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COIA (2002) is an organization of FBS Faculty Senates to support NCAA reform. ( http://blogs.comm.psu.edu/thecoia/ ) 63 of 125 FBS programs are COIA members, 8 Pac 12 schools (USC, UCLA, ASU, and Utah)
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COIA (2002) is an organization of FBS Faculty Senates to support NCAA reform. (http://blogs.comm.psu.edu/thecoia/) • 63 of 125 FBS programs are COIA members, 8 Pac 12 schools (USC, UCLA, ASU, and Utah) • Produced a series of policy papers outlining best practices for faculty engagement and over sight of intercollegiate athletics (http://blogs.comm.psu.edu/thecoia/?page_id=182) • I am OSU rep to COIA, in 4th year of 5 year term • Today’s objective - provide you with an over view of this year’s COIA activities.
2014 Annual Meeting This year’s meeting included talks or discussions on: 1. UNC scandal 2. NCAA reorganization 3. Concussions 4. Athletics finances 5. NCAA antitrust exemption
1. UNC Academic Integrity scandal Presentation from Dr. Bob Malekoff, co-author of the Rawlings Report • College sports programs have no clear “ownership group” • University Presidents, ADs and others may all express commitment to academic values, they are subject to many external forces, some of whom have greater power. • High number of special admits challenges the system • Lack of public concern in many places about academic issues in sports • Lack of fiscal transparency in athletic departments
2a. NCAA decentralized governance NCAA asked COIA to engage in discussions about decentralization. i. NCAA asked COIA to propose a model to increase faculty involvement in NCAA governance ii. COIA created a framework that increased faculty senate engagement in athletics oversight. The proposal met with mixed response: - NCAA and D1A FARs did not like an approach requiring campuses to support faculty senate engagement. - Reactions of individual senates and campuses varied, but the general goals of the proposal had broad support. - COIA’s effort moving forward will be to assist senates interested in using the plan as a model.
2b. NCAA Reorganization This year COIA has been involved in discussions about reorganization of D1. 1. Emphasis on giving Big – 5 conferences more autonomy to deal with student athlete concerns 2. D-V doesn’t sound likely. 3. Seemed clear that COIA and Faculty Senates more generally will not be given a place at the decision making table at the national level. 4. FARs will, along with the ADs. 5. Suggestion that COIA, D1-FARs and FARA need to collaborate.
3. Concussions Heard from Dr. Brian Hainline, NCAA Chief Medical Officer • COIA created a survey with NCAA about concussion management practices • Medical knowledge about concussions is very poor. • Current return-to-play criteria may be sufficient, but they are not linked to any biological data about physiological recovery following a concussion. • Creation of Dr. Hainline’s position seems a very good idea;
4. Athletic spending Heard from Amy Perko, Executive Director of the Knight Commission - Spending on student-athletes continues to outpace spending on regular students and gap is widening - New web site containing a searchable database for Athletic and Academic Spending in D1 (http://spendingdatabase.knightcommission.org/ ). - Projections indicate that media revenue will increase from $390 million in 2004 to around 2.2 billion on 2020.
5. Legislation concerning NCAA We heard from Allen Sack and Gerald Gurney of the Drake Group - they outlined a draft piece of legislation called the College Athlete Protection Act. - the act would provide the NCAA with a limited antitrust exemption if the NCAA operated under a set of guidelines that prioritized academics over athletics. - discussions centered around the practicality of the act – most comments were critical
