Robert Boland, athletics integrity officer at Penn State, announced last week that he will step down from that position, effective March 1, 2022. Boland indicated he plans to return to the practice of sports law and to devote his time to other professional interests, including his teaching position at Penn State Law and the College of the Liberal Arts. Boland has held the athletics integrity officer position since June 2017. As athletics integrity officer, Boland has been responsible for review and oversight of matters relating to compliance and ethical obligations of the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and for managing and overseeing the University’s Athletics Integrity Program. During his tenure, he has been principally responsible for overseeing the University’s athletics integrity program, which was established to promote the University’s compliance with NCAA and Big Ten rules and regulations, as well as with the NCAA’s and the Big Ten’s standards of integrity for member institutions. An interim athletics integrity officer will be named prior to Boland’s March departure date from the position. Boland, who has experience teaching classes in law, sports law, sports contracts and antitrust and collective bargaining in sports, will continue teaching at Penn State through spring semester 2022.
PSU Athletics Integrity Officer Robert Boland Steps Away to Devote Time to Sports Law, Teaching
