by Kent Sterling The disconnect between reality in college football and the pie in the sky ideals enforced upon the NCAA by university presidents show a disconnect that can only be explained by the fear of potential financial loss. Forget morality and the sanctity of amateurism as motivation for the NCAA (and by the NCAA, […]
by Kent Sterling The sound you just heard was anything within arm’s reach being thrown against the walls of every building in Columbus, Ohio. Johnny Manziel will sit for the first half of the Texas A&M vs. Rice as the punishment for whatever the NCAA’s findings are in their investigation into whether Manziel was compensated […]
by Kent Sterling “I am not a parent to these young men, and cannot monitor their behavior at every moment of every day. I am a football coach, and we educate our student-athletes about compliance with NCAA rules, but if Johnny Manziel signed autographs for money I don’t know anything about that. My focus is […]
by Kent Sterling On the list of corrupt university athletic departments, the University of North Carolina would not make my top 20, which means my top 20 needs some work. The well-documented academic fraud issues were part of the equation that should have colored my image of UNC, but despite writing about it only five […]
by Kent Sterling Yesterday, the NCAA hosted a bunch of media types for a day of inculcation into the grim world of NCAA enforcement. The idea being that them folks who criticize the NCAA ought to at least know how the hell the process works. Mark Emmert has been the president of the NCAA for […]
by Kent Sterling Chum is in the water in Columbus, Ohio, and the sharks are looking for kicking legs. You know when the byline has three names, a newspaper is expending maximum resources toward a story, and that it’s going to result in bad news for the guy in the center of the storm, so […]