The Death Of The NCAA As We Know It: How Roster Limits Will Kill Collegiate Sports With Coach Mark Fairley

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Dominic Schlueter

Running, Sports

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Today's discussion on the podcast is one of depth around the hot topic of NCAA roster limits and how they will fundamentally change the nature of the NCAA forever. In my opinion, there's no better person to have this conversation with than Liberty University's Assistant Track Coach and Meet Director, Mark Fairley. Coach Mark recently written a letter to Congress in hopes of standing before a Federal Judge in April as an advocate for the removal of the NCAA's new proposed changes to roster limits. Coach Mark discusses his involvement and how he has educated his own athletes at Liberty on this issue, getting many to participate and get their voices out there. Coach Mark is a native of Dubuque, Iowa, and has worked his way up the ranks since joining as an interim assistant. Coach Mark found success as an athlete in the world of triathlon, earning his professional racing license in 2019. Coach Mark was a standout athlete at Central College, where he captured the men's steeplechase national title at the 2018 NCAA Division 3 Outdoor Championships as a senior. He has the school record in the steeplechase with a time of 8:57.39. His other PRs include a 4:16.42 in the mile; 8:23 in the 3K and 14:42.67 in the 5K. He was the Central Region Men's XC and Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year. Coach Mark graduated from Central College with a bachelor's degree in Exercise Science. He has a Master's Degree in sport management and is working toward a second in biblical studies. In today's conversation, we go through Coach Mark's individual accolades and accomplishments, how he rose in his coaching career, and then tackle the hot topic of roster-limits. He takes me through the 2.8 billion dollar NCAA settlement, revenue-sharing, and roster-limits. We discuss all of this at length and what it means for the next era of the NCAA. Tap into the Coach Mark Fairley Special. If you enjoy the podcast, please consider following us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts and giving us a five-star review! I would also appreciate it if you share it with your friend who you think will benefit from it. If this episode blesses you, please share it with a friend! S H O W N O T E S -Our Website: https://therunningeffect.run -THE PODCAST ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClLcLIDAqmJBTHeyWJx_wFQ -My Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/therunningeffect/?hl=en⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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0:00.0	The NCAA might not die, but it's going to be changed as we know it and pretty drastically.
0:09.8	That was Mark Fairley today on the Running Effect podcast, and I'm your host, Dominic Schleader.
0:14.4	I'm thrilled you've clicked on this episode and are choosing to spend your time with me.
0:18.5	Yes, the title might be a little glim, but it's the focus of today's conversation.
0:24.3	And Mark, Coach Mark, is a man at the forefront of this discussion of roster limits and the
0:30.9	effects of the new landscape of the NCAA.
0:33.6	He actually recently wrote a letter to Congress in hopes of standing before a federal judge
0:38.5	in April as an advocate for the removal of the NCAA's new proposed changes to roster limits.
0:43.4	We dive deep into that in this conversation. And for a little bit of background on Coach
0:48.5	Markey's Liberty University's assistant track coach and meet director, and prior to that time,
0:53.5	he was a standout athlete at Central College,
0:55.8	where he actually won a title NCAA title D3 and the steeplechase in 2018,
1:01.1	if I'm not mistaken.
1:02.5	Today's conversation, we fresh over that and talk about his coaching career
1:05.5	and individual career before that a little bit.
1:08.3	But the center of this discussion is very much around roster
1:11.5	limits, what they are, how they came about. A few months ago, I had a conversation with an
1:16.6	awesome guy and athlete by the name of Stone Smith who competes for Ole Miss. He kind of gave
1:20.8	the athlete perspective. Coach Mark gives the coaching perspective, and there's no better person
1:25.9	to do it than the man who is really trying to
1:28.8	advocate to Congress and at a high level to make this not go into effect. Really thoroughly
1:34.6	was benefited and educated from this conversation. And I know you guys will be educated on the
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