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The OutField: Reading between the lines   Two research studies examine the biographies of college head coaches to see whether coaching bios reinforced heterosexism in athletics.   Seattle Gay News, 7-16-10
 
Big Gaps, Small Gaps    Among the 99+% of all students who are in the general student population (i.e.-not intercollegiate student-athletes), some colleges and universities do better than others in graduating African-American students.   The Education Trust, 8-9-10
 
Isiah Thomas in the news . . . again   With dizzying frequency, the issue of amateurism and conflict of interest has been raised as a former high-profile pro coach/executive who became a D1 basketball coach who then became a consultant for an NBA team. Alice, this is getting crazier and crazier.   ESPN.com, 8-6-10
 
CEO of iHoops: Time is now for value shift in youth basketball   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author articulates compellingly about creating an environment that “defines and standardizes best practices” for all stakeholders. Len Elmore, iHoops CEO, SportsBusiness Journal, 8-2-10
 
July 2010
Safety comes first    The NFL is alerting players of the medical risks behind playing football.  New York Times, 7-26-10
 
Cooperation key to solving agent issue   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author calls on the NCAA, the NFL and the full might and fury of the federal government to get sports agents under control.   Pat Forde, ESPN.com, 7-30-10
 
Sports Media Wake-up     Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author rat-a-tats a grim picture of big-time college athletics.   Bob Gilbert, 7-26-10
 
The Gospel According to Sonny    Sonny Vaccaro helped commercialize college sports. Now he wants athletes to get their due.  Libby Sander, Chronicle of Higher Education, 7-25-10
 
Carroll, Garrett fiddled while Troy burned   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author provides context for the NCAA’s worst penalty since SMU.   Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports, 7-21-10
 
Why the NCAA and the Knight Commission Miss the Seamy Side of College Sports    Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author questions the credibility of the APR in light of the interests of conference commissioners, the NCAA and its member schools “to portray student-athletes as legitimate, degree-seeking students.”   Frank G. Splitt, The Drake Group, 7-20-10
 
A shoe drops in Berkeley     From the beleaguered state of California comes word of a gritty report about the heavily subsidized Cal-Berkeley athletics budget.   San Francisco Chronicle, 7-13-10
 
Title IX, Chapter MMMCLXII    There’s justice, fairness, equal opportunity, the right thing, equity, proportionality, the law, what oughta be and what is. And then there’s Title IX, and more. Inside Higher Ed, 7-7-10
 
Apply same criteria to Coaches as AD   Clips Guest Commentary   We’ve all heard plenty (too much maybe?) about the Damon Evans situation. However, our guest author looks at it from another angle.   Pat Dobel, Point of the Game, 7-7-10
 
Report: Spending by private schools increasing, but not publics   A new report, “Trends in College Spending 1998-2008,” documents the “country-clubization” of the American university, at private schools that is. Delta Cost Project.org, 7-9-10
 
June 2010
Disarming Big-Time Sports Spending    In its new report, the Knight Commission is calling for a new set of financial reforms. Inside Higher Ed, 6-18-10
 
Clips eSURVEY: Ban AAU coaches?   As the influence of AAU coaches continues to grow—and that of high school coaches continues to diminish—fixes continue to be ever so elusive. So the Clips eSURVEY Squad asked our readers what they thought.  College Athletics Clips proprietary survey, 6-2-10
 
Call it an “Athletics Tax?”   Mid-majors are being forced to rely ever more on “student activity fees” (which some snidely refer to as “athletic taxes”), and student rebellions are in the air.   Inside Higher Ed, 6-1-10
 
Michigan football fumbles into trouble    Admitting to four major NCAA violations, U-M now faces a two year program probation.   Detroit Free Press, 5-25-10
 
May 2010
A gray area causes a black eye   Ticket disbursement has always been an iffy proposition; at Kansas “unconventional distribution” of tickets seems to have been a profit center of its own.   Yahoo! Sports, 5-26-10
 
College coaches finding ways to monitor athletes' social networking activity    The chances of a social networking blunder are greater now than ever, simply because more college athletes are using sites such as Twitter and Facebook.   Alex Ruppenthal, Columbia Missourian, 5-20-10
 
Seething Over Sports Subsidies   Institutional subsidies (aka: “student fees”) at Ohio University are being seen by some as “unsustainable expenditures” that jeopardize the university’s ability to “prioritize academics.” Inside Higher Ed, 5-20-10
 
UVa murder will shift the line between vigilance and tolerance   The murder of a women’s lacrosse player will change attitudes toward abuse and stalking.  Sports Illustrated, 5-17-10
 
Can student arrest records be made more available?   The possibly preventable UVa murder has caused university officials to search for ways to weed out suspects before tragedies happen.   Chronicle of Higher Ed, 5-12-10
 
Colleges as Potential Tax Targets   Colleges and universities make up one of the largest nonprofit segments in terms of revenue and assets, and that status has made it a target for the federal government at a time of ever-tightening federal budgets. Inside Higher Ed, 5-10-10
 
A seat at the BCS table for the Mountain West?   After two solid seasons the Mountain West Conference is knocking—no, pounding—at the door. San Diego Union Tribune, 5-8-10
 
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