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Knight Commission to study athletics again.(Newswatch)(Brief Article)

Women in Higher Education

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In the 15 years that the Knight Commission has been monitoring and advising reforms for college sports, the issues increasingly have become financial excesses.

"The searing set of events and incidents and tragedies over the past year involving college leaders, coaches and players may be signs that if money is not the root of all evil, it is a contributing factor with which we have not yet successfully grappled," said Knight Foundation President and CEO Hodding Carter III. Issues to be addressed include:

* Whether the sharp rise in coaches' salaries can be curbed without violating anti-trust laws

* How to cap team operating expenses, given that few schools can accurately figure out how much they really spend on athletics, since many ...

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