The NCAA has a trust problem, according to its president Mark Emmert. He’s right. Emmert is spending a significant amount of time meeting with lawmakers trying to head off a spate of legislation that will correct the course of college athletics because the NCAA can’t, or more accurately won’t. The trust issue exists for two […]
Indiana ran out the clock on a brilliant 13-play drive that ate the final eight minutes of the game against Michigan. Of the 13 plays, IU ran the ball 12 times. If Indiana had been ahead by 25 instead of behind by that many at the time, fans would be thrilled. To sit in the […]
[None of the below applies to freak athletes who can walk onto a almost any field or court and be the best player on it. They are special and rules most of us need to respect do not apply to them.] Specialization in youth sports is a topic that crops up now and then on […]
“What you can’t have is a couple athletes on campus driving around in Ferraris while everybody else is basically having a hard time making ends meet.” That’s republican United States senator Mitt Romney decrying a free market economic model for college athletes. If “rich elitists in our suburbs” was substituted for “a couple of athletes […]
There is an old rule in the U.S. Senate – “Every reasonable thought must be answered by an idea inversely idiotic.” Senator Richard Burr (North Carolina) proves that axiom true with the tweet below: If college athletes are going to make money off their likenesses while in school, their scholarships should be treated like income. I’ll […]
Is Jim Harbaugh’s seat going to get hot as Michigan’s head coach if the Wolverines lose to Notre Dame tomorrow night at the Big House? Given the strange ideas kooky Michiganders have about their football program, it probably will, If the bigwigs in Ann Arbor are thinking clearly, they will realize Harbaugh has the program operating […]
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The NCAA is getting some heat for not extending its rules and authority to include penalties for academic fraud. There is a good reason for this. Schools like North Carolina funneled athletes into classes that existed on paper only. Others have tutors complete assignments for athletes who excel on the court or field but struggle […]