A member of the NCAA's Committee on Infractions, a voluntary group that prescribes penalties to member schools that break association rules, has resigned over NCAA policies regarding the participation of transgender athletes. William Bock, the former general counsel of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, told The Associated Press on Friday that NCAA policies permitting transgender athletes to compete against women are unfair. “A lot of people have not known how to respond to the smokescreen that says that you can just suppress testosterone and that is going to make the playing field level," Bock said.
The Southeastern Conference announced Thursday it distributed an average of $51.3 million — up $1.4 million from last year — to its 14 member schools for the fiscal year that ended last August. The SEC said it divided $741 million of total revenue among its members. In the previous fiscal year, the SEC distributed $721.8 million of total revenue.
The NCAA and a coalition of states suing the organization asked a federal court Friday to extend a small window for multiple-transfer athletes to compete through at least the winter and spring semesters. The motion seeks to extend the 14-day temporary restraining order barring the NCAA from enforcing a rule for those athletes who transfer multiple times. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey in West Virginia issued a temporary restraining order against the NCAA.
LAS VEGAS — A plan by the NCAA for a series of reforms that includes uncapped compensation for athletes could help address the growing inequities of a system in which sports such as football and men’s basketball generate billions in television and other revenue yet the schools share a minuscule amount directly with the athletes. In a sharp break from his organization’s past, the NCAA president, Charlie Baker, on Tuesday called for a series of changes paving the way for the top moneymaking school