Why the NCAA Continues to Work Against Athletes’ Best Interests

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Why the NCAA Continues to Work Against Athletes’ Best Interests

By Dr. Gerald Gurney and Dr. B. David Ridpath
Originally published February 29, 2016

The NCAA slipped an important announcement by the public last month when the Board of Governors, consisting of 20 college chancellors and presidents, approved a contract extension until 2020 for the organization’s president, Mark Emmert. The board said Emmert had been an integral agent of change during a dramatic transformation of college athletics. Reasonable minds can disagree, but that statement does not fit the evidence of Emmert’s tenure thus far.

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