The Jerry Sandusky scandal at Penn State has brought out the usual procession of critics asserting that the real lesson here is the essential evil of college athletics. In the New York Times, Joe Nocera assailed “the essential hypocrisy of the enterprise.” Matthew Yglesias argued that coaching college sports is pretty much the same thing ...Read More
Have you ever been in a group conversation where everybody but you agrees on a basic premise? That’s me when the discussion turns to the governing of big-time college sports. I am the outlier. Even before I began to cover college sports a quarter century ago, I did not accept the system. Now that I ...Read More
Have you ever been in a group conversation where everybody but you agrees on a basic premise? That’s me when the discussion turns to the governing of big-time college sports. I am the outlier. Even before I began to cover college sports a quarter century ago, I did not accept the system. Now that I ...Read More
By GREG BISHOP Published: November 28, 2011 Ohio State University hired Urban Meyer as its football coach Monday, giving him one of the richest contracts ever in college sports — the latest indication that the big business of college football is undeterred by the nation’s broader economic woes or by concern about the prominence of ...Read More
By GREG BISHOP Published: November 28, 2011 Ohio State University hired Urban Meyer as its football coach Monday, giving him one of the richest contracts ever in college sports — the latest indication that the big business of college football is undeterred by the nation’s broader economic woes or by concern about the prominence of ...Read More
by Aman Ali28 Nov 2011 American college sports – a multi-million dollar industry – have been rocked by another sex scandal as New York’s Syracuse University fired an assistant basketball coach over allegations that he sexually molested boys. A statement by the university said Bernie Fine, 65, had been sacked on the instigation of chancellor ...Read More
by Aman Ali28 Nov 2011 American college sports – a multi-million dollar industry – have been rocked by another sex scandal as New York’s Syracuse University fired an assistant basketball coach over allegations that he sexually molested boys. A statement by the university said Bernie Fine, 65, had been sacked on the instigation of chancellor ...Read More
by Aman Ali28 Nov 2011 American college sports – a multi-million dollar industry – have been rocked by another sex scandal as New York’s Syracuse University fired an assistant basketball coach over allegations that he sexually molested boys. A statement by the university said Bernie Fine, 65, had been sacked on the instigation of chancellor ...Read More
Fourth installment in a periodic series examining whether the rules and practices of college sports treat athletes fairly. Today’s installment focuses on the National Letter of Intent and transfer restrictions. BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — Murphy Holloway was sure. He wanted to play college basketball for the University of Mississippi. He left behind his home in South ...Read More
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