Recruiting
February 2010
Going Global   While the traditional powers often land the premier American recruits, other schools have turned an eye to international recruits.   Sports Illustrated, 3-1-10
 
The Longest Odds   There’s a pervasive attitude of denial by parents and high school students regarding the odds of becoming a college athlete, and even longer odds to become a college star. Yahoo! Sports, 2-1-10
 
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
 
Sports' Misplacement in Society   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author extends the reality of pre-teen recruiting into a hilarious “Newborn Baby Draft” of 2017.   By Tim Joyce, Real Clear Sports, 2-6-10
 
January 2010
Men’s Ice Hockey Looks Keep Recruits in the US   Canadian hockey leagues have been taking recruits from the US. Collegiate programs are trying to compete with them while still competing with other schools.   ncaa.org, 1-21-10
 
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    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 and club teams on campus. By Steve Wieberg, USA Today, 1-13-10
 
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
Lone Star State, Cream of the Crop for QBs    Quarterbacks are alive and well in Texas. 7-on-7 football grooms signal callers into experienced leaders ready to make an impact in college football.   SI, 12-7-09
 
Construction Ahead    Penn State wrestling coach Cael Sanderson is the most accomplished wrestler in NCAA history. Now he’s determined to make PSU a tational title contender.   New York Times, 11-29-09
 
November 2009
“The Blind Side”   CLIPS MOVIE REVIEW    The Clips Truth Squad took in "The Blind Side" on Sunday, and we can report that a movie can be superb with no nudity, no violence and no chase scenes.   Nick Infante, Clips Editor, 11-30-09
 
MBB: SI's Top 65 It’s that time of the year.   Here are the Sports Illustrated picks for the top 65 in men’s basketball.   Sports Illustrated, 11-23-09
 
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
 
Survey ranks housing desirability of college football towns    A Coldwell Banker survey ranks affordable homes, attractive lifestyles and first class spectator sports among the college football towns.   CNNMoney.com, 11-5-09
 
Slive & Gold: The Root of SEC's Troubles   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author comments on the SEC’s challenging transition from a big fish in the “small” pond of the Southeast to the vast ocean of the entire football-crazy USA.   Clay Travis, Fanhouse, 11-5-09
 
Temple University gets serious about football    The Owls, who were once the laughing stock of football, are now major contenders in the MAC conference with a bowl game in sight.   New York Times, 10-23-09
 
October 2009
Hold that line? For 80 years, universities haven't   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author, a professor of public policy, economics and law at Duke University, comments on the dichotomy between the academic mission of universities and the commercial activities of big-time college football.   Charles Clotfelter, Raleigh News & Observer, 10-22-09
 
One world for social networking? TwitMyFace!    Social-networking sites have the world hooked. Even college athletics is sucked in… dailynorthwestern.com, 10-23-09
 
Nebraska U arena: new or renovate?   Lincoln voters will vote on a new arena in May; if the vote is thumbs down, then Nebraska AD Tom Osborne said the school will renovate the Bob Devaney Sports Center.   Lincoln Star Journal, 10-9-09
 
Stop Early Offers to Children   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author, a long-term Clips subscriber, forwards a deliberate, reasoned proposal to stop the madness of college coaches chasing child athletes.   Pat Dobel, University of Washington FAR, 10-14-09
 
Binghamton mess a recurring tale for schools' D-I dreams   It seems like every thing that could have gone wrong did go wrong for the Binghamton basketball program.   USA Today, 10-13-09
 
Integrity needs to return to college athletics   Clips Guest Commentary    Our guest author links the “nefarious actions of athletes” to a general diminishment of integrity and moral character in recruiting by athletics departments.   J. Karl Miller, Columbia Missourian, 10-13-09
 
Big D -- Dallas, Domers and defense   Clips Guest Commentary  Our guest author dexterously delivers devilishly detailed dollops of dignified demagoguery.   By Pat Forde, ESPN.com, 10-14-09
 
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
 
Football in cyberspace    Several D3 football schools are using social networking websites to gain more popularity.   d3football.com, 10-1-09
 
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