Oct. 10, 2024: Association leaders call on fans and social media platforms to curb abuse of student-athletes after the results of an NCAA study show rampant online harassment. October 10, 2024 2
Aug. 6, 2024: The Division III Presidents Council takes emergency legislative action to amend transfer rules. Transferring student-athletes no longer have to serve an academic year of residence before being eligible to compete. Student-athletes who transfer while academically ineligible would not be immediately eligible for competition but could regain eligibility after the first term at the new Division III school, based on the school’s academic standards for all student-athletes. August 6, 2024 4
Aug. 1, 2024: NCAA post-eligibility insurance coverage goes into effect for all student-athletes, and a series of Division I core guarantees that deliver increased benefits to college athletes goes into effect. The core guarantees include expanded health care coverage; increased mental health support; academic guarantees; and name, image and likeness resources. August 1, 2024 0
Summer 2024: More than 1,300 current, former and incoming NCAA athletes compete for 125 countries in the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics in Paris. Fourteen Olympic teams are made up entirely of athletes with NCAA ties. August 1, 2024 0
April 23, 2024: Division II approves emergency legislation to eliminate its year-in-residence requirement for undergraduate student-athletes transferring between four-year schools and implement new academic standards for immediate eligibility. April 23, 2024 2
April 22, 2024: Division I changes its transfer rules to allow student-athletes who meet certain academic eligibility requirements to be immediately eligible at their next school, regardless of whether they transferred previously. The division also changes name, image and likeness rules to allow schools to help student-athletes identify NIL opportunities and facilitate deals between student-athletes and third parties. April 22, 2024 1
March 2024: The NCAA launches its Draw the Line campaign, which prioritizes student-athlete education on the effects of sports betting while also addressing problem gambling for all who consume and participate in college sports. The Association also has led the charge for states to update their sports betting laws to protect student-athletes from harassment or coercion and protect the integrity of NCAA competition. In the wake of the effort, multiple states have moved to restrict prop bets, wagers not tied to the overall outcome of a game. March 1, 2024 3
Jan. 4, 2024: ESPN and the NCAA reach an eight-year agreement beginning Sept. 1, 2024, for NCAA championships media rights. The deal includes domestic rights to a record 40 NCAA championships — 21 women’s and 19 men’s events — and international rights to those same NCAA championships plus the Division I men’s basketball tournament. January 4, 2024 3
