Over the years, the NCPA has successfully pressured the NCAA into making the following reforms:
- Helped establish a $10 million fund to assist former athletes who wish to complete their undergraduate degree or attend a graduate program
- Elimination of limits on health care for college athletes
- Increase in the NCAA death benefit from $10,000 to $25,000
- Expansion of the NCAA Catastrophic Injury Insurance Policy so that college athletes who suffer permanent, debilitating injuries can receive adequate home health care
- Implementation of key safety guidelines to help prevent deaths during workouts
- Helped secure a settlement that made over $445 million in direct benefits available to athletes of all sports
- Increase in the type of scholarship money players can receive
- Elimination of the $2000 salary cap on money earned from part-time jobs
It has become evident that, as the NCPA succeeds, college athletes gain necessary protections
