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April 29, 2015
Pennsylvania boys tennis team DQ’ed for using a girl
A boys high school tennis team in Pennsylvania was forced to forfeit a handful of matches and its section title for using a girl during competition. California Area High School has teams for both boys and girls, so the Western Pennsylvania Inters...
April 27, 2015
Indiana to consider implementing ‘past-link’ rule
The Indiana High School Athletic Association may consider implementing a new rule that would strengthen penalties on some student-athlete transfers. Referred to as the "past-link" rule, student-athletes would be ineligible for 365 days if it's est...
April 27, 2015
Western Michigan upgrades locker rooms
Correction: Photos for this project were incorrectly attributed in the April edition. GearBoss by Wenger renovated the WMU locker rooms and submitted all photos. Locker rooms are not often thought of as an essential part of an athletic program, b...
April 24, 2015
Clemson gets permission to buy a jet for its athletic department
Clemson University has been approved by the state's Joint Bond Review Committee to purchase a private, eight-passenger jet for its athletic program. [caption id="attachment_11869" align="alignright" width="230"] Clemson's athletic department might...
April 24, 2015
Controversial bill advancing through Florida legislature
A controversial bill that could reshape the way high school sports are governed in Florida is headed to the state Senate. The House passed the bill on Wednesday, bringing the proposal one step closer to overhauling prep sports across the state. Cr...
April 21, 2015
Pac-12 survey finds athletes ‘too exhausted to study’
A Pac-12 study has found that student-athletes spend on average 50 hours per week with their sport, making them "too exhausted to study effectively." Findings from the study were discussed at a symposium last week that was not open to the public o...
April 20, 2015
A.D.ministration: Promoting ethics in high school sports
The concept of ethics is really fairly easy to define. In simple terms, it's doing what is right — not one time, but all the time and under all conditions. The problems come with interpretations and personalities, and athletics, by nature, is ex...
April 17, 2015
Ill. senator introduces bill to improve protection for athletes
An Illinois senator on Thursday introduced legislation that would improve the process of identifying and treating concussions in young athletes nationwide. [caption id="attachment_11620" align="alignright" width="250"] Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) has ...
April 16, 2015
Mississippi State AD apologizes for ‘offensive’ warmup shirts
Mississippi State Athletic Director Scott Stricklin apologized today for what he called offensive T-shirts that were worn by the university's baseball players. [caption id="attachment_11755" align="alignright" width="169"] New batting practice shi...
April 16, 2015
Oakland University unveils blacktop basketball court
Athletic programs today are bolder with their facility designs, and Oakland University (Michigan) is the latest to step outside traditional boundaries. [caption id="attachment_11750" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo via Twitter @GoldenGrizzli...
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Rhode Island athletic director resigns, citing ‘unrealistic expectations’
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A Rhode Island athletic director resigned one week into the new school...