The article details what needs to happen to fix the "broken system" of college sports, citing a desire for change from school officials surveyed in the Knight Commission/Elon University Poll.
The findings of the Knight Commission and Elon University Poll on Division I sports and financial stability were recently featured by The Atlantic.
The article, “How to Fix the Mess of College Sports,” describes the current college sports system as “broken” due to “compulsive, destructive overspending.” The author, Sally Jenkins, calls for regulation from Congress to “create a fairer, more reasonable system,” noting that “without Congress’s intervention, athletic departments at schools that don’t win or have fewer resources will face trade-offs.”
In her argument, Jenkins cites the 2025 Knight Commission/Elon University Poll survey, where “79 percent of (school officials) fear they’ll have to rely on institutional money and student fees in the future to fund sports. Nearly seven in 10 respondents said that they favor national legislation that would limit how much they can spend on their athletic budgets.”
Read the full Atlantic article online.