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THE
LEFT
COLUMN
Haves/Have-Nots
October 2009
Panel on “Promoting Your Brand” held at ECAC Convention on Cape Cod
Clips Eyewitness Report
Our Boston-area correspondent attended the annual ECAC Convention and filed the enlightening report below. We tried to get him to surf the lobby bar for nocturnal tidbits of gossip the night before, but he said he had to wash his hair. John Ingoldsby, IIR Sports and Entertainment, 10-16-09
D1-AA at CSU TBD
Cleveland State University is looking hard at starting up a D1-AA non-scholarship football team in the Pioneer League. cleveland.com, 10-6-09
NCAA raising the ante for incoming D1 members
Entrance requirements for incoming new D1 members will be tweaked, including entrance fees incorporating both equity benefits and higher education philosophy. NCAA News, 10-8-09
Actual retail price for 50-year seat at Cal: $220,000
Cal and Kansas could accomplish their stadium renovation goals with decades-long ticketing schemes. Wall Street Journal, 9-29-09
New on the gadgetry front: handheld TV
Clips Gadgetry Report
This could be on top of the list for mobile Athletic Directors: handheld TV, via forward link only technology FLO TV. cnet,com, 10-7-09
Lest we forget the “common man fan”
Clips Eyewitness Report
A Clips Road Trip serves as a reminder of the gap between “common man fans” and the fortunate few. Nick Infante, Clips Editor, 10-4-09
A golden opportunity for the Gophers
College football returns to the University of Minnesota with a new on- campus, state- of- the- art stadium and an alcohol ban.
SportsBusiness Journal, 10-4-09
Debt Loads Weigh Heavily on Athletics Programs
Planned in boom years, costly facilities now burden bottom lines. By Libby Sander and Brad Wolverton, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 9-28-09
September 2009
More is More
The Great Recession means that everyone has to tighten up. Right? Nope, in classic counter-trend behavior, some D2 and D3 programs have actually ADDED sports. AP, 9-12-09
There’s big. Then there’s
REALLY
big
Sure, several conferences have “Big” in their names. But the SEC is in a league, er,
conference
of its own. Scripps Howard News Service, 9-24-09
Coach pay in the spotlight . . . . again
A wide-ranging review of university athletics by the Arizona Board of Regents seeks to inject “sanity” into the escalation of coach salaries. The regents oversee all multi-year coaching contracts. The Arizona Republic, 9-20-09
With Deficits Mounting, Winston-Salem State Steps Back From D1
Even at the lower levels of the highest level, the barriers to entry can be formidable. Libby Sander, Chronicle of Higher Ed, 9-14-09
Delaware State: Paid big for losing big
?
Many small programs make big money by becoming Davids for the Goliaths. USA Today, 9-3-09
Schedule padding, David & Goliath and creampuffs
Guarantee games are the norm in big-time football, but the Pac-10 and ACC play considerably less of them than the other BCS conferences. AP, 9-8-09
College football is a growth sport
Seventeen new football teams will take the field by 2013, which will boost the overall ranks of four-year institutions carrying the sport to 742 schools.
National Football Foundation, 9-1-09
For big-time football: What recession?
The price elasticity of big-time football tickets has been stretching its way into the stratosphere despite the economic malaise. Forbes Magazine, 8-10-09
August 2009
SEC is Must-See TV
There’s no better example of “the big get bigger” in college athletics than the SEC. Memphis Commercial Appeal, 8-30-09
UConn is Yukon no more
With consistently competitive basketball teams, a sometimes Top 20 football team, and an entire state behind it, UConn is now the poster child for “How to grow from a Mid-major to a Major-major in just 15 years.” Now they’re cashing in on their successes. Danbury News-Times, 8-22-09
They’re coming to America
International athletes have become more than just a trickle on some teams at US schools. Most people are okay with that, but some aren’t. NCAA Champions Magazine, Summer 2009
Cautious in Connecticut
New Englanders have always been renowned for frugality; now schools in Connecticut are hunkering down in all the finest traditions of penny-pinching. Connecticut Post, 8-15-09
D1-A FB: 1-to-120
Here’s the preseason 120 from top to bottom, according to SI Mag. Sports Illustrated, 8-17-09
New digs for Wolverine football
Michigan’s new Indoor Football Practice Facility, a 104,000 square foot, $26.1 million building, is a modern complex that rivals elite practice structures throughout college and professional football. mgoblue.com, 8-10-09
Where’s the money coming from?
Keeping D1 athletics programs takes many millions of dollars. Here’s a look at revenue generation with a Floridian emphasis. Orlando Sentinel, 7-28-09
ESPN Research: All-Time College Football Rankings
With equal parts science, intuition and guesswork, the boys from Bristol have released their choices for all-time #1, and #2, and all the way on down to #119. ESPN.com, 8-3-09
Big changes in a small state
The University of Delaware program has long been a big fish in the small pond of D1-AA football. Now they’re finally charging for it. News Journal, 8-2-09
A major facility for a mid-major school
A new $21 million multipurpose events center is coming to Central Michigan University. CMU Sports Information, 8-3-09
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