NFHS Spotlights Role of HS Sports in NFL Draftees' Success

Karissa Niehoff

May 4, 2023

Periodically, The NFHS Voice will be presented in the form of video. This week, NFHS CEO Karissa Niehoff says the role model qualities exhibited by the top players in this year’s NFL Draft were extraordinary. She said that high school sports laid the foundation for the honorable character traits shown by these 31 players. And not just football but other sports as well because multi-sport participation was crucial to forming their overall skill set.

District Plans Staff Training Program After AD Arrested for Assault of Child

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New York AG James Sues NCAA Over 'Unfair Restrictions' on Athletes' Careers

NCAA Outlines Efforts to Support Student-Athlete Mental Health

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Illinois High School Announces Investigation of Baseball Coach, Athletic Trainer

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District Plans Staff Training Program After AD Arrested for Assault of Child

A school district in Texas is planning an extensive staff training program to keep kids safe after the athletic director and head coach at one of the district's schools was arrested for sexual assault of a child.

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New York AG James Sues NCAA Over 'Unfair Restrictions' on Athletes' Careers

New York attorney general Letitia James joined a bipartisan multi-state coalition in a lawsuit to challenge the NCAA's restrictions on prospective student-athletes’ ability to earn money and benefit from their name, image, and likeness.

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NCAA Outlines Efforts to Support Student-Athlete Mental Health

The NCAA continued its commitment to advancing mental health for its more than 520,000 student-athletes in the 2023-24 academic year. Check out a few ways the NCAA has made progress in this area, including new resources, initiatives and research.

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Illinois High School Announces Investigation of Baseball Coach, Athletic Trainer

Officials at Carterville (Ill.) High School this week announced the district is investigating allegations of inappropriate conduct by a high school coach, as well as an athletic trainer contracted by the school.

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Sources: College Sports Leaders In Talks to Settle NIL Antitrust Case Against NCAA

College sports leaders are in "deep discussions" to reach a legal settlement that would likely lay out the framework for sharing revenue with athletes in a future NCAA business model, sources told ESPN.

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District Ends Football Coach's Contract Over Improper Electronic Communications With Student

A school district in Texas has voted to terminate the contract of head football coach who the board says engaged in improper electronic communications with a former student.

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Oregon State and Washington State See Exodus of Players as Pac-12 Implodes

Oregon State and Washington State have been left to manage an exodus of some of the schools' best players as the Pac-12 has essentially dissolved around them.

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NCAA Board of Governors Revises Penalties for Campus Sexual Violence Attestation

The NCAA Board of Governors on Thursday revised the penalty structure around the attestation requirement of the NCAA policy on campus sexual violence.

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Opposing Factions Lobby NCAA Regarding Transgender Athletes in Women's Sports

More than 400 current and former Olympic, professional and collegiate athletes, over 300 academics and roughly 100 advocacy groups released separate letters Tuesday urging the NCAA not to ban transgender women from competing in women’s college sports.

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Wisconsin High School Association Rejects NIL Proposal

The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association denied an amendment to its constitution that would have allowed student-athletes to profit off of their name, image and likeness.

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Proposed Arizona Bill Would Make It Easier to Build Stadiums

A new bill proposed by the Arizona senate could make it easier for developers to build stadiums in the state, but opponents say the bill would allow the creation of theme park districts without local input.

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DOJ Agrees to $138.7M Settlement Over FBI's Botching of Nassar Allegations

The U.S. Department of Justice announced a $138.7 million settlement Tuesday with more than 100 people who accused the Federal Bureau of Investigation of grossly mishandling allegations of sexual assault against former sports physician Larry Nassar.

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