By: David P. O’Brien, J.D. Director of the Sports Management Program at Drexel University Given the constant scrutiny on coach compensation (especially when determining contracts for men’s and women’s coaches of the same sport, such as basketball) by the media, legislatures,…
NCAA Student-Athlete Licensing Program — How Could It Happen and What Are the Elements?
Contributors: John Infante, Mike Corgan, and Peter Baran This article imagines the legal analysis and practical implications for the possibility of an NCAA student-athlete licensing program. Questions this article considers: How could an NCAA student-athlete licensing program come into existence?…
6 Facts About Today’s NCAA Athletic Director
Win AD, a searchable online database, contains compensation data and contracts for 2,000 senior administrators in Division-I. We searched for common themes in the backgrounds of successful NCAA Athletic Directors. Here’s what we found: The average age of current AD’s is 54,…
Ask the AD: 3 Questions for New Athletic Director Randy Eaton
Randy Eaton Athletic Director Western Carolina University Biggest Surprise? The genuine love by the supporters toward the University. It is not just about athletics, it is about the entire campus, of which we are simply one part. Biggest…
The First Steps to an NCAA Dynasty: Repeating as National Champions
Looking at individual NCAA sports in each of the three divisions, here are the ones in which there have been the most (>50%) and the fewest (<20%) repeats, excluding sports that have awarded national championships in fewer than 20 seasons:…
