by Kent Sterling There is something horribly immoral about taking an enormous wad of cash to walk away after failing. Click here to follow Kent on Twitter Former Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee will receive $5.8 million to leave that office. The cash comes in different forms and at different times, but the […]
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 All is not equal in college athletics, and Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany said yesterday that he wants nonFBS schools out of the way like the driver of a new Corvette wants the mope behind the wheel of a 1974 Pinto the hell out of the fast lane. Click here to follow Kent on […]
by Kent Sterling It sounds easy, giving student-athletes a little cash each week for expenses not covered by a scholarship. It sounds like the absolute right thing to do. Being an athlete in college is all consuming, and having a job in the dorm cafeteria isn’t possible because of the investment of time in the […]
by Kent Sterling It wasn’t hard to listen to Indiana University Football Coach Kevin Wilson, and figure out what he likes about his third team while in Bloomington. The words “excited”, “energy”, and “hard-working” were used so often that Wilson sounded like President George H.W. Bush talking about his “thousand points of light” and Al […]
by Kent Sterling There is a tendency within people to forgive, and it has not place in ensuring equity and fairness in sports. Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis was the first commissioner of baseball. The owners asked him to clean up baseball’s gambling problem. In particular, they wanted answers about the allegations that the 1919 World Series […]
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 College athletes – particularly football players – need to understand two realities or risk losing their careers. Nothing good happens after midnight, and this is not a good time to be arrested or accused. Click here to follow Kent on Twitter Carlos Hyde would have been a senior running back for the […]
by Kent Sterling The Ed O’Bannon lawsuit has claimed its first victim – the NCAA’s licensing for its name and logo on EA’s incredibly successful College Football series. This doesn’t necessarily mean the end of the game – just the end of its association with the NCAA. As the statement from the NCAA reads, “The […]
by Kent Sterling Johnny Manziel got famous before he was ready for the bad parts of it. Adulation is not always chosen or well-timed, and sometimes ruins people. Regardless of whether he sipped lemonade or shot Wild Turkey Friday night before being dismissed from the Manning Passing Academy, Manziel has dealt with fame on roughly […]
