Guest Commentaries
A thorough exam of the Euro    Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author reports on the good and bad of big time basketball on the other side of the pond.  (And it’s mostly good.)   By Marc Isenberg, 7-2-09
 
Racial Paternalism and College Sports   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author rails about the staggeringly low percentage of college graduates (2.5%, or 26 out of 1,042) among major league baseball players and managers.   Clay Travis, Fanhouse, 6-29-09
 
June 2009
More NCAA violations? You can bet on it   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author reports on a twisted set of odds eventualities in college athletics: the schools most likely to commit the next NCAA violation.   Ray Melick, Birmingham News, 6-28-09
 
Q&A: Leader of the Pac, Hansen, looks back on his way out   Clips Interview   The longest-tenured commissioner of a BCS conference will soon be riding off into the sunset, but CBS Sports’ Dennis Dodd interviews him before he departs.   CBSSports.com, 6-25-09
 
At OU, athletics and academics can work together very nicely   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author expounds on the noteworthy largesse of the Oklahoma athletic department.   Dave Sittler, Tulsa World, 6-25-09
 
NCAA Override request made for Sand Volleyball    Clips Point Counterpoint   It seemed like a slam dunk, er, a kill, when sand volleyball was first proposed as an emerging sport.  But not any more.   Position paper for NCAA Override Submission, and An Answer to the Override Request.
 
Robust attendance and busy exhibitor activity are good signs   Clips Eyewitness Report   The NACDA convention in Orlando blossomed into its fill splendor on Thursday & Friday, with panels, presentations and lobby milling.  And the clever cadre of Clips correspondents were everywhere; assessing opinions, observing activities and just generally getting a general sense of the winds of the convention.
 
NACDA: Will convention optimism belie the signs of the times?   Clips Eyewitnesses Report   Yup, that’s eyewitnesses, plural.  After four straight years of attendance, your devoted Clips Editor was unable to attend this year’s NACDA convention.  So we’ve recruited a cadre of Clips correspondents from among the 100 or so Clips subscribers we think are in attendance to do the eyewitnesses reports (plural) for us.
 
A few ways to deal with the square pegs of academia   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author proffers an unusual remedy for academic fraud at big-time sports universities.   Eldon Ham, SportsBusiness Journal, 6-15-09
 
Former Athletes Tackle the Challenge of Eating on an Ordinary Scale    Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author plots the plight of two former linemen for the University of Oregon as they adjust their bodies to the realities of life without football.   Jennifer LaRue Huget, Washington Post, 6-16-09
 
Omaha Redux   Clips Guest Commentary   Our intrepid reporter slogged his way through swag and Zesto’s burgers and Slap Ya Mama Cajun Seasoning; and he even took in a pair if games at the College World Series.   Alas, this will be his final report.  Ben Goss, Missouri State University, 6-17-09
 
NCAA Lacks Backbone in Bama Ruling   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author comments on the rather cushy treatment Alabama appears to be getting from the NCAA.   Kevin Blackistone, Fanhouse, 6-11-09
 
All eyes on Omaha   Clips Eyewitness Report   Our intrepid reporter finds himself in the civilized metro of Omaha, Nebraska, taking in one of the best of all NCAA championships: the College World Series.   Ben Goss, Missouri State University, 6-16-09
 

Omaha on my mind   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author waxes enthusiastically about the College World Series, “big-time but approachable, part county fair and part Final Four.”  Mike Cross, Exec. Assoc AD at Princeton University, from UltimateSportsInsider.com
 
ESPN's Latest Obsession: The SEC    Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author blends his solid grasp of the business/media ramifications of college athletics with an articulateness derived from his author/attorney perspective.   Clay Travis, Fanhouse, 6-9-09
 
See no evil, hear no evil in Kentucky   Clips Guest Commentary  Our guest author comments on the sudden acceptance of looking the other way when a team is desperate for achieving its former glory.   By Pat Forde, ESPN.com, 5-28-09
 
Big nonconference games vanishing   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author laments the dearth of meaningful, competitive football nonconference games.   By Pat Forde, ESPN.com, 6-8-09
 
Pac-10 can find many ways to cut costs — in all sports   Clips Guest Commentary  Our guest author weighs in on what he sees as profligacy and denial on the left coast.  Greg Hansen, Arizona Daily Star, 6-9-09
 
One-and-done players leave behind a mess for colleges   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author exposes the one-and-done for what it really is.   Marlen Garcia, USA Today, 6-5-09
 
Conference USA is pinched any way you cut it   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author – in her first Clips GC – details the effects of the brutal economy on a big, but not huge, conference.   Kate Hairopoulos, The Dallas Morning News, 6-2-09
 
The NBA’s uncool rule   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author comments on the shifting nether land of one-and-done basketball.   Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports, 6-1-09
 
College coaches get richer as programs try to trim other costs    Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author explores the Catch-22 that is athletics belt-tightening overall while continuing to “overpay” marquee coaches.   Blair Kerkhoff, KC Star, 6-1-02
 
May 2009
College coaches should be responsible for program -- good and bad    Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author comments on the NCAA’s demands that its universities exert institutional control, but not the same standard for its high-profile football and basketball coaches.   Drew Sharp, Detroit Free Press, 5-31-09
 
Delaware State sure messed things up by agreeing to play U-M   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author comments on the coming David & Goliath football game between Delaware State and Michigan; it even made this week’s SI “Sign of the Apocalypse.”   Jamie Samuelsen, Detroit Free Press, 5-27-09
 
Athlete endorsement deals evolve in post-’Shoe Wars’ era     Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author comments on the markedly different athletic footwear category, now that Nike has become so dominant.   Dave Fogelson, SportsBusiness Journal, 5-18-09
 
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