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Jan 31, 2018

“Radical” Transfer Proposal Already Too-Limited, Outdated

If any institution in America can be credibly accused of always fighting the last battle, it’s the NCAA. As a conglomeration of what are ultimately academic institutions, by the time the NCAA gets around to legislating on a…

John Infante

Jan 25, 2018

The NCAA’s Role in the Michigan State Case

With the sentencing of former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar on sexual assault charges, the attention now turns to what will happen to the people and institutions which enabled him for so long. Sally Jenkins points out in…

John Infante

Sep 7, 2017

NCAA Working Group Has Overall Good Transfer Ideas

Let’s start with a bit of fact checking. Contrary to the belief of some coaches, there are no concrete proposals to change NCAA transfer legislation at this time. But there are ideas that could become legislative proposals as early as this…

John Infante

Jun 19, 2017

MLS, Not MLB, Should be the NBA’s Draft Model

NBA commissioner Adam Silver let slip that, once again, basketball’s favorite pointless political football will be punted into the air again, which means another round of talk about the baseball model. CBS’ Matt Norlander talked about the MLB model…

John Infante

May 31, 2017

Football Coaches Get New Reason to Cut Scholarships with Proposal 2016–79

USA Today’s Dan Wolken has a column with great commentary on an annual ritual. College coaches, most visibly in football but in all other sports as well, ignore the NCAA’s legislative process and are…