NCAA’s place in sports pyramid remains unclear

The NCAA has a lot of rules, but not all of them help the variety of student-athletes they represent.

NCAA Delays Decision on $2,000 Stipend for Scholarship Athleties

The National Collegiate Athletic Association delayed making a decision on whether scholarship athletes at college sports’ top division will be eligible for as much as $2,000 a year to pay for food, transportation and other incidental expenses.

Playing in high school is no longer vital for college scholarship seekers

Some athletes are giving up playing for their school teams and joining club teams that participate in showcases attended by college recruiters. But college coaches say they are by no means ignoring players in high school programs. There has been a longtime assumption, if not an unwritten commandment, in the world of high school sports: Thou shall play for your high school team if you want to be ...

NCAA delays decision on stipend for scholarship athletes

The National Collegiate Athletic Association will wait to decide on whether scholarship athletes at college sports’ top division will be eligible for as much as $2,000 a year to pay for food, transportation and other incidental expenses.

Emmert expects minor changes on override effort

NCAA President Mark Emmert is taking a stand. He still intends to make swift, sweeping changes in college sports regardless of the uproar it creates. Emmert told The Associated Press that he believes that two significant new rules -- a $2,000 stipend toward the full cost of attendance for athletes and a four-year scholarship rather than year to year renewals -- will survive override efforts at ...