October 2009
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TRUTH? OR FICTION? … “You Tube, Twitter and Facebook will merge to form one super time-wasting website called YouTwitFace.” … prediction by Conan O’Brien, from the then-new “In the Year 3000” skit on The Tonight Show, NBC, 6-3-09 |
September 2009
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INTER SPORT SPARRING AT KU … “People say boys will be boys, but, hey, this is not boys will be boys.” … Kansas AD Lew Perkins, commenting on tensions between football players and basketball players that supposedly stemmed from social network postings, including inflammatory passages that were apparently lyrics from a rap song. The online spats led to at least two in-person fights between the two teams. A basketball player injured his thumb while throwing a punch. … AP, 9-26-09 |
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COACH PAY IN THE SPOTLIGHT … "It's absolutely and totally market driven." Arizona AD Jim Livengood …. .... "We're told by athletics if we aren't paying well, we'll have mediocre teams." Arizona Board of Regents President Ernest Calderón …. .... "All the schools can't win. There can't be 50 schools in the top 10." Glenn Wong, sports management professor and FAR at UMass … … comments stemming from a wide-ranging review of university athletics by the Arizona Board of Regents. The regents oversee all multi-year coaching contracts, and are looking to inject “sanity” into the process. … The Arizona Republic, 9-20-09 |
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COACH CRAZY … ''If this kid doesn't get a sixth year, everybody in Kent should storm the NCAA, and we should burn the place down.'' … Kent State football coach Doug Martin, referring to the plight of running back Eugene Jarvis, who will be petitioning the NCAA for a sixth year of eligibility after suffering a lacerated kidney in a game versus Boston College. … ESPN.com, 9-15-09 |
August 2009
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IU AD OKs $3M … "We're a PT boat in a conference dominated by aircraft carriers. It's incumbent upon me to be creative and look for reasonable ways to close that revenue gap. I feel like this is a small step in that direction." … Indiana AD Fred Glass says, referring to the big-time football competition in the Big Ten. He was justifying the move of an IU home game 650 miles east to the Washington Redskins’ stadium in Maryland in order to receive $3 million dollars for playing Penn State. Hmm, $3 million is a “small step?” … USA Today, 8-27-09 |
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‘THIS ISN’T HEAVEN’ … “I think we've lived in a world for too long where people thought this (athletics) was heaven and the good Lord stepped in and said, 'This isn't heaven.' People were living high off the hog. And now this gives us all a chance to take a look at everything and say, 'What the heck have we been doing?' " … Don Cook, AD of D1 Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn., a member of the Northeast Conference. Amazingly, Sacred Heart supports 32 teams (including football) on a $3 million budget. … Connecticut Post, 8-15-09 |
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SUN BOWL’S LOSS, ALAMO BOWL’S GAIN … "We don't like to get bumped out [of No. 3]. But we're not shocked. Cash is king. It's the nature of the game. We've had a great ride with the Pac-10." … Sun Bowl chairman John Folmer, commenting on a "sea change" in the postseason football structure, in which the Alamo Bowl leapfrogged ahead of other bowls with a proposal of about $3 million per team this week, and Pac-10 officials were receptive. The Alamo Bowl will now be second in the Pac-10 pecking order, behind only the Rose Bowl. … Seattle Times, 8-12-09 |
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SMALL STATE, BIG TALK … “It is hard to imagine why moving forward with sports betting in Delaware will undermine the integrity of professional or college sports. Las Vegas has promoted sports betting for many years, so Delaware is not covering new ground here. When it comes to expanding state sponsored gaming, legitimate debate and discussion should continue among Delaware’s elected representatives and its citizens. But the self-serving, hypocritical pronouncements and legal threats by these for-profit sports leagues that have sued Delaware should be rejected.” … Delaware majority leader Peter Schwartzkopf, venting his acute displeasure at the four major leagues and the NCAA, which have sued the state of Delaware to block sports gambling. ... rivals.com, 8-9-09 |
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SPREAD THE WEALTH? … "Conferences have to ask themselves if the hundreds of millions they share 12 ways should be shared 120 ways. Most have trouble with that scenario." … Steve Hogan, CEO of Florida Citrus Sports, commenting on the appeal of the 10-year old BCS system, in which the six most powerful D1-A conferences take in a lot more bowl money than the five least powerful D1-A conferences. [The 12 refers to the 11 D1-A conferences plus independent Notre Dame; the 120 refers to the total number of D1-A schools.] … Orlando Sentinel, 7-31-09 |
July 2009
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AFTER THE FACT PUNISHMENT … "I think it confuses people. What impact does it really have on the teams and the teams they were playing?” … ACC Commissioner John Swofford, when asked his opinion of vacating wins for teams and games from years ago. Florida State of the ACC is facing the possible vacation of 14 football victories. … espn.com, 7-25-09 |
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HEAL THYSELF, AND QUICKLY … "The cat is out of the bag. Pro sports are leading the way with it, but it's being adopted quickly." … Robert Monaco, team physician at Rutgers University, commenting on platelet-rich plasma (PRP), an intriguing injury treatment that has shown promise among the ranks of top-tier pro athletes. PRP therapy channels the healing power in a patient's own blood to accelerate recovery. Newark Star-Ledger, 7-18-09 |
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VIGOROUSLY UNAMBIGUOUS … "There is an arrogance to the BCS that just drives me nuts. That comes with power; they have the power, and they are exercising it.” … Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), ranting about the “inequities” and “unfairness” of the BCS during senate hearings that he convened last week. Couldn’t the same thing be said about the US Senate itself? … USA Today, 7-8-09 |
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REFORM THE REFORMERS? … “Right now, academic reform needs to be reformed." … Gerald Gurney, president-elect of the more than 1,000-member National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletics (aka: N4A), and Sr. Associate AD at the University of Oklahoma. Gurney took issue with the NCAA and a number of its recent reforms, saying too many college athletes are overmatched in the classroom and that cheating and scandal are inevitable. … USA Today, 7-8-09 |
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D3 SPENDING MORATORIUM? … “I think this raises an issue that we have to figure out as Division III programs. Division I and II institutions often have large fund raising apparatuses. We don’t. The NCAA is not taking into consideration the welter of institutional needs aside from athletics. What I want to see is a moratorium on any additional costs to be imposed on Division III institutions.” … John Strassburger, president of Ursinus College and chair of the Presidents Council of the Centennial Conference, a group of Division III schools in Pennsylvania, citing the economic downturn as justification for a moratorium on spending. … Inside Higher Ed, 7-7-09 |
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