NCAA President Mark Emmert says he won’t have the final say on the fate of college sports returning this fall, leaving that decision up to state officials and university presidents. There was already prior speculation that SEC football could go…
The NCAA has extended its recruiting dead period to May 31st in light of the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. This ruling applies to both division I and II athletics which was originally put in place through April 15th. By definition, a…
There’s no precedent as to how the NCAA is supposed to proceed in the event of a pandemic canceling the entire spring sports calendar, but as promised the governing body is doing the right thing. As first reported by The…
Now here’s where things get complicated, regardless of whether or not we’ve seen the last of collegiate athletics this spring, the NCAA is granting relief for all players, participating in spring sports and will discuss issues for winter spring athletes,…
Everything is canceled, not really, but almost everything is canceled as the Coronavirus continues to pose a serious threat to athletes and fans alike. It all started Wednesday night in Oklahoma City where Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert was diagnosed…
As Ole Miss prepares for its biggest game of the season at Cal Berkeley, it’s also fighting for the fate of the football program for years to come at this week’s hearing with the NCAA committee on infractions. This morning,…
Two weeks into the college football season, Ole Miss will be preparing for its biggest game of the year. It’s not the week three game at Cal-Berkeley, rather Covington, Kentucky. That’s the site of the university’s meeting with the NCAA…
During the course of a college football season, the approach is almost always the same: one game at a time. Similarly the concept of one day at a time also applies to Ole Miss following its response to the NCAA.…
From the day Ole Miss received its notice of allegations from the NCAA, school officials made it clear of their plans to contest those allegations. Today, they did just that. The Rebels fire back with yet another response to the…
A Civil Rights group is asking the NCAA to move a regional softball tournament out of Mississippi because the state flag contains the Confederate battle emblem. Mississippi NAACP President Derrick Johnson calls the emblem a ‘racial hate symbol.’ The University…
One Mississippi lawmaker has the NCAA in his crosshairs with a newly presented House bill. House Bill 1040 or the National Collegiate Athletic Association Fairness in F.A.C.T Investigations Act of 2017 was introduced by Representative Trey Lamar of Senatobia. The…
National Signing Day is today, where high school students can officially sign a letter of intent with a college football team. Five football players from D’iberville High School have made a big play towards their dreams. Jacques Turner and fellow…
One of the top defensive recruits in the country took a creative approach to choosing what school he'll be playing for next season. Four star safety Deontay Anderson, of Manvel, Texas, took to the sky on signing day where he chose…
Four high school athletes at Harrison Central signed on to play football at colleges around the state. Michael Boyce and Jordan Beaton signed with Jones County Community College. Davon White will play for North Western Community College. Charles Moffett is…
Since 2001, the NCAA has banned post-season college sports games in states that fly the Confederate flag on their capitol grounds.
A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling against the NCAA for using college athletes’ names, images and likenesses, alleging they violated anti-trust laws.