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Broken But Not Broke: Fixing College Sports
When Walter Byers took over the position of Executive Director of the NCAA in 1951, he did so adamantly against even awarding athletic scholarships. It was only the sheer perseverance by coaches and administrators that precipitated his eventual surrender. Nonetheless, when he told the Associated...
Broken But Not Broke: Corrupting College Sports
In 1952, though nearly a half-century old, the NCAA was just becoming a burgeoning organization. It wielded minimal power of enforcement and lacked a central headquarters of operation. The NCAA Tournament, in fact, was only then entering its adolescence. For the first 13 years of existence, it...
How ala carte cable could kill sports
Long-time readers of this site may remember that I have long been interested in the scenario that cable companies could one day offer unbundled ala carte pricing instead of their current tier-based system. If Rutgers athletic director Tim Pernetti is interested in how a changing media landscape...
College Sports: Some Good, Some Evil, and Some Crazy for Monday
After the last few days of, "all Sun-Times, all the time," it seems like a good time to talk a bit about some of the other stories of interest in college sports, some Kentucky related and some not. First off, there is the Wildcats' Canada trip coming up soon. True Blue Kentucky reports that these...
Week 5 Rankings
1. The Cougars are on top of the conference again after winning their first road game and improved to 2-0 on the year in conference play. The only concern about BYU is that they play poorly on the road and last game proved that again by forcing 5 turnovers, but still allowed New Mexico to hang...
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