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Lunch & Learn: “The Arms Race in College Athletics”
September 20, 2011 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
UNC President Emeritus William C. Friday and Executive Director of the Knight Commission Amy Perko will speak about the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics and the role of money in college sports
In 2010, the Knight Commission released its third major report, “Restoring the Balance: Dollars, Values and the Future of College Sports.” Perko, the Commission’s Executive Director, and Friday, the Commission’s founding co-chairman, will discuss this report specifically, and the issue of money in sports more generally.
Perko has been executive director of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics since 2005, having previously worked in college athletics at the University level and for the NCAA. She is a former Wake Forest basketball star, and a member of the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame.
Friday served as President of the University of North Carolina from 1956 until his retirement in 1986, and as co-chairman of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics from 1989 until 2005.
Registration is required and lunch is free. Register HERE.