Reform
The Gospel According to Sonny    Sonny Vaccaro helped commercialize college sports. Now he wants athletes to get their due.  Libby Sander, Chronicle of Higher Education, 7-25-10
 
Carroll, Garrett fiddled while Troy burned   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author provides context for the NCAA’s worst penalty since SMU.   Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports, 7-21-10
 
Why the NCAA and the Knight Commission Miss the Seamy Side of College Sports    Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author questions the credibility of the APR in light of the interests of conference commissioners, the NCAA and its member schools “to portray student-athletes as legitimate, degree-seeking students.”   Frank G. Splitt, The Drake Group, 7-20-10
 
A shoe drops in Berkeley     From the beleaguered state of California comes word of a gritty report about the heavily subsidized Cal-Berkeley athletics budget.   San Francisco Chronicle, 7-13-10
 
Title IX, Chapter MMMCLXII    There’s justice, fairness, equal opportunity, the right thing, equity, proportionality, the law, what oughta be and what is. And then there’s Title IX, and more. Inside Higher Ed, 7-7-10
 
Apply same criteria to Coaches as AD   Clips Guest Commentary   We’ve all heard plenty (too much maybe?) about the Damon Evans situation. However, our guest author looks at it from another angle.   Pat Dobel, Point of the Game, 7-7-10
 
Report: Spending by private schools increasing, but not publics   A new report, “Trends in College Spending 1998-2008,” documents the “country-clubization” of the American university, at private schools that is. Delta Cost Project.org, 7-9-10
 
June 2010
Disarming Big-Time Sports Spending    In its new report, the Knight Commission is calling for a new set of financial reforms. Inside Higher Ed, 6-18-10
 
Clips eSURVEY: Ban AAU coaches?   As the influence of AAU coaches continues to grow—and that of high school coaches continues to diminish—fixes continue to be ever so elusive. So the Clips eSURVEY Squad asked our readers what they thought.  College Athletics Clips proprietary survey, 6-2-10
 
Call it an “Athletics Tax?”   Mid-majors are being forced to rely ever more on “student activity fees” (which some snidely refer to as “athletic taxes”), and student rebellions are in the air.   Inside Higher Ed, 6-1-10
 
Michigan football fumbles into trouble    Admitting to four major NCAA violations, U-M now faces a two year program probation.   Detroit Free Press, 5-25-10
 
May 2010
A gray area causes a black eye   Ticket disbursement has always been an iffy proposition; at Kansas “unconventional distribution” of tickets seems to have been a profit center of its own.   Yahoo! Sports, 5-26-10
 
College coaches finding ways to monitor athletes' social networking activity    The chances of a social networking blunder are greater now than ever, simply because more college athletes are using sites such as Twitter and Facebook.   Alex Ruppenthal, Columbia Missourian, 5-20-10
 
Seething Over Sports Subsidies   Institutional subsidies (aka: “student fees”) at Ohio University are being seen by some as “unsustainable expenditures” that jeopardize the university’s ability to “prioritize academics.” Inside Higher Ed, 5-20-10
 
UVa murder will shift the line between vigilance and tolerance   The murder of a women’s lacrosse player will change attitudes toward abuse and stalking.  Sports Illustrated, 5-17-10
 
Can student arrest records be made more available?   The possibly preventable UVa murder has caused university officials to search for ways to weed out suspects before tragedies happen.   Chronicle of Higher Ed, 5-12-10
 
Colleges as Potential Tax Targets   Colleges and universities make up one of the largest nonprofit segments in terms of revenue and assets, and that status has made it a target for the federal government at a time of ever-tightening federal budgets. Inside Higher Ed, 5-10-10
 
A seat at the BCS table for the Mountain West?   After two solid seasons the Mountain West Conference is knocking—no, pounding—at the door. San Diego Union Tribune, 5-8-10
 
The NCAA and Its New President: Great Expectations    Clips Guest Commentary   The NCAA’s new chief executive says he'll continue Myles Brand's emphasis on academic accountability, but it remains to be seen whether or not he has the will, the freedom, as well as the wherewithal to do what’s required and to prove the past is not prologue.   By Frank G. Splitt, May 4, 2010
 
iHoops to show the right path    NBA great and current CBS and ESPN announcer Len Elmore has been announced as the new chief executive officer of iHoops, and he said it's not the intent of the initiative to monopolize non-school tournaments.   Indy Star, 5-3-10
 
April 2010
Clips Road Trip to the Center of Pennsylvania    Clips Eyewitness Report   The first-ever Award for Excellence in Coverage of Youth Sports was presented by Penn State’s John Curley Center for Sports Journalism, and your Clips Editor was there.   Nick Infante, College Athletics Clips, 4-25-10
 
Scholarly Conference on College Sport Kicks Off at UNC     Clips Eyewitness Report   Interesting topics and interesting panelists kicked off the College Sport Research Institute’s annual conference at UNC.   Report by Megan Kahn, Assistant Commissioner, Atlantic 10 Conference, 4-21-10
 
In Recruiting, It’s Buyer Beware—for the Athletes, That Is   Proposed legislation aims for greater openness about the limits of scholarships.   Chronicle of Higher Education, 4-18-10
 
College Officials Given Greater Discretion; Football Fans Weep   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author reminds us that officials are “only” human, and the new taunting rules are too ill-defined to be applied uniformly.   Clay Travis, FanHouse, 4-16-10
 
Proposing the Kentucky Rule: Bench the Age Floor, Make Freshmen Ineligible    Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author expertly ticks off all the many reasons why he thinks the “one-and-done” rule should soon become “over and out.”   Clay Travis, AOL FanHouse, 4-13-10
 
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