Friday, January 15, 2010

U.S. Education Secretary Duncan urges change for NCAA, NBA - washingtonpost.com


U.S. Education Secretary Duncan urges change for NCAA, NBA - washingtonpost.com:

"Amid a flurry of scandals and controversial coaching moves in college sports, Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Thursday urged the NCAA to hold coaches more accountable for nefarious behavior and for the NBA to drop its age restriction that essentially forces players to attend college for at least one year.

In a speech made during the NCAA Convention in Atlanta, Duncan, a former co-captain of the Harvard basketball team, said the NCAA should ban teams with low graduation rates from postseason play and suspend coaches who run afoul of the rules. In a telephone interview, Duncan later added that 'some of this insanity we are seeing around the country' stains college athletics."