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USF Breaks Ground on new basketball center   The already competitive South Florida Bulls will become even more so with this recruit-friendly facility.  Go USF Bulls.com, 3-3-10
 
To Expand or not to Expand?    The University of Cincinnati is exploring the possibility of adding premium seating to its football stadium.   Cincinnati Enquirer, 3-4-10
 
February 2010
The Cost of Having/Not Having Football   Most schools look at the costs of having a football program, but maybe they should be looking at the costs of not having one.   Chronicle of Higher Education, 2-14-10
 
Big Time Athletics = Big Bucks   The University of Tennessee capitalizes on the success of its athletic program to help maintain fundraising and a high profile. Chattanooga Times Free Press, 1-31-10
 
January 2010
Paying for big-time athletics   Despite sizable conference payouts, many big-time athletics programs are still relying on sizable student fees as well.   USA Today, 1-13-10
 
A Giant Farewell    Giants Stadium closes its doors after three-plus decades.   New York Times, 1-1-10
 
In Title Game, SEC Is Money   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author backs up his praise of the SEC’s football bowl prowess with compelling evidence thereof.  By Clay Travis, Fanhouse, 12-30-09
 
Rosey gets a makeover   The 87-year old Rose Bowl is scheduled for a $164 million renovation. Los Angeles Times, 1-1-10
 
December 2009
Ode to SEC   The SEC’s bigness boisterously belies the tendency to support the underdog.   ESPN.com, 12-18-09
 
CCAP: D1-A Athletic/Instruction Expenditures   The Center for College Affordability and Productivity has taken a new approach to calculate the ratio between total athletic and instructional expenditures for D1-A institutions.   CCAP website, Dec. 2009
 
Forbes Mag: College Football’s Highest Valued Teams   As is the Forbes way, the self-proclaimed “Capitalist Tool” ignores rankings, W-Ls, bowl wins and Heisman Trophies. They just follow the money. Forbes Magazine, 12-22-09
 
Lack of fairness in BCS system invites antitrust scrutiny   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest authors describe the BCS as “a classic ‘Animal Farm’ ”  . . . . “some animals have carved out special considerations for themselves.”   By Jason Maloni and Bruce Fryer of Levick Strategic Communications, SportsBusiness Journal, 12-14-09
 
Money in, money out; it’s the MoneyGoRound    From the cryptically named “ESPN Enterprise Unit” comes a deep dive into where the money goes, and where the money comes from in big-time college football.   ESPN, 12-11-09
 
Mack Brown becomes highest paid coach    It’s just supply and demand: a scarcity of top level coaches and a glut of schools trying to hire them results in higher compensation.   Austin American-Statesman, 12-10-09
 
Eighth Annual SBJ Intercollegiate Athletics Forum    Clips Eyewitness Report   For the fifth time your energetic Clips scribe has attended the SBJ IAF, and it gets better every year.  By Nick Infante, Clips Editor, 12-13-09
 
Wetzel’s playoff plan: Money talks    Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author proffers a reasoned, equitable method of implementing a D1-A football playoff – if there’s ever a D1-A football playoff, that is.   By Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports, 12-7-09
 
Get fired, get paid    Some mega coaches get paid handsomely when they coach . . . and even when they don’t. The Business Insider, 12-2-09
 
Winning football coaches are beneficiaries of the Moneygoround   In a high-stakes world of their own, marquee football coaches enjoy multiple levels of handsome incentives when they win.   USA Today, 12-2-09
 
November 2009
How much are Clemson/USC players worth?    Here are estimated market values for college football players, based on the NFL revenue-sharing model.   The Post and Courier (SC), 11-27-09
 
Trouble in Paradise    Pay differences between a have (Hawai’i football coach) and have-nots (Hawai’i faculty), plus a 3-6 team, have led to squabbling and bitterness.   Honolulu Advertiser, 11-14-09
 
Duke revives FB: more $, better coaching/administration    The Blue Devils have improved.  Their record 5-4, the best in five years, fueled by greater investments. ACCSports.com, 11-13-09
 
After Big Cuts, Mighty Stanford Sports Longs for Sunnier Days    The Great Recession has battered the most envied program in college sports with severe losses in its once-$500-million athletics endowment.  Libby Sander, Chronicle of Higher Education, 11-8-09
 
USAT feature (Day Two): D1-A FB coach compensation   Here’s Day Two of USA Today’s superb feature on head and assistant FB coach pay. USA Today, 11-11-09
 
USAT feature: D1-A FB coach compensation   USA Today has launched a three-day feature -- with comprehensiveness and meticulousness throughout – that stratifies and analyzes head (and assistant) FB coach pay. USA Today, 11-10-09
 
Tennessee signs Kiffin to six-year $14.5 million deal   Here are the ins and outs of a deal that took way longer than anticipated.   USA Today, 10-21-09
 
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