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 MEDIA    The New York Times’ one-side-of-the-story assault continues   Clips eFLASH   “How Big-Time Sports Ate College Life,” a 4,000-word discourse  is the latest barrage on big-time college athletics. This is becoming standard procedure for the Times.    New York Times, 1-21-12
 
 REFORM    Euclidean Geometry and the NCAA's Collegiate Model   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author references axioms, postulates, Congress’ intellectual audacity and his high school geometry teacher in exploring reform agendas to tame the “athletics-as-entertainment juggernaut.”   Richard Southall, Huffington Post, 1-18-12
 
 CONVENTION    What's the hurry, NCAA? Nothing's broken   Last week's NCAA Convention adventures have been described as “Plenty of questions. Few well-defined answers. Prevailing chaos.”    Dwight Collins, The Gainesville Sun, 1-18-12
 
 NCAA CONVENTION    The NCAA's New Rules  Here are the modifications, approvals and vetoes from Saturday’s board meeting at the NCAA Convention in Indy.   Inside Higher Ed, 1-16-12
 
 REFORM    Collegiate Athletics Reform: A Call for Federal Intervention   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author believes that intervention by the federal government is the only way to bring about what he sees as desperately needed reform of big-time football and men's basketball.  Frank G. Splitt, 1-10-12
 
 ACADEMICS    A Scale That Slides . . . Too Much?    NCAA convention presentation says some athletes lack basic academic skills.   Inside Higher Ed, 1-9-12
 
 TWEAKS    Second Annual New Year, New Rules   Here are six tweaks that would have an outsized impact on college athletics.   John Infante, Bylaw Blog, 12-28-11
 
 BCS    Seven-step guide to making a better BCS   The Sporting News Brain Trust provides a credible alternative, and how their tweaks would shake out this year.   Sporting News, 12-30-11
 
December 2011
 REFORM    Collegiate Athletics Reform: Answers for The Chronicle    Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author responds to a provocative question from The Chronicle and offers insights relevant to approaches to reform as well as to the future of higher education in America.   Frank G. Splitt, 12-18-11
 
 IMG/SBJ IAF    Another Masterpiece in Manhattan   Clips Eyewitness Report   Same old-same old can be superb, and the 10th Annual IMG Intercollegiate Athletics Forum (presented by SportsBusiness Journal) in NYC was just as superb as it has been in years past.   Nick Infante, Clips Editor, 12-8-11
 
 REFORM    NCAA to Consider Controversial Cuts   Scholarships, athletic-staff sizes and basket summer foreign tours are on the chopping block.   Chronicle of Higher Education, 12-9-11
 
 BCS    SEC reaps reward of rejected playoff plan   In 2008, Mike Slive pitched a plus-one, which this year would have had LSU and Alabama playing in to a championship.   Yahoo! Sports, 12-3-11
 
 REFORM    Time for Transformative Change in Intercollegiate Athletics   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author lists 9 steps to improve college athletics.   Warren Zola, Huffington Post, 11-29-11
 
November 2011
 FB CHAMP    Illegitimate BCS process holds game hostage   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author doggedly declares that the BCS must go.   Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports, 11-30-11
 
 FANS    Beer at the games, Missouri style   Beer generates big money, and money talks. So beer sales are being reconsidered in many college stadiums.   Columbia Tribune, 11-17-11
 
 PENN STATE    NCAA inquiry at Penn State is unprecedented involvement in criminal matter   If Penn State employees engaged in unethical behavior stemming from possible criminal misbehavior, although heinous, it represents no violation of NCAA rules.   Inside Higher Ed, 1-23-11
 
 P4P    Turning Turkey Into Tofu   Clips Guest Commentary   By cleverly transposing meat for pay for play in a farcical Alice in Wonderland faux press conference intro, our guest authors quip that “student-vegetarians should not be allowed to eat meat.”   Richard Southall and Ellen Staurowsky, Huffington Post, 11-23-11
 
REFORM    Collegiate Athletics Reform: Lessons from Penn State   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author says change is coming—precipitated by the sex-abuse scandal at Penn State that taught a valuable lesson in human behavior that illustrated the extremes to which highly regarded school officials will go to protect their sports-entertainment business.   By Frank G. Splitt, 11-16-11
 
 D1-A    BCS leaders begin examination of possibly altering format   Change in college football's Bowl Championship Series is being weighed.   USA TODAY, 11-15-11
 
 ELITE BK     Coach Gary Williams speaks   Think it’s easy being a college coach these days? Let me set you straight.   ESPN The Magazine, 11-14-11
 
 RACE    Mild Progress Continues    Diversity in 2011-2012 among campus and conference leaders for D1-A schools.   The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES), Richard Lapchick, UCF, 11-8-11.
 
REFORM   Collegiate Athletics Reform: When will we learn?   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author asks a provocative question: In view of America's debt crisis, the tax-exempt status of the NCAA and its member institutions, and the public's nearly unquenchable appetite for 24/7 sports entertainment, why doesn't the government surtax all sports-related revenues associated with college and pro sports?   Frank Splitt, 11-08-11
 
 AMATEURISM    The Beginning of the End for the NCAA   Clips Guest Commentary   Compensating players was just the start — the entire system is about to collapse   Charles P. Pierce, Grantland.com, 11-1-11
 
  NCAA    Congressman compares NCAA to the Mafia    Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush uttered a whopper at a roundtable in the Capitol on Tuesday 11-1.   FoxNews, 11-1-11
 
October 2011
 SCHOLARSHIPS    NCAA Approves Scholarship Increases and Multiyear Grants for Athletes   Quick action by the NCAA…. A sign of things to come?  Chronicle of Higher Education, 10-27-11
 
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