The Knight Commission released a report compiled over the last 18 months, and presented to the NCAA, yesterday. The full report is below, but here are some of the highlights (per the Deadspin article)
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The study has three recommendation:
Put independent experts onto the NCAA Executive Committee and D1 Board of Directors; The current members all have financial stakes in the matters they're deciding.
Rein in management of the bowl games; The current postseason revenue is "fragmented," and can lead to disasters like the Fiesta Bowl fiasco. Instead, the commission urges that less of the money go into the pockets of the people operating the bowl games, and more "to directly support athletes’ educational experiences."
Change the current distribution of revenue; The commission says the current model contains "distorted incentives," and more money should go to programs that give priority to education.
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The bigger issue, and as Deadspin notes one that will be driven by money not a report like this, is the call to look into the formation of a super-conference made up of the big 5 conferences. Personally I think that would be better for everyone, but it's easy for me to say as a fan and alum of a school that would benefit from that. Either way something needs to change, the exploitation of college football players has become obscene. I used to be okay with the way things worked, a free education isn't a minor thing, but the unbridled cashing in on individuals while at the same time cutting them off from cashing in themselves has gone too far.
http://www.knightcommission.org/imag...ons_roster.pdf
http://deadspin.com/watchdog-study-b...ere-1053867747