Tag: Division I

Sports

Ivy League Becomes First D-I Conference to Suspend All Sports Until 2021

The Ivy League on Wednesday suspended all sports until 2021, including fall football, in response to health risks posed by the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. It is the first Division I conference to do so, reports the Associated Press. “We simply do not believe we can create and maintain an environment for intercollegiate athletic competition that […]

July 9, 2020

Sports

College Sports Stakeholders Prepare for a New Normal Under COVID-19

Athletic directors, coaches, conference commissioners and student-athletes await a clear vision of what the future holds. Campuses throughout the U.S. are closed except for essential staff and, in some cases, a limited number of students who are allowed to remain in the dorms due to lack of anywhere else to go. Classes are being taught […]

June 17, 2020

Sports

NCAA Allows Voluntary Football and Basketball Athletic Activities on Campus Starting June 1

A National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) moratorium on all sports activities, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will expire May 31 after the NCAA council decided that Division I football and basketball can resume on campus activities on a voluntary basis starting June 1, said CBS sports. The council extended the blanket waiver allowing teams in […]

May 21, 2020

Sports

Athletic Programs Await the Fallout from Coronavirus-Related Cancellations

With revenue from the NCAA Division I Tournaments a vital part of funding for many institutions, it’s still undetermined on what the impact of cancellation will be.

April 16, 2020

Sports

Division I Women Basketball Players Beat Men Again in Academic Progress

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I African American women basketball players academically outperformed their male African American counterparts and had a smaller gap with their White teammates in 2020, says the annual report by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES). With no NCAA Men’s and Women’s Division I Basketball Tournaments held this spring, TIDES based […]

April 2, 2020

Sports

Due to COVID-19, NCAA Extends Spring Sports Eligibility, Scholarships

As COVID-19 cuts short athletic seasons at colleges across the country, the Division I Council of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) announced yesterday that it will allow spring sports student athletes an additional season of competition and an extension of their period of eligibility. The council said it would not extend an extra year […]

March 31, 2020

Sports

Howard’s President Appointed Member of NCAA Presidential Forum

Howard University’s president, Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick, will serve a three-year term as a newly appointed member of the NCAA Division I Presidential Forum beginning Sep. 1. As part of Frederick’s new role, he will focus on maintaining NCAA’s values of involving presidential leadership within intercollegiate athletics at the campus, conference and national levels, […]

August 26, 2019