Coalition On Intercollegiate
Athletics
January 20-22, 2012
The University of Tulsa
January 21-22, 2012
COIA
1. 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 Pac12
4. Has developed a series of policy papers
related to best management practices for
athletics on campus.
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2012 Annual Meeting
1. Presentations
NCAA, NACUBO, The Drake Group, etc
2. Panel discussions
Knight, 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 Transparency
2. 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
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The Impact of Academic Reform
• Increased graduation rates.
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Overall rate is five percentage points higher for 2003 cohort than for
the 1995 cohort. Overall Graduation Success Rate (GSR) is above 80%.
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African-American male graduation rates increased 8%, while females
increased 5%.
o SA in all subgroups continue to graduate at higher rates than their nonathlete 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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NCAA Academic Reforms
• 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
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New Initial-Eligibility Standards
Three 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 Standard
Sliding 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 Only
15.5
Note: All SAs in yellow area would be ineligible for competition only. New sliding scale for competition requires HSCGPA ~ 0.50
units 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:
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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.
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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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