Summary
A federal law intended to shine light on whether colleges treat male and female athletes equitably is mired in mistakes, interpretation errors and bureaucratic neglect 10 years after its passage, a USA TODAY investigation has found.
Of the nation's highest-profile athletic programs, more than 34 percent had at least one error in the 2003 and 2004 revenue and expense figures kept by the Department of Education under the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act (EADA). The errors range from just a few dollars to a $34 million data-entry mistake in the University of Texas report. The law requires all schools and the Education Department to make the figures public.See the full content of this document
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Colleges Unable to Track Funding
The NCAA is not only aware there are errors but maintains an adjusted set of records that it declines to make public.
Of the 119 NCAA Division I-A schools, 41 had errors. There are other problems: Five community colleges are classif...See the full content of this document
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