Professor Malagrino Comments on Sports Study for USA Today
Professor Dylan Malagrino commented on National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) rules requiring student athletes to show progress toward a degree for a recent USA Today study of the regulations' impact. Professor Malagrino, who was a Syracuse University athlete and head of the NCAA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, expressed concerns that because athletic programs face penalties if students do not show adequate progress, "coaches and academic administrators in the athletic department might be strongly encouraging students to take easier majors or to choose a major and never switch." The story has been picked up by several online newspapers and blogs.
Dylan Malagrino is a Legal Research and Writing Professor with the UC Davis School of Law whose teaching and research interests include property law, comparative property law, law and anthropology, and sports law.