NCAA
NCAA desperately needs this reformer     Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author cites reasons why Nancy Zimpher, SUNY chancellor and former University of Cincinnati president, is “eminently qualified" to be the new president of the NCAA.  Mark Yost, Sportsusiness Journal 4-5-10
 
A salute to our old friend, the beautiful 65-team bracket    Clips Guest Commentary  Our guest author cleverly uses personification to portray the existing right-sized men’s basketball tournament becoming an overweight slug in the future.   Dennis Dodd, CBSSports.com, 4-6-10
 
Sunday & Monday in Indy   Clips Eyewitness Report   Two of our correspondents graciously took time off from their work and fun to report on the “day off” Sunday and the jittery Monday leading up to the championship game.   Jon Jackson & Ryan Bamford, with minimal editing by Clips Editor Nick Infante, 4-6-10
 
Saturday in Indy    Clips Eyewitness Reports   Here’s the first installment of special team coverage by on-the-scene Clips correspondents.   J. Jackson / J. Fagg / C. Bloom, 4-4-10
 
NCAA Tournament: More Winners than Just the Champions   CBS and other businesses are making tremendous gains from the tournament, and are hoping to continue profitably.   Business Week, 4-1-10
 
96 teams: Fait Accompli?   Or, in English: a “done deal.” The NCAA keeps saying that no decision has yet been made, but it sure seems like one has. New York Times, 4-3-10
 
Two years after considering breakup, D3 unites behind identity effort    Clever marketing and subtle rebranding by the NCAA will better convey uniqueness of D3, both in the classroom and on the playing field.  Tufts Daily, 3-31-10
 
NCAA tests tourney expansion waters, defends possible plan    An expansion to 96 is sounding more and more like a foregone conclusion.   USA Today, 4-2-10
 
March 2010
WBK Elite Eight Preview: KC Regional  Here’s how FanHouse’s women’s basketball expert sees the eight becoming four.   FanHouse, 3-29-10
 
Efficiency with little legal power?   It’s tough for the NCAA to conduct quick investigations when they yield such little authority over people and it makes for sometimes lengthy cases.   NCAA News, 3-24-10
 
 
Pack the House for Women’s Basketball   A challenge by the NCAA for WBK teams to draw the biggest crowd for one game—Pack the House—flourished once again this year.   NCAA News, 3-16-10
 
Add more games to tourney, not more teams   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author proposes less teams in the Dance, but with more games. How? With best of three series starting with the Sweet Sixteen.   Jason Whitlock, FoxSports, 3-11-10
 
Grad Rates for Men’s D1 Tournament Teams   Teams From the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) at the University of Central Florida comes its annual study: “Keeping Score When It Counts.”    UCF TIDES study, 3-16-10
 
February 2010
New Injury Report Brings New Safety-Related Rules    As more and more information comes out about the safety of college athletes, and the measures that can be taken to keep them safe, the NCAA is using the information to keep athletes out of harm’s way.   NCAA News, 2-23-10
 
NCAA’s Secret Service?   While the public is informed about the nature of infractions committed by some programs, who decides on sanctions and how they do it, is a secretive process. Sports Illustrated, 2-18-10
 
You lookin' at me? NCAA comes up with a loser of an idea   Clips Guest Commentary   Tongue firmly in cheek, our sometimes irreverent guest author takes the NCAA to task in making the often impossible distinction between taunting and looking in football celebrations.   Ray Melick, Birmingham News, 2-15-10
 
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
 
NCAA gives UCF a heaping helping of BCS justice   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author asks: “If it had been UF instead of UCF, would the NCAA have given out two years of probation?”   Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 2-13-10
 
NCAA proposes March Mediocrity    Clips Guest Commentary  Our guest author pokes fun at the, uh, quality of the bubble teams in a 96 team tournament.   By Ed Graney, Las Vegas Review Journal, 2-4-10
 
January 2010
NCAA president position description    Here they are, the specs on who and what is needed for the NCAA’s next leader. All those qualified should apply.   NCAA News, 1-19-10
 
2010 NCAA State of the Association speech    Here’s the full text of the S of A speech, presented ably and capably by Interim President Jim Isch.   ncaa.org, 1-15-10
 
Fed Heavy Weighs In     Clips Eyewitness Report   Arne Duncan is the US Education Secretary, and he’s no sissy—he co-captained his Harvard basketball team (scored 20 against Duke once) and played in an Australian professional league from 1987 until 1991. At the NCAA convention he zinged both the NCAA and the NBA over the so-called one-and-done rule.   USA Today, 1-14-10
 
NCAA to consider increase in restrictions on basketball recruiting    Clips Eyewitness Report   Issues include the funneling of money to recruits' handlers, permitting only a college's coaches, staff and students to work at school-run camps/clinics and prohibiting schools from sponsoring or hosting games involving high school teams on campus. By Steve Wieberg, USA Today, 1-13-10
 
On Eve of NCAA Meeting, College Sports Wrestles With Vexing Questions   Clips Eyewitness Report   Although many colleges have cut back their athletics budgets drastically, that was not the case for Rose Bowl opponents, the University of Alabama and the University of Texas.   By Libby Sander, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 1-11-10
 
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