What is the future of the College Sports Project beyond the first five-year grant made by the Mellon Foundation?
The Mellon Foundation hopes that the participating colleges and universities will actively participate in framing the future of the College Sports Project. If the integration initiatives and the reports of the Center for Data Collection and Analysis prove valuable and worth sustaining, the CSP might evolve into a separate entity, capable of seeking further funding, that would respond to the goals and interests of individual colleges and universities. Alternatively, it is conceivable that the NCAA or another organization interested in strengthening the relationship between athletics and educational values might be interested in assuming leadership. The future costs of maintaining the Center will depend on the frequency of data collection and analysis, and participants could eventually scale data collection and analysis back to an every-other-year cycle. Technical Questions and Implementation (FAQ) This section of the FAQ addresses additional questions that are technical in nature. Many
