Author: Steve Berkowitz, USA TODAY

The NCAA announced that it is reducing academic requirements incoming Division I freshman athletes will need to meet in order to play and practice.

A canceled football season would erase income from tickets, postseason games, game-appearance guarantees and various game-day sales.

A survey of major-college athletic directors says some have interest in short-term changes to pay of highly compensated employees and academic rules.

The Council faced several alternatives: Covering athletes in winter and spring sports; only athletes in their senior year; athletes in all classes.

NCAA medical advisors gave college athletes training advice, like not sharing weights or balls, but cautioned coronavirus battle could take months.

Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado approved a bill to help college athletes profit off their names, images and likenesses. Law will take effect in 2023.

The NCAA accumulated nearly $400 million as a hedge against a catastrophic event, and now it is facing one with the tournament cancellations.

If signed into law, measure would take effect on July 1, 2021 — 18 months sooner than law that California passed last year, raising pressure on NCAA.

Getting paid millions of dollars is far from the only form of compensation for major-college men’s basketball coaches. There are also great perks.