The NCAA announced yesterday it is forming a working group to discuss how college athletes might be able to control and monetize their likeness. I can save them some time and effort. Just say yes. The answer is self-evident in the utterly corrupt and morally bankrupt answer to the question at the center of the […]
by Kent Sterling The fewer people at the conference table, the better the chances for a good strategy being enacted. That’s a pretty good rule of business. Yesterday, the NCAA voted to allow members of the Big Five conferences to sit at their own smaller table. That move will allow members of the ACC, Big […]
by Kent Sterling Could anybody be this dumb? That’s what I kept thinking as I read reports from a variety of sources about freshman basketball player Leticia Romero and her so far unsuccessful attempts to transfer from Kansas State University. There must be more to the story because reasonable people don’t behave like the athletic […]
by Kent Sterling Athletic governance among big revenue universities is going to change, but it’s going to take time and the result might not position the NCAA to be any more effective that it is currently. Click here to follow Kent Sterling on Twitter At this point, fans are starting to pity the NCAA, and […]
by Kent Sterling After reading the findings of several committees formed to examine and reform the mission of athletics on the campuses of large universities, my eyes and brain are weary. The principal recommendations involved forming more committees to prompt additional gathering of perspective and data. Jesus. If bureaucrats are good at anything, they are […]