Tonight’s exhibition between Indiana and Gannon will not be on BTN, available on almost all basic tier cable/online packages. If IU fans want to watch Indiana open its basketball season, they will have to subscribe to BTN+ for at least one month at a cost of $9.95 or if you have nothing better to do […]
Big 10 commissioner Jim Delany is in the process of receiving a $20 million bonus for his work leading the conference’s athletic departments to unprecedented profitability. That’s a lot of cash – even for a visionary who saw the road to massive earnings through launching the Big Ten Network. During a time when the debate […]
by Kent Sterling Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany was either being very silly or very funny as he proposed the re-enactment of freshmen ineligibility for men’s basketball and football players. College basketball and football at the major conference level aren’t simply minor league developmental portals for the NBA and NFL; they are revenue generators and […]
by Kent Sterling The Big Ten made a few smart calls today by announcing the conference football championship will be played in Indianapolis at Lucas Oil Stadium through 2021, and that the women’s basketball tournament will be held at Bankers Life Fieldhouse from 2017-2022. When a city has been built specifically as a host site […]
by Kent Sterling Why is it inherently bad to pay college athletes commensurate to their value? Other than it never being done – at least not above the table – is there any justification for not allowing basic economics to operate unfettered for athletes whose work makes a lot of money for everyone associated with […]
by Kent Sterling One thing about Jim Delany, he does not speak in code. Information is offered, and through a Monday Sudoku series of simple deductions, the truth is revealed. Click here to follow Kent on Twitter In his statement yesterday, Delany identified Association of American Universities membership, contiguous state to existing members, population, and […]
by Kent Sterling The dancing around doing what’s right, and consistent laying of blame elsewhere rather than leading the charge to a logical resolution of the inequities that fill the college football and men’s college basketball landscape has gone on long enough. After listening to ACC Commission John Swofford today and SEC Commission Mike Slive […]
by Kent Sterling What should have been a time of glee and excitement for incoming athletic director Julie Hermann became something else entirely when Rutgers University’s slapdash vetting work got a boost from the Neward Star-Ledger. The perfect candidate became quite flawed as some rudimentary journalistic shaking of trees dislodged some fruit that landed on […]
by Kent Sterling Jeez. Who’s in charge over at Rutgers? Not two months after basketball coach Mike Rice was told to pack a box after years of verbal and physical abuse were revealed in hilarious and horrifying practice videos, Deadspin has uncovered his replacement never earned the degree he has claimed to. Yep. Eddie Jordan […]
by Kent Sterling The Big Ten doesn’t make a lot of mistakes. It serves it member schools very well, and has pioneered the use of its own network as a significant revenue stream. But the Legends and Leaders monikers for the two divisions was mocked immediately and relentlessly from the moment they were announced in […]