The Drake Group Issue Congressional Briefing Paper: “Computation of Title IX Compliance Under the Terms of the House v. NCAA Settlement.”
On July 28, 2025, The Drake Group issued a Congressional Briefing Paper, “Computation of Title IX Compliance Under the Terms of the House v. NCAA Settlement.” in response to multiple requests from U.S. House and Senate staff members who have queried The Drake Group concerning this topic. Kassandra Ramsey, President of the Drake Group, issued the following statement: … Read more
Press Release- The Drake Group Releases Comments Critical of the SCORE Act, July 14, 2025
The latest draft of the SCORE Act was released on July 10 in preparation for this week’s markup in the U.S. House of Representatives Energy & Commerce subcommittee. Since the bill would, in effect, formalize the recently approved but contested NCAA v. House settlement as current law (seven appeals have been filed so far) and … Read more
Press Release- The Drake Group Urges NCAA to Enact Additional Policies to Address Flaws in House v. NCAA Settlement, July 1st, 2025
Since June, the NCAA has been implementing policies and procedures to carry out the recently approved House v. NCAA settlement. Among other key provisions, the settlement permits—though practically requires—most Power 5 institutions and allows other Division I members to provide their college athletes with up to $20.5 million in cash annually as benefits in addition to existing scholarships … Read more
The Drake Group Report: An Analysis of Objections to the Proposed Settlement of College Athlete NIL Litigation (aka House/Carter v. NCAA and Power Five conferences)
On March 24, 2025, The Drake Group released this major report analyzing the objections to the proposed settlement of major antitrust cases that would profoundly change intercollegiate athletics. The purpose of the report is to give members of Congress, higher education and college athletics stakeholders, and the general public, greater insight into the nature of Settlement … Read more
The Drake Group Applauds the 2025 “Fair Play for Women Act”
On February 5, 2025, National Girls and Women in Sports Day, U.S. Senator Christopher Murphy (CT-D) and U.S. Representative Alma Adams (NC-12-D) introduced the Fair Play for Women Act in the 119th Congress. Kassandra Ramsey, President of The Drake Group, issued the following statement: “The Drake Group applauds the Senator Murphy/Representative Adams team for stepping up to … Read more
The Drake Group Endorses 2024 GAO Report Detailing Title IX Enforcement Failures
In April 2024, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report, “College Athletics: Education Should Improve Its Title IX Enforcement Efforts.” The GAO found that 93 percent of all intercollegiate athletic programs were not offering athletics opportunities to females proportional to their percentage in the full-time undergraduate student body. The overall athletic participation rate … Read more
The Drake Group Releases Congressional Briefing Paper and Calls for the Establishment of a Presidential Commission to Examine the Conduct of College Athletics
On July 11, 2024, David C. Hughes, Ph.D., President of The Drake Group, announced the release of the organization’s preliminary assessment of the proposed settlement of three major antitrust lawsuits against the NCAA and its five most powerful Division I conferences (Power Five conferences). Under the framework and details that have been announced by the … Read more
The Drake Group Offers An Educational Sport Framework for the NCAA Governance Conversation
On December 5, 2023, NCAA President Baker proposed a new Division I tier in which schools would be required to pay at least 50 percent of their male and female athletes a minimum of $30,000 annually and have no limits on how much schools could pay individual athletes for use of their NILs. Pundits suggest … Read more
Why is the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights Failing to Help Colleges and Universities Resolve the Current Name/Image/Likeness Chaos?
On August 1, 2023, The Drake Group sent its fourth request to the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights asking that they issue existing Title IX guidance to colleges and universities to address sex discrimination in recruiting, publicity, promotion, and financial aid by name/image/likeness collectives (NIL collectives) they are directly and indirectly supporting. … Read more
Following Reports of Hazing and Abuse, The Drake Group Calls Upon Congress to Enact the College Athletes Bill of Rights
WESTPORT, CT – July 18, 2023. Prompted by last week’s reports about systemic sexual hazing, harassment, racism, and other abuse in Northwestern University athletics programs, The Drake Group renewed its call for Congressional action on the College Athletes Bill of Rights, sponsored by U.S. Senators Cory Booker (NJ) and Richard Blumenthal (CT). The legislation would … Read more