Jan 14, 2025 · Thanks to recent financial reforms at the national office, Baker said the NCAA is in a great position to continue enhancing the championship experience. Specifically, he noted the following good financial news: The Association is now debt-free for the first time in decades.

Dec 18, 2024 · NCAA President Charlie Baker told a Senate panel there are fewer than 10 transgender athletes he is aware of who currently compete in college sports, pouring cold water on an issue...

Apr 1, 2024 · Baker announced last week that the NCAA is urging states to ban prop bets on collegiate athletes, saying in a statement that they threaten the integrity of competition and lead to athletes getting harassed. Prop bets are wagers made on statistics like individual player scores.

Jan 15, 2025 · Announced at the AFCA convention earlier Tuesday in Charlotte, the football coaches unanimously voted to eliminate the December and April transfer portal windows in favor of a 10-day transfer...

Sep 4, 2024 · It’s a crystal-clear afternoon, and Baker, now president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), is inside the organization’s national office in Indianapolis, addressing a few...

Dec 11, 2024 · Federal laws could help the NCAA supersede a patchwork of conflicting state laws and eliminate the threat of additional lawsuits. NCAA president Charlie Baker says the looming House...

Jan 10, 2024 · Nearing the end of his first State of College Sports address Wednesday, NCAA President Charlie Baker shared with a packed theater at the NCAA Convention in Phoenix the simplest advice he has learned from his 95-year-old father: "It's not going to fix itself."

Feb 24, 2024 · NCAA President Charlie Baker says action by Congress was needed to protect what he described as the “95 percent” of athletes whose ability to play college sports would be endangered by a court ruling or regulatory decision declaring them as employees of their schools.

Dec 21, 2023 · NCAA President Charlie Baker is drawing on lessons learned during his eight years as a Republican governor in a Massachusetts dominated by Democrats as he tries to help the college athletic association navigate increasingly choppy political waters.

Jan 11, 2024 · PHOENIX (AP) — NCAA President Charlie Baker addressed the membership Wednesday for the first time since taking over the job, laying out goals for growing the college sports fanbase, dealing with issues related to the rise of legal wagering and continuing the conversation he started with a proposal to create a new tier of Division I where ...