by Kent Sterling Northwestern Football coach Pat Fitzgerald is never going to be portrayed on film by Lee J. Cobb, nor quarterback Trevor Siemian by Marlon Brando – and not just because both actors are dead. Fitzgerald would never threaten to kill Siemian, as Cobb did with Brando in “On the Waterfront,” but he did […]
by Kent Sterling Bureaucrats affect change slowly, and when the window of participation in college athletics is a maximum of five years, “student-athletes” have chosen to grin and bear the inadequacies and lack of fairness they perceive. After all a scholarship covering the costs of tuition and room and board isn’t nothing, and making waves […]
by Kent Sterling The knee-jerk reaction to the ruling by the National Labor Relations Board that Northwestern’s football players may vote to join a union that will have the authority to collectively bargain with the university for benefits is that it paves the way for all college athletes to be classified as employees. Not so […]
by Kent Sterling IU wide receiver Isaac Griffith was pulled into the open water late Monday afternoon by a rip current near Sarasota, Florida, and nearly drowned. Still in a medically induced coma, Griffith had a good night, according to his father’s Twitter feed, “Good morning Ike had a positive night but we have some […]
by Kent Sterling South Carolina defensive lineman Jadeveon Clowney ran a 4.53 40-yard dash today at the NFL Scouting Combine, and I could not care less. Clowney balked at participating in some of the other drills because he said his hip flexor bothered him. So what. In 2012, Clowney was one of the most disruptive […]
by Kent Sterling In all things, what’s right gets done eventually. It never happens as quickly as logic would dictate, but right always wins the debate in the end. “They should be happy with their scholarship!” as a retort to those advocating for the payment of collegiate athletes is falling out of favor with every […]
by Kent Sterling Honesty can be a lot of things – funny, terrifying, validating, misery inducing, and touching among them. When I read the quotes attributed to Michael Sam’s dad about his son’s recent public comments about his sexual preference, I immediately laughed, and then tried to imagine what Sam felt. Funny how empathy ruins a […]
by Kent Sterling The thousands of high school seniors signing their letters of intent today to play football at FBS schools across the country need to smile broadly and feel very good about their decision today because once the letter is faxed, their lives will change forever. Once today is over, the schools and coaches […]
by Kent Sterling Rebuilding college football teams can take a lot of time. The spoils of the first recruiting class of a new coach can’t really be assessed until the coach’s fourth year on the job. Guess what year Indiana coach Kevin Wilson is looking toward. This is the year of reckoning – the year […]
by Kent Sterling The debate is simple. College athletes should either be paid to their value, or they should be happy with the educational opportunity they already receive as a scholarship athlete. The tough part of deciding which side you support is understanding the consequences of changing the financial structure of college athletics. Northwestern quarterback […]
