BEST QUOTES   GREED & IMMUNITY ..."I don't think it's anything but greed that's creating it right now on behalf of the agents.  I hate to say this, but how are they [the agents] any better than a pimp?" ... Nick Saban, Alabama FB coach, who pulls down a cool 4 mill per annum (plus movie earnings). ... COUNTERPOINT ... "Most agents know what goes on in college programs and what programs are clean or not.  You want to find out who has the dirty programs, give immunity and go off the record with agents, and it would be like a cockfight, the last one standing wins." ... Ralph Cindrich, an agent for NFL players. ... FanHouse, 7-23-10 
News
The Gospel According to Sonny    Sonny Vaccaro helped commercialize college sports. Now he wants athletes to get their due.  Libby Sander, Chronicle of Higher Education, 7-25-10
 
Wildcat Scratch Fever   The legacy of the legendary Lute Olson took another hit as the NCAA punished Arizona for major recruiting infractions. Inside Higher Ed, 7-30-10
 
Competitive Cheerleading Advocates Undeterred   Title IX compliance is both an exact and inexact endeavor, and competitive cheering is one of many elements involved that is both, or neither.  Inside Higher Ed, 7-27-10
 
Time to kick Vanderbilt out of the SEC   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author unambiguously and authoritatively calls for the ouster of the SEC’s perennial weak link. Paul Finebaum, al.com, 7-27-10
 
Solution Long Overdue for Problem of Agents and College Sports    Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author—a former Southern Cal football player—describes the alluring choices that are presented to superstar 20-year old student-athletes.   Lonnie White, FanHouse, 7-21-10
 
WNBA Racial & Gender Report Card   From The Institute of Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida comes a double thumbs up report card for the WNBA.   TIDES, UCF, 7-29-10
 
Spending Wisely?    Some students are pushing back over a 10-day, $160,000 trip to Italy by the UW-Milwaukee men’s basketball team.   Libby Sander, Chronicle of Higher Education, 7-27-10
 
Sports Media Wake-up     Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author rat-a-tats a grim picture of big-time college athletics.   Bob Gilbert, 7-26-10
 
The Cost to Compete   The escalating contracts of SEC assistant coaches have been the talk of the off-season.   BamaOnline.com, 7-20-10
 
Whatever happened to that old-time SEC parity?    SEC teams have taken four straight BCS championships, and the conference is overwhelmingly favored to make it five in a row.  Yahoo! Sports, 7-19-10
 
USM Golden Eagles Rake in the Green   Comparing USM’s revenue to MSU or Ole Miss might be comparing apples to oranges to peaches. Clarion Ledger, 7-18-10
 
The SEC Goes to War Against Agents and the NCAA    Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author—both a writer and an attorney—ruminates on the sordid, seedy side of agent activities.   Clay Travis, FanHouse, 7-21-10
 
Trying times for the State University of New York system   SUNY is not SONY and it’s definitely not sunny. SUNY is the State University of New York, and it might just be the best kept secret in America higher education.   New York Times, 7-25-10
 
Quinnipiac women’s volleyball loses by winning?   In what’s likely to be pivotal ruling, a Connecticut Federal Court has slapped the wrist of an athletics program that stayed within the Title IX numbers, but seems to have lost the spirit of how to do so appropriately.   Connecticut Post, 7-21-10
 
No winners in Quinnipiac Title IX case   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author describes the rock and the hard place that Quinnipiac found itself in to satisfy Title IX guidelines.   Dave Solomon, New Haven Register, 7-21-10
 
A wacky year for admissions stats     Admissions directors call it summer melt, when students place a deposit to secure a spot in a college’s freshman class but withdraw because of sticker shock or an offer of admission from another college's waiting list.   New York Times, 7-25-10
 
Newsweek mag: Digital Times A-Changin’   From an old tech print mag comes a sobering statistical look at how much we’ve turned to new media and abandoned old media.   Newsweek, 7-16-10
 
Equal revenue sharing hot potato for Pac-10   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author delves into the devilish details that might arise at next week’s Pac-10 AD meeting when they discuss the sharing of the loot.   Bud Withers, Seattle Times, 7-18-10
 
Carroll, Garrett fiddled while Troy burned   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author provides context for the NCAA’s worst penalty since SMU.   Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports, 7-21-10
 
Next cable TV battle pits Time Warner against Disney    There are no rules in the cable TV industry and ultimately the losers are cable TV consumers who have to pay more and more money for a product that is non-essential — cable TV.   New Jersey Newsroom.com, 7-20-10
 
Why the NCAA and the Knight Commission Miss the Seamy Side of College Sports    Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author questions the credibility of the APR in light of the interests of conference commissioners, the NCAA and its member schools “to portray student-athletes as legitimate, degree-seeking students.”   Frank G. Splitt, The Drake Group, 7-20-10
 
Tennessee Volunteers Football: The New Southern Gothic    Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author spins s a sad indictment of the lack of character of some student-athletes, and the astonishing free pass that some fans—including their victims!—will grant to help the team.   Clay Travis, FanHouse, 7-14-10
 
Wooden must be remembered as teacher-coach –not for Sam Gilbert   Clips Guest Commentary   Wooden’s 10 NCAA championships are an amazing feat, but the success of his former players is extraordinary. They are doctors, lawyers, businessmen, teachers and coaches by trade, but more important, there are good people cut from Wooden’s mold.   Marc Isenberg, moneyplayersblog.com, July 2010
 
A shoe drops in Berkeley     From the beleaguered state of California comes word of a gritty report about the heavily subsidized Cal-Berkeley athletics budget.   San Francisco Chronicle, 7-13-10
 
Going big at home   The University of Michigan has made some huge and pricy renovations to the newly remodeled Michigan Stadium (aka: The Big House).   Livingston (Mich.) Daily, 7-15-10
 
A Long-Term Commitment    The ACC and ESPN have agreed to a new 12 year $1.9 billion dollar TV deal.   Multichannel News on 7-8-10
 
UO AD is no AARP member    D1 AD jobs require special leaders with vision, knowledge and experience, and that usually involves at least a couple decades of experience. But not always. USA Today, 7-16-10
 
The ‘Acronymization’ of school names   WKU (aka: Western Kentucky U, or “Western”) is the latest school to take charge of its branding efforts by adopting a catchy acronym. Lexington Herald-Leader, 7-11-10
 
Not getting the high marks    Coaches are concerned about academic stipulations with regards to their athletic programs.  Dallas News, 7-4-10