V. Reports

Note: Compiling a definitive list of resources on college sports is nearly impossible, and we do not attempt to do so. Instead, we offer the materials below as a starting point for those interested in learning more about the central issues, narratives, and themes that define and inform college sports' history, current state, and future. In other parts of the website, we identify and discuss additional, relevant resources that users may find helpful. The Resources Tab is a work in progress. We invite and encourage you to suggest additional materials.

Reports include materials illustrating the decades-long attempts (primarily by institutional stakeholders) to reconcile the commercialization and professionalization of college sports with the values of higher education.

1. Carnegie Report (1929)

   Summary of Carnegie Report

2. Commission on College Basketball (2018)

   Summary of Commission on College Basketball

3. Hanford Report (1974)

4. Kaplan Report on Gender Equity Phase 1 (2021)

   Summary of Kaplan Report on Gender Equity Phase 1

5. Kaplan Report on Gender Equity Phase 1, Dresser Media and Sponsorship Addendum (2021)

   Summary of Kaplan Report on Gender Equity Phase 1, Dresser Media and Sponsorship Addendum

6. Knight Commission Reports (1991, 1992, 1993)

   Summary of Knight Commission Report 1991

   Summary of Knight Commission Report 1992

   Summary of Knight Commission Report 1993

7. Knight Commission Report 2001

   Summary of Knight Commission Report 2001

8. Knight Commission Report 2010

   Summary of Knight Commission Report 2010

9. Knight Commission C.A.R.E. Report 2021

10. NCAA Board of Governors Federal and State Legislation Working Group Final Report (2020)

    NCAA Working Group to Examine Name, Image and Likeness

    Working Group Charge and Composition

    Summary of Federal and State Legislative Working Group Report to the NCAA Board of Governors (October 2019)

    Summary of Autonomy 5 NIL Strategy Call (December 10, 2019)

    Summary of NCAA Board of Governors Federal and State Legislations Working Group Final Report and Recommendations (2020)

    Summary of Dr. Michael Drake Testimony Before US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (2020)

11. NCAA Division I Board of Directors Transformation Committee Final Report (2022)

12. NCAA Presidential Task Force on the Future of Intercollegiate Athletics (2006)

    Summary of NCAA Presidential Task Force on the Future of Intercollegiate Athletics

13. NCAA Task Force on Gender Equity 2005