On February 13, 2012, the Patriot League announced the conference will begin to offer football scholarships in 2012. The Patriot League, whose football members include Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, Fordham and Georgetown, will allow 15 athletic scholarships, including those to transfers, in future recruiting classes. Lafayette College president Dr. Daniel H. Weiss, the chair … Continue reading
The NCAA will use the summer to review the governance structure for Division I in response to some complaints and concerns about the power of the top football-playing institutions, according to a January 29, 2012, USA Today article by Steve Wieberg and Thomas O’Toole. USA Today reported NCAA president Mark Emmert will “appoint a working … Continue reading
On June 27, 2011, the 60-day override period ended (with 36 override requests) on the adoption of Proposal No. 2010-59-C, which would establish a 9-hour academic credit rule for Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) football. The proposal is a federated provision, and thus will require successful overrides in FBS and FCS—the … Continue reading
