MEAC Commissioner Sonja Stills: Making Athletes Employees “Would Be the Demise” of HBCU Athletics
MEAC Commissioner Sonja Stills has drawn her sharpest line yet on the question hanging over every college sports bill in…
Sin Tax or Student Tax: A Different Way to Look at Sports Wagering Revenue for HBCUs
Charles Bishop of Inside the HBCU Sports Lab recently posed a devil’s advocate question about whether sports wagering revenue should…
NCAA Votes to Approve Age-Based Eligibility Rule for Division I Athletes
The NCAA’s Division I Cabinet voted Tuesday unanimously to scrap the current NCAA Eligibility system and replace it with a…
The MEAC Backed the Protect College Sports Act Too. Here Is Where It Parts Ways With the SWAC.
Five days after the SWAC wrote Congress in support of the Protect College Sports Act, the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference did…
The Protect College Sports Act Has HBCU Backing But Not Everyone’s Convinced
Congress is moving toward a vote on legislation that would reshape college athletics, and HBCUs are not on the sidelines.…
The Institutional Foundation: How Each HBCU D1 Program Is Supported in 2024-25
When people talk about growing HBCU athletics, the conversation usually turns to donors, TV deals, and NIL. Those things matter.…
Tennessee State’s Athletic Budget During the Mikki Allen Era: Context for the Vote of No Confidence
On May 29, 2026, six Tennessee State University coaches submitted a vote of no confidence in athletic director Mikki Allen…
What Does the Protect College Sports Act Mean for Division I HBCUs?
Two weeks ago, four HBCU conference commissioners wrote Congress endorsing a House bill called the SCORE Act. That bill is…
Four HBCU Conferences Wrote Congress But Their Student-Athletes Weren’t in the Room
On May 11, 2026, the commissioners of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA), Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), Southern Intercollegiate Athletic…