The NCAA makes a big deal touting its commitment to “student-athletes,” even though they don’t let them share in the millions and millions they make for the organization and their universities. It’s too bad they can’t find someone at NCAA who can spell. The court signage at the men’s Final Four had a series of [...]
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NCAA and Athlete Ally enter into partnership
Athlete Ally today announced a new partnership with the NCAA. This is fantastic news. We know the NCAA is already working closely with the National Center for Lesbian Rights; And in recent years the NCAA has taken steps toward ending homophobia in collegiate sports. This is another wonderful step to see. You can read the [...]
Hudson Taylor profiled in NCAA’s Human Highlight Reel
Recently married Hudson Taylor is the focus of the NCAA’s recent Buick Human Highlight Reel, which profiles people who have committed their time to improving collegiate sports in and out of competition. The video chronicles Taylor’s efforts to reach straight athletes on the issue of homophobia and his group, Athlete Ally. Check out the video [...]
NCAA adopts official policy opening the door for transgender athletes
The NCAA has finally adopted an official policy opening the door for transgender athletes to compete during and after transition. The news comes after a groundbreaking transgender-athlete think tank last year headed up by the NCAA, NCLR’s Helen Carroll and Pat Griffin. “I commend the NCAA’s commitment to creating and supporting an inclusive culture that [...]
Moment #63: NCAA initiates workshop on sexual orientation
Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Various sports, 2003. When the NCAA instituted on-campus diversity education workshops focusing on sexual orientation issues, it made an institutional commitment to ending homophobia in sports. The workshop is free to the school and welcomes athletes, coaches, faculty and others across [...]
Moment #68: NCAA chief says sexual orientation should be embraced in sports
Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Sports 2007: NCAA President Myles Brand was an advocate for the rights of LGBT people in college sports. And when he died of cancer in 2009, he was remembered fondly by Helen Carroll, head of the sports program at the National [...]
NCAA: Allums, trans athletes, can have surgery
While many have believed that a transgender female-to-male athlete cannot have gender-reassignment surgery and still play women’s sports, the NCAA has clarified that there is nothing preventing those athletes from doing so: As discussions continue and after further review of this topic at the national office, generally speaking a female who wants to be socially [...]
NCAA hit wrong target with USC sanctions
The NCAA has found that Pete Carroll, Reggie Bush and the USC football program cheated in the early 2000s. Bush apparently got benefits he should not have gotten. And now that Carroll and Bush and virtually everyone else who benefited from it are gone, the NCAA has punched the new players and coaching staff in [...]
NCAA.com pulls Focus on the Family ads
That was fast. Within 24 hours of Pat Griffin sounding the alarm that the NCAA had accepted and blessed TV and internet ads from the hate group Focus on the Family, she’s gotten word that NCAA.com has pulled the group’s ads. More from Pat Griffin: I just received a copy of the NCAA’s Advertising and [...]
NCAA gives blessing to Focus on the Family ads
As if watching Focus on the Family pimp their perspective on life during the Super Bowl wasn’t bad enough, word has it that NCAA.com is running banners for the group, and that CBS plans to run their commercials during the NCAA basketball tournament with the NCAA’s blessing. Pat Griffin writes: Ok, we endured the Focus [...]
NCAA panel on gay athletes this week
The NCAA National Convention is underway in Atlanta. On Thursday morning they’ll host an educational session from 9:30-11am called “Cross-Campus Engagement in Ensuring the Fair Treatment of LGBT Student-Athletes: Issues and Resources.” Panelists include It Takes a Team’s Pat Griffin; NCLR’s Helen Carroll; GLAAD’s Ted Rybka; Mt. Holyoke College’s Laurie Priest; and Rutgers’ Mark Schuster. [...]
NCAA stands in the way of player’s turnaround
An obscure NCAA rule is threatening the eligibility of a Florida State wide receiver who, by all accounts, has lifted himself up by the boostraps out of the ghetto and needs to play his senior season for a shot at pro ball. Corey Surrency was in ninth grade when he dropped out of high school [...]
Another stupid NCAA rule
I forgot to mention this when I wrote about my day at the first round of the NCAA Tournament held at the Wachovia Center but was reminded of it during the telecast of Villanova’s Elite Eight victory over Pittsburgh last night at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston. The announcers mentioned that all of the [...]
My first day of Madness
On Monday evening I was watching Comcast Sportsnet when the studio host announced that some tickets to the NCAA Men’s Basketball 1st and 2nd round games at the Wachovia Center had just been made available. Now, I’m not a major basketball fan and am by no means an expert, but seeing the tournament unfold year [...]
NCAA: We own ‘March Madness’
Organizations, businesses and websites will need to think twice before using a trademarked NCAA phrase or bracket system this year in their ads. Due to the dwindling economy, the use of NCAA phrases is being used to bring in more revenue than usual from places like bars and websites. However, the lawyers of the NCAA [...]