by Kent Sterling My head is spinning. The torrent of stories about schools, athletes, and agents breaking NCAA rules just will not stop. Everyday brings at least one bombshell, and the best of the bunch is a book by Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian called “The System” that will be released next Tuesday. News of […]
by Kent Sterling If the story about academic fraud published in Sports Illustrated’s website today didn’t specifically mention Oklahoma State football, I would have no idea what school they might be talking about because it exists almost everywhere. Tutors completing assignments is hardly a rare occurrence. Shadow classes. Professors being cajoled into helping an intellectually […]
by Kent Sterling It’s hard from a distance to know for sure whether allegations in Sports Illustrated of wanton disregard for NCAA rules within Oklahoma State University’s football program are baseless, absolutely factual, or somewhere in between. All we have to judge right now is the first of five pieces in a series, and now […]
by Kent Sterling If the journalism is solid, the NCAA has two possible responses to the five-part report Sports Illustrated is releasing one part per day this week about the rampant corruption at Oklahoma State from 2001-2011. They can disembowel the program by issuing the death penalty, or they can throw the rule book in the […]
by Kent Sterling Indiana Football is headed in the right direction, and the reason lies in the eyes and words of the players and coaches, not in what has happened against Indiana State or Navy. I had an interesting conversation with ESPN’s Jason Whitlock a couple of years ago about whether he, or anyone, really […]
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 […]
by Kent Sterling What the hell else is there to listen to on local sportstalk in Indianapolis than “Ahead of the Curve” with Fox 59’s Chris Hagan and me? Nothing. No station thinks enough of you to produce a local show. It would be easy for Chris and I to breeze through the two hours […]
by Kent Sterling Time magazine’s cover piece this week champions the righteousness of paying student athletes for the value they create for universities. I’ve long thought that to exclude athletes who fill stadia and arenas from the market economy that benefits virtually every other human being in America, but that Time called for it caused […]
by Kent Sterling Indiana fans have long looked down their noses at their state university neighbors to the north, and apparently the shoe companies that negotiate apparel deals feel the same way. The Portland Business Journal recently filed public records requests with every FBS school for their shoe and apparel contracts, and the deal Indiana […]
by Kent Sterling When I saw the discomfort of Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin during the postgame press conference following the win over Rice, I said, “He needs to cut Johnny Manziel.” The noise needs to stop for Sumlin to effectively lead his team, but the reaction I thought appropriate was not the right course […]
