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June 23, 2014

USC to Begin Offering Four-Year Scholarships

From USCTrojans.comUSC will offer four-year athletic scholarships to all scholarship student-athletes in the revenue sports of football and men’s and women’s basketball in lieu of the current practice of offering one-year renewable schola...


June 11, 2014

Texas Rejects Mercy Rule for High School Football

From MyFoxDFW.comThe UIL rejected a proposal this week to institute a mercy rule for high school football games.

The idea resulted from a game last October, when Aledo High School beat Western Hills High School 91-0. There is currently a...


June 4, 2014

NFL Joins NATA to put Athletic Trainers in High Schools

From the Associated PressNFL teams and the league’s foundation will fund trainers in underserved high schools nationwide in a $1 million program.An announcement was made last month as part of a White House summit on youth sports safet...


May 29, 2014

NCAA, Department of Defense aim to Create Concussion Database

From CBSSports.comThe NCAA and Department of Defense are launching a $30 million effort to produce what the White House calls the most comprehensive concussion database ever.The initiative was announced Wednesday in conjunction with President Ba...


May 28, 2014

SEC may end ban on Graduate-Student Transfers

From CBSSports.comThe SEC is considering ending its graduate-student transfer ban. Three proposals from South Carolina are being discussed at the SEC spring meetings to put the SEC more in line with the NCAA rule that lets graduate students with elig...


May 21, 2014

Ohio Adopts Running Clock in High School Football Blowouts

From Cleveland.comLopsided high school football games in Ohio will take less time to complete next season.The Ohio High School Athletic Association announced Wednesday it has adopted a football point differential rule as part of its 2014-15 sport reg...


May 20, 2014

$60M High School Football Stadium to Stay Closed This Year

From keranews.orgThe Allen High School (Texas) football team won’t be playing at the $60 million Eagle Stadium this fall due to structural problems that will take time to repair, district officials announced.Nelson Forensics, consultants hired ...


May 13, 2014

Northwestern A.D. Believes Student-Athletes Deserve a Vote

From Staff ReportsNorthwestern University athletic director Jim Phillips believes unionization is not the answer but said Tuesday that college student-athletes deserve a vote regarding issues that affect them.Phillips said unionization “goes ag...