Donald Miralle / Getty Images In April, a new state law intended to protect Ohio student athletes from concussions goes into effect. The new law affects all Ohio schools–public and private, charter and traditional public–as well as youth sports organizations. While schools are taking steps to prevent student-athletes from concussions, some large Ohio school districts fall short in [...]
Ohio University students will pay for the construction of a new track and for ongoing maintenance of a new indoor “multipurpose center” designed primarily for university athletic team use. The Ohio University Post reports that part of the school’s “general fee” (which amounts to about $650 per semester) will go to the new facility: The General [...]
The Supreme Court of Ohio declined to order Ohio State University to release many public records related to the 2011 NCAA investigation of football coach Jim Tressel. However, the court did find that Ohio State officials had violated the state Public Records Act in withholding a few public records.
Speaking of big-time college sports, two University of Arkansas researchers looked at 2000-2009 data from 29 National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I-A schools. They found that for every $1 increase in athletic giving, spending on academic purposes decreased by $1.40, Inside Higher Ed says: All athletics-related variables that Koo and Dittmore looked at (football and basketball winning [...]
The Daily Kent Stater reports that Kent State met NCAA game attendance requirements by using athletic department funds to “purchase” tickets after the end of the season. Kent State and other NCAA Division I football schools must meet attendance requirements or risk losing Division 1-A status. They must show an average of 15,000 attendees — [...]
Before Saturday’s matchups between #1-seed the University of Kentucky and #4-seed the University of Louisville and #2 seeds Ohio State University and the University of Kansas, we’re going to help fans put the light on the things universities stand for, things like scholarship, graduation, and, alas, tuition payments.
The student newspaper at Kent State University, the Daily Kent Stater, broke the story about the university’s plans to name center court at the school’s basketball arena in honor of a graduate involved in the sale of millions of dollars of fraudulent stocks. Alumnus Jason Cope withdrew his donation the day before the Stater published its story, [...]
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