State grants: Athlete benefit or competitive bane?

At the 2003 NCAA Convention, Division II Proposal No. 33 sailed to approval after the briefest of debates.  After only a couple of minutes of discussion, delegates adopted the amendment to Bylaw 15 to exempt certain kinds of state educational grants from Division II individual and financial aid limits. In the words of one administrator, "It just kind of flew by without giving anybody a hiccup." Full Story...

Task force named to confront gambling threat NCAA appoints panel to address behavior before it reaches crisis level

The NCAA has commissioned a first-of-its-kind sports-wagering task force to examine the recently released National Study on Collegiate Sports Wagering and Associated Health Risks and to devise recommendations for addressing the problem of wagering by student-athletes.  Full Story...

Division II crowns half a dozen champions at NCAA's first championships festival

ORLANDO, Florida -- Division II hit a long home run with the first National Championships Festival. Or aced it. Or put it away. Or scored a breakaway goal. Full Story...

Universities Spending Big Money on Facilities to Recruit Athletes

Outside the football stadium at Muhlenberg College, a massive structure of sleek steel and glass towers over the campus. The building is big. It's imposing. It has little to do with academics. And it's supposed to be that way. The latest in a string of new, multimillion dollar, state-of-the-art college gyms in the Lehigh Valley, the sports center is part of a fitness facility frenzy that recently has developed on American campuses in an outright bid to attract students. Full Story...


If You're a Football Prospect, You Want To Get Recruiting Calls in May
 

Will you get a phone call from a college coach in May? 

If you're a junior football player in high school, and the answer to that question turns out to be "no", then you just got a wake up call:  Division I college football coaches probably don't know you exist.  Full Story...