11:50AM July 09, 2009

Excuse me, but football referees have hand signals that explain any calls made during a game. I don't want to see some NFL wannabe ref telling me over a lousy loudspeaker that he saw holding on #72. Just get on with reffing the game. The NCAA needs to revisit this decision.

Sharky 11:40PM July 08, 2009