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Haves/Have-Nots
March 2010
An Academic Look at the Directors’ Cup
While winning national championships is the goal for many athletic departments, a chance to win the Directors’ Cup sometimes may mean more. Athletic Business, March 2010
Forbes Magazine: Top College Sports Towns
Here’s one magazine’s opinion on the ten best….. Forbes Magazine, 3-5-10
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
February 2010
2009 Football attendance down slightly in 2009
After three consecutive record-breaking seasons, NCAA football attendance declined slightly for the first time in five years. NCAA News, 2-22-10
The Emergence of Harvard Hoops
Behind Coach Tommy Amaker and star point guard Jeremy Lin, Harvard is breaking exciting new ground and making a name for itself in an area other than academics.
Sports Illustrated, 2-1-10
Here's hoping ex-UCLA star O'Bannon drills this shot against NCAA
Clips Guest Commentary
Our guest author conjectures about the impending discovery process that could open the NCAA’s books like never before. By Tom Hoffarth, Long Beach Press-Telegram, 2-13-10
Binghamton report reads like (bad) fiction
Generating wins by cutting corners cost a fast-track D1 program dearly.
Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin, 2-11-10
Expansion would boost Pac-10 but leave wake of disruption
Clips Guest Commentary
Our guest author prognosticates: “The Pac-10 is pondering expansion? No matter which conferences are bitten, it will get messy.” By Dennis Dodd, CBSSports.com, 2-10-10
January 2010
DePaul pursuing its previous prominence
Once a basketball powerhouse, DePaul is trying to regain its basketball greatness by changing to fit in a new era in basketball.
Syracuse Post-Standard, 1-30-10
The Battle for BCS Bucks
Just as national healthcare has become the battleground for America’s haves and have-nots, the BCS issue has become much the same for college athletics. SportsBusiness Journal, 1-25-10
The Big, Deep East
Watch Kansas, Texas and Kentucky in March. For the most fun right now, Big East basketball is the place to be. Wall Street Journal, 1-21-09
The West Coast's Basketball Meltdown
This is a year that most Pac-10 men’s basketball programs are struggling. Wall Street Journal, 1-20-10
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
Cable Battles
When cable networks and cable system operators joust over carriage fees, it’s the consumer who loses. New York Times, 1-7-09
A very long time without
Northwestern University, famous for academics and an occasional good football team, has never been to the Big Dance. SI.com 1-11-10
ESPN picks the ‘Aughts’ best college basketball players and coaches
The “Staff” at ESPN selects the decade’s best college basketball players and coaches. ESPN.com, 12-31-09
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
FOXSports: The decade's best in college football
Fox’s Peter Schrager has selected his version of the best of the ‘Aughts. FOXSports, 12-21-09
December 2009
Ode to SEC
The SEC’s bigness boisterously belies the tendency to support the underdog. ESPN.com, 12-18-09
Ping-Pong Rocks
Maybe it’s not the next emerging college sport, but Ping-Pong (aka: Table Tennis) is catching on strong among Chinese-Americans and Indian-Americans. New York Times, 12-24-09
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
Incoming-Outgoing
Alabama will collect almost $3 million by participating in the BCS Championship. Here’s where it will go.
Tuscaloosa News, 12-23-09
"Hey, wanna buy some tickets?"
Ticket for the big bowls sell out and sell quickly, but the lower-tier bowls lost an all-time high $15.5 million in unsold tickets. San Diego Union-Tribune, 12-17-09
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
UNO: From D1 to D3?
Triple whammied by declining attendance, shrinking revenue and rising costs, the University of New Orleans has taken its first step to move from D1 to D3. New Orleans Times-Picayune, 12-12-09
Why March Madness Needs 96 Teams
Talk of adding more schools to the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament has the support of many.
By Darren Everson, Wall Street Journal, 12-15-09
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