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At a retreat Tuesday of about 50 Division I college presidents, called to develop "creative solutions to the significant issues facing intercollegiate athletics," National Collegiate Athletic Association President Mark A. Emmert said that while he wants to increase financial support for athletes, "there is absolute consensus we will never move to pay for play."
The two-day meeting in Indianapolis is closed to the public and the press, but Emmert made a few brief statements in the evening regarding the day's topics: the division's fiscal sustainability, and the steadily widening financial gap between the biggest-time programs and the rest. He also stressed the importance of acting "rapidly," saying that whatever ideas come out of these discussions should be proposed to the NCAA Board of Directors at its October or January meeting. Kansas State University President Kirk H. Schulz also said on Twitter that presidents expressed much concern "about rapidly escalating coaches' salaries." At tomorrow's sessions and subsequent briefing, Emmert will discuss athletes' academic performance and "fortifying the integrity of intercollegiate athletics."
