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- June 21, 2010 | NCPA How to Make a Donation to the NCPA Click here for info on how to make a tax-deductible donation to the NCPA.
- June 12, 2010 | Fox Sports No incentive not to cheat in college game "It's just like the CEOs who ran the big banks and the mortgage companies. They were completely irresponsible, but they all got paid."
- June 04, 2010 | NCPA College athletes on verge of key victory in California The National College Players Association and others helped get the Student-Athletes Right to Know bill passed in the California Assembly. Click here for more.
- May 24, 2010 | The Associated Press Revoked scholarships surprise college athletes After scoring just 22 points all season in mop-up duty, Missouri freshman forward Tyler Stone has no illusions of bolting college for the NBA after a single year. Instead, the 6-foot-7 Memphis native is a different sort of one-and-done: a college athlete leaving a school sooner than his family expected as a prized recruit takes over his scholarship. "I can't see how a school can love him to death one year and the next year cut him loose," said his mother, Sharon Stone. "They had to get rid of somebody."
- April 27, 2010 | Fanhouse NCAA Players' Cut of Mammoth TV Deal Still the Same: Zero Percent On the website of the National College Players Association -- a California-based organization dedicated to protecting college athletes from abuses by their schools and the NCAA -- is a summary of a plan to use the television-rights revenue from the men's basketball tournament to better fund athletic scholarships and programs threatened by Title IX.
- July 27, 2009 | FOXSports.com National columnist: NCAA exploits college athletes in video games Mark Kriegel, a national columnist for FOXSports.com, writes about how the NCAA exploits college athletes to make millions off of video games. Click here to read more.
- July 27, 2009 | Los Angeles Times LA Times writes about ex-star O'Bannon's lawsuit against NCAA LA Times reporter Kurt Streeter writes about former UCLA star Ed O'Bannon's lawsuit against NCAA over the use of images. He and other former players allege the NCAA owes them a share of profits from the sale of television and online reruns, video games, jerseys and other items. Click here for more.
- July 16, 2009 | New York Times New York Times: College Athletes Stuck With the Bill After Injuries The New York Times had an article today that exposes the ugly truth about how college athletes are often stuck with medical bills from college-related sports injuries. Click here for more.
- March 26, 2009 | NCPA NCPA study: "Full scholarship" can leave athletes with as much as 30K in expenses A new NCPA study reveals that many student athletes face tens of thousands of dollars in college expenses despite promises of a "full ride" scholarship. Click here for more of this story.
- March 18, 2009 | NCPA March Madness: NCPA study reveals turnover rates on basketball tourney teams All recruits and parents need to consider a program’s turnover rate as a factor when choosing a team to play for as they are an indicator of a college athlete’s job security and job satisfaction; high turnover rates should be a red flag to recruits and their parents. Read more about a new NCPA study here.
- March 12, 2009 | NCPA Join the NCPA Click here to read about the benefits of NCPA benefits and how to join online. It's free!
- March 13, 2009 | NCPA NCAA Survival 101: NCPA High School Outreach Program Helps Student Athletes The NCPA has begun a campaign to inform high school football and basketball players about how to survive while playing in NCAA sports. Read more here.
- March 13, 2009 | NCPA NCPA Wins Victories for College Athletes Read about the many NCPA victories that have improved the lives of college athletes here.
- March 13, 2009 | NCPA The $6 Billion Plan Read about the NCPA's $6 Billion Plan here.
- March 13, 2009 | NCPA The "Free Ride" - Should We Complain? Some say college athletes get a "free ride" and should not complain. Click here to read why this idea is nonsense.
