Reform
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
 
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
 
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
 
Sustaining unsustainability    Clips Commentary   Clips Editor Nick Infante comments on the impropriety of fiscally irresponsible congressmen passing judgment on college athletics financial policies.   2-6-10
 
Women in Intercollegiate Sport: National Study    From Professors Emerita Acosta and Carpenter comes the 33-year update of their longitudinal, national study on women in intercollegiate athletics.   www.acostacarpenter.ORG, Jan. 2009
 
January 2010
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
 
College Sports Turmoil: The New Normal?    Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author comments on the hiccups associated with recent coach changes in big-time college football.   By Frank Deford, NPR, 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
 
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
 
Why bother with Rooney Rule if this is how it works?   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author writes of the see-through charade conducted by the Redskins and Seahawks in hiring their new head coaches.   By Gregg Doyel, CBSSports.com, 1-10-10
 
NCAA Debates New Rules  The NCAA Convention takes place this week in Atlanta, and the legislative bodies of D1-2-3 will consider a broad slate of proposals. By David Moltz, Inside Higher Ed, 1-11-10
 
December 2009
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
 
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
 
Alabama Shows Complete Lack of Class   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author weighs in on the decision by the University of Alabama to shut down classes from Jan.6-8 for the BCS Title Game.   By Clay Travis, Fanhouse, 12-10-09
 
Eighth Annual SBJ Intercollegiate Athletics Forum    Clips Eyewitness Report   For the fifth time your Clips scribe has attended the SBJ IAF, and it gets better every year.  Nick Infante, Clips Editor, 12-13-09
 
5 issues for the next NCAA president   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author lists the pressing challenges -- from revenue disparity to more talk of a football playoff -- awaiting the successor to Myles Brand.   By Michael Smith, SportsBusiness Journal, 12-10-09
 
More Than On Field Risks For Football Players    Broken bones and concussions are not the only risk factors for football linemen. American College of Sports Medicine website, 11-30-09
 
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
 
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
 
GSR is A-OK   The NCAA says that the latest federal graduation rates show that athletes in the biggest college-sports programs continue to graduate at rates higher than those of their non-athlete peers.   NCAA News, 11-18-09
 
The Buck Stops Here    The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports has released its annual study assessing diversity among D1-A campus and conference leaders.   TIDES, 11-16-09
 
Reclaiming Isiah   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author takes a circumspect perspective on forgiveness in the world of sports.   By Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports, 11-9-09
 
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
 
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