The NCAA Board of Governors is in the beginning stages of re-examining its policies around transgender participation in sport, following controversies over its handling of the women’s basketball and volleyball tournaments earlier this year. Tuesday, the body discussed a report on gender equity, transgender inclusion and sexual violence in its championship competitions. “The NCAA is […]
The late rapper The Notorious B.I.G. referred to a perception of the options for urban males in the song “Things Done Changed” by saying that “the streets is a short shop. Either you’re slingin’ crack rock, or you got a wicked jump shot.” He was articulating a part of the sense of economic desperation that […]
Pressure is something that people may tend to resist. It can make a person uncomfortable. It can push one into an environment that contains a heightened level of stress. It often involves a confrontation of some sort that forces a decision or a certain course of action within a defined time. There are lessons in […]
South Carolina’s Benedict College is the latest institution to begin offering a bachelor’s degree in Esports administration. Starting this fall, the major will be part of the Health and Physical Education and Recreation (HPER) department in the School of Education, Health, and Human Services. The move comes after an Esports club on campus quickly gained […]
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) adoption of a new policy on July 1 that allowed players to be able to profit from their name, image, and likeness (NIL), has ushered in a new era for college athletics. It is an inflection point that will create a new paradigm that multiple stakeholders will have to […]
The men’s baseball team of Vanderbilt University is facing off against Mississippi State in the best of three finals of the College World Series. Notably, three of the institutions represented in the College World Series have African American athletic directors. Just last month, Dr. Candice Storey Lee made college sports history when she was named […]
Syracuse University will hire an outside firm to review its women’s basketball program, following allegations of threats, bullying and unwanted physical contact by Syracuse women’s basketball coach Quentin Hillsman, The Associated Press reported. This comes almost 10 weeks after Hillsman attributed the departure of 11 players to attrition, COVID-19 and the transfer portal. No formal […]
Being a college sports fan while also studying college sports is a difficult space to navigate. College sports has some issues. College sports has racial and social justice controversies, such as low graduation rates of Black male athletes in football and men’s basketball. College sports’ flaws regarding gender equity were also on display in March […]
In a unanimous decision Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)—citing their restrictions on education-based benefits for student athletes as “unlawful.” With the current cap of $5,000 for institutions to offer education-related benefits, a group of former NCAA Division I football and basketball players claimed the athletic association violated […]
What are your responsibilities as associate director of communications-external engagement at the NCAA? I work regularly on communications initiatives with the NCAA’s Inclusion Education and Community Engagement Office, which houses our inclusion efforts; student-athlete, coach and administrator programs; and another area that will take more shape soon: community engagement. I work with the senior vice […]