Coalition On Intercollegiate Athletics

January 20-22, 2012

The University of Tulsa

January 21-22, 2012

COIA1. An alliance of faculty senates from NCAA FBS

schools since 2002. 2. Mission - provide a national faculty voice on

intercollegiate sports issues 3. 58 of 115 schools are members, 8 of 12 Pac124. Has developed a series of policy papers

related to best management practices for athletics on campus.

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2012 Annual Meeting

1. PresentationsNCAA, NACUBO, The Drake Group, etc

2. Panel discussionsKnight, FARA, NCAA, National media

3. Breakout sessions

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Panel discussions

1. Future of the Collegiate Model

2. Lessons learned from Penn State

3. Academic Misconduct

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Future of the Collegiate Model

1. Greater Transparency2. Reward making academic values a priority

(Revenue distribution)3. Treat athletes as students first

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Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS): Athletics spending growing faster than academic spending

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Athletics spending per athlete greater than academic spending per student

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Top 10 athletics budgets exceed $250 million in 2020

The Impact of Academic Reform• Increased graduation rates.o Overall rate is five percentage points higher for 2003 cohort than for the

1995 cohort. Overall Graduation Success Rate (GSR) is above 80%.o African-American male graduation rates increased 8%, while females

increased 5%.o SA in all subgroups continue to graduate at higher rates than their non-

athlete counterparts.

• Changes in the intercollegiate athletics culture.

• Greater focus on SA graduation through academic support initiatives, more rigorous academic standards, summer school attendance, etc.

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Break-out Sessions

1. Support any form of “pay-for-play”?2. Advocate for changes in post-season FB?3. Congressional antitrust exemption for

intercollegiate athletics

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Break-out Session

Support any form of “pay-for-play”? No, Additional funds available through Pell Grants.

Reinstitute multi-year scholarships

Freshman ineligibility? Link freshman ineligibility to Academic success

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• Increased initial-eligibility standards. 8/1/15• Increased two-year college transfer standards

8/1/12• Changes to the Academic Performance Program

(APP), including eligibility for postseason competition. APR – 930 in 2014-15 and fully implemented in 2015-16

NCAA Academic Reforms

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New Initial-Eligibility StandardsThree Possible Outcomes

1. Full qualifier = competition, athletics aid, practice in first year.

2. Academic redshirt = athletics aid in first year, practice in first regular term.

3. Nonqualifier = no athletics aid, practice or competition in first year.

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New Initial-Eligibility StandardSliding Scale Elevated to ~0.5 SD Below National Mean; 2.30 Floor

Academic Redshirt

% Current SAs Ineligible for Practice/ Aid

0.4%

% Current SAs Ineligible for

Competition Only15.5

Note: All SAs in yellow area would be ineligible for competition only. New sliding scale for competition requires HSCGPA ~ 0.50units higher for given test score compared to current rule.

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Access to Postseason Competition• Established 930 NCAA Division I Academic Progress Rate

(APR) as a minimum academic standard to participate in postseason competition. Transition to this benchmark to occur over next three years.

• Postseason includes all postseason events conducted after last regular season contest or end of conference tournament (e.g., includes bowl games, NIT, WNIT, etc.).

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COIA Steering Committee 2012 Policy Recommendations

• Five policy recommendations

• Steering committee needs a sense of the will of the membership

• Policy position from COIA rep or Senate

leadership

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COIA 2012 Policy Recommendations

1. Constructive responses to the growing risks that market-driven models of sports entertainment pose to higher education. Questions:Focus was better alignment of athletics / academics, what has changed to shift the focus?Risks to COIA in moving to this direction?

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COIA 2012 Policy Recommendations

2. Support the collegiate model and reverse the growth of commercialism in college sports • Questions:• Pros /cons of “pay for play”?• Concept of amateurism outdated?• Multi-year scholarships, help reduce pressure?• Proposed $2000 stipend?

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COIA 2012 Policy Recommendations

3. Focused exploration of an antitrust exemption of college sports

Questions:• Unintended consequences?• Specific provisions to advocate?• Presidential support?

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COIA 2012 Policy Recommendations

4. Policy of cooperation with NCAA and support its regulatory mission. Criticize policies that prioritize sports programs over academics. • Questions:• Likelihood of a new regulatory structure?• Retain autonomy and critical distance?• Recent changes in eligibility / APR sufficient?

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COIA 2012 Policy Recommendations

5. Maintain membership of current FBS conferences within the NCAA Questions:Academic/Financial implication of dissolution?Can faculty senates inject academic values into these discussions?Can academic core values shape decisions? - economics driving decisions?Can Coalition faculty reach a unified position?

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COIA Steering Committee 2012 Policy Recommendations

• Five policy recommendations

• Steering committee needs a sense of the will of the membership

• Policy position from COIA rep or Senate

leadership

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