Read more NCAA stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/370/ncaa.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:20:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72652/nba-age-limits-are-a-scam.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe NBA’s minimum draft age of 19, with one year of college—and a new proposal to make it 20—is nothing but a cynical ploy by pro basketball and the NCAA that “hasn’t helped players in any way,” Buzz Bissinger writes. Players can easily sail through a year of...http://www.newser.com/story/72652/nba-age-limits-are-a-scam.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Oct 2009 9:25:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69584/ncaa-president-myles-brand-67-dies-of-cancer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMyles Brand, the first academic in 50 years to head the National Collegiate Athletic Association and perhaps best known as the man who, as president of Indiana University, fired legendary basketball coach Bob Knight, died today of pancreatic cancer; he was 67, the New York Times reports. The former philosophy...http://www.newser.com/story/69584/ncaa-president-myles-brand-67-dies-of-cancer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 Sep 2009 18:22:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61622/ncaa-alabama-must-vacate-10-football-wins-from-05-07.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe NCAA will require the University of Alabama to vacate at least 10 football victories from 2005-07 over rules violations that saw players arrange free textbooks for friends, the Birmingham News reports. The school will also be placed on 3 years’ probation, but the football program won’t lose any scholarships....http://www.newser.com/story/61622/ncaa-alabama-must-vacate-10-football-wins-from-05-07.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 11 Jun 2009 12:35:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61141/another-memphis-player-accused-of-sat-cheating.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAnother former University of Memphis player has a dodgy-looking SAT score in his past, ESPN reports. Robert Dozier was originally set to go to Georgia, until the school noticed that he’d scored a 1260 on his SAT, a score drastically better than his practice exams. The NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse then...http://www.newser.com/story/61141/another-memphis-player-accused-of-sat-cheating.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 06 Jun 2009 8:39:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60687/feds-mull-taxing-college-sports-but-pickings-are-slim.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Congressional Budget Office, eager for new sources of income, is considering taxation options for the nation’s collegiate athletic franchises, the Economist reports. Among the proposals are curtailing deductions for charitable donations to college sports programs; limiting tax-exempt bonds; and, most drastically, stripping the programs of their traditional tax-exempt status....http://www.newser.com/story/60687/feds-mull-taxing-college-sports-but-pickings-are-slim.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Jun 2009 13:38:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60579/under-fire-usc-drops-ball-in-sports-perks-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagYears after footballer Reggie Bush was accused of accepting gifts from marketers while at USC, the university is still doing almost nothing to investigate the matter, despite the spread of allegations to a top basketball player and coach, the Los Angeles Times reports. Though the NCAA has expanded its own...http://www.newser.com/story/60579/under-fire-usc-drops-ball-in-sports-perks-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 31 May 2009 6:32:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60465/shriveled-sports-scene-irks-some-ivy-alums.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Ivy League has a reputation for excellence in all things, but the consignment of its sports programs—particularly the more visible ones like football and basketball—to college athletics’ second tier has alumni clamoring for change, the Wall Street Journal reports. Academic standards limit the pool of top student-athletes...http://www.newser.com/story/60465/shriveled-sports-scene-irks-some-ivy-alums.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 30 May 2009 10:25:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60399/academic-scandals-hit-nba-rookie-of-the-year-rose.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo allegations of academic fraud have surfaced against the Chicago Bulls' Derrick Rose, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Rose, the top draft pick of 2008, had a high school grade changed from a D to a C on transcripts sent to colleges, sources say, and the NCAA is believed to be...http://www.newser.com/story/60399/academic-scandals-hit-nba-rookie-of-the-year-rose.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 29 May 2009 4:30:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55492/tar-heels-trample-spartans-to-take-title.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNow Tyler Hansbrough, Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington, and Danny Green can head to the NBA feeling good about their decision to return to school. The upperclassmen led North Carolina to its fifth national championship with an 89-72 blowout of Michigan State tonight in Detroit, reports the AP. "We've been working...http://www.newser.com/story/55492/tar-heels-trample-spartans-to-take-title.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Apr 2009 23:07:02 CDT