News - Knight Commission
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, chaired by William E.
Report blames NCAA rules for creating a black market plagued with scandals RIVERSIDE, Calif., Sept.
WASHINGTON, March 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Highlights: 10 of the 68 men's basketball teams in the 2011 "March Madness" tournament would be ineligible under the benchmark recommended by the Knight Commission and backed by Secretary Duncan.Of the $409 million the NCAA awarded for basketball success in the past five tournaments, nearly $179 million or nearly 44 percent of the total, was earned by teams not on track to graduate at least 50 percent of their players.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Marking the one-year anniversary of the Knight Commission's report "Informing Communities," the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program and the John S. and James L.