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.

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Ivy League Opts Out of NCAA Settlement, Direct Payments to Student-Athletes

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NCAA Extends Partnership For Basketball and Volleyball Events

NCAA Extends Partnership For Basketball and Volleyball Events

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Virginia Lawmakers Target Misuse of 'Homeless' Designation in Prep Athlete Recruiting

Sonoma State Eliminates Entirety of School's D-II Athletics Program Amid Budget Deficit

Sun Belt Fines Depleted Marshall for Opting Out of Bowl Game

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Ivy League Opts Out of NCAA Settlement, Direct Payments to Student-Athletes

The Ivy League announced Tuesday that it will opt out of the proposed NCAA settlement with current and former college student-athletes, saying in an email that it will decline to provide direct compensation to its athletes through revenue sharing.

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NCAA Extends Partnership For Basketball and Volleyball Events

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The NCAA has extended its partnership with Gerflor USA’s family of brands—Connor Sports, Sport Court, and Taraflex—ensuring world-class playing surfaces for top collegiate championships.

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Virginia Lawmakers Target Misuse of 'Homeless' Designation in Prep Athlete Recruiting

State lawmakers in Virginia have advanced a bill that would crack down on the misuse of the “homeless” designation by high school officials to recruit student-athletes.

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Sonoma State Eliminates Entirety of School's D-II Athletics Program Amid Budget Deficit

Sonoma State University this week announced that it will eliminate the entirety of its Division II athletics program as part of a massive round of layoffs and program cuts as the school prepares to deal with a larger-than-expected budget deficit.

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Sun Belt Fines Depleted Marshall for Opting Out of Bowl Game

The Sun Belt Conference announced Friday it fined Marshall $100,000 for opting out of the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl last month even though the Thundering Herd's roster had been depleted to 41 players.

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DOJ Expresses Concerns That Cap on Student-Athlete Payments Would Be 'Anticompetitive'

The United States Department of Justice has raised concerns about the NCAA's proposed $2.8 billion settlement with current and former athletes that would pave the way for schools to pay student-athletes going forward.

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NCAA D-II Approves Automatic Qualification for All Programs That Sponsor Football

Division II's football-sponsoring delegates at Friday's business session of the 2025 NCAA Convention approved a membership-sponsored proposal to provide automatic-qualification privileges to all conferences that sponsor football, eliminating the...

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Department of Education: Title IX Applies to Student-Athlete Payments

A U.S. Department of Education memo circulated Thursday may force some schools to reconsider how they plan to distribute direct payments to their men's and women's sports participants.

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NCAA D-III Leaders Pass Measure to Provide Mental Health Training for All Coaches and ADs

The Division III Presidents and Management Councils approved a mental health partnership to directly deliver Mental Health First Aid training to all NCAA Division III head coaches and athletic trainers.

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Maui Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Fund Student-Athlete Intra-County Travel

Lawmakers on Maui have introduced a bill that would establish a three-year pilot program to be administered by the Hawaii Department of Education aimed at paying for intra-county student-athlete travel.

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NCAA Approves Women's Basketball D-I Tournament Incentives in Historic Vote

In a historic move, the NCAA on Wednesday approved financial rewards — or tournament “units” — for teams participating and succeeding in the Division I women’s basketball tournament.

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NCAA D-I Council Adopts New Requirements for Division Reclassification

The NCAA's D-I Council has adopted a proposal that requires schools moving into Division I to meet objective measures that focus on the student-athlete experience and support a school's successful transition to Division I.

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Texas State Rep. Introduces Bill to Bring the Transfer Portal to HS Athletics

State Rep. Barbara Gervin-Hawkins introduced Bill 619, which if passed would allow high school student-athletes to transfer schools and school districts one time for athletic purposes.

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