College leaders are seriously considering several significant changes to the NCAA transfer policy, including abolishing the year-in-residency penalty, increasing transfer academic eligibility requirements and levying financial penalties on schools that don’t meet academic benchmarks. The NCAA Division I Board of Directors and Division I Council outlined the potential legislative proposals in a two-page document obtained […]
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How to watch tonight’s Independence Bowl NCAA college football game
LB Tyler Owens and the Texas Tech Red Raiders face the Cal Golden Bears this weekend in the Independence Bowl. (John Rivera/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) The regular NCAA college football season is over, and now, it’s time for the bowl games, including the Independence Bowl game. Texas Tech will face Cal (Berkeley) this Saturday […]
Proposal to create new tier for big-money college sports is just a start, NCAA president says
LAS VEGAS — NCAA president Charlie Baker said Wednesday his proposal to allow the most highly resourced schools in Division I to pay athletes through a trust fund is just a starting point as he tries to shift the association to be more proactive than reactive. “We need to be able to anticipate where conversations […]