Research exercise: Press Access to Information about Student-Athletes and Municipalities

Are universities properly applying FERPA to journalists\u27 requests for information about athletic programs and student-athletes? Are they withholding records, claiming they involve core educational and disciplinary records, when the documents should be open to the public? Also: Would implementation of an Ease of Access Test in Missouri and Florida, under their sunshine laws, allow journalists better access to municipal government information that is in the public interest?https://ecommons.udayton.edu/stander_posters/1299/thumbnail.jp