FERPA works with the media. But with the NCAA?…not so much. FERPA just means that no info can be released without the student’s permission. The university may just provide info with the student’s name removed. Another possibility is that the athletes are required to give permission for NCAA review.
Side story about FERPA…My son’s degree required an unpaid internship which counted as a summer-school class that I had to pay for. There was confusion over the credit hours required and I ended up having to pay for one additional credit hour. The school wouldn’t tell me how much more I had to pay because of “FERPA”. I told them that I wasn’t sending them a blank check so exactly how did they see this issue being resolved? I was quickly transferred to a “supervisor” for resolution.
