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THE
LEFT
COLUMN
Reform
May 2010
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
UNC sport symposium will spotlight hot topics
The one-day Issues in College Sport Symposium on April 21 will cover social networking, one-and-dones, unconventional athletic department models, economic challenges for large programs and the view from a commish. UNC News Services, 4-15-10
NCAA desperately needs this reformer
Clips Guest Commentary
Our guest author cites reasons why Nancy Zimpher, SUNY chancellor and former University of Cincinnati president, is “eminently qualified" to be the new president of the NCAA. Mark Yost, Sportsusiness Journal 4-5-10
Recommending a Title IX Loophole
The US Commission on Civil Rights has endorsed a “model survey” – an emailed questionnaire issued by the Office for Civil Rights in 2005 – as “the best method available” to show that an institution is satisfying Title IX guidelines. Inside Higher Ed, 4-2-10
March 2010
Action, not whispers, needed from college presidents
Clips Guest Commentary
Our guest author proposes specific actions that university presidents can take to cause change. Connee Zotos, NYU sports management professor, in SportsBusiness Journal, 3-22-10
Keeping Score When It Counts
Sweet 16 Men’s and Women’s Teams: A Look at Their Academic Success The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES), UCF, 3-24-10
Controlling the madness
Clips Guest Commentary
Our guest author proposes as credible (and ambitious) a set of ideas to control big-time college athletics spending as ever we've heard. Richard Hain, Duke University professor, in the News & Observer (NC), 3-24-10
Grad Rates for Men’s D1 Tournament Teams
Teams From the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) at the University of Central Florida comes its annual study: “Keeping Score When It Counts.” UCF TIDES study, 3-16-10
How Sports Attacks Public Education
Clips Guest Commentary
Our guest author expounds on the higher ed funding crisis in California, Knight Commission pronouncement and Maryland student fan exuberance. By Dave Zirin, The Nation, 3-4-10
February 2010
New Injury Report Brings New Safety-Related Rules
As more and more information comes out about the safety of college athletes, and the measures that can be taken to keep them safe, the NCAA is using the information to keep athletes out of harm’s way. NCAA News, 2-23-10
Binghamton report reads like (bad) fiction
Generating wins by cutting corners cost a fast-track D1 program dearly.
Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin, 2-11-10
NCAA gives UCF a heaping helping of BCS justice
Clips Guest Commentary
Our guest author asks: “If it had been UF instead of UCF, would the NCAA have given out two years of probation?” Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 2-13-10
Sustaining unsustainability
Clips Commentary
Clips Editor Nick Infante comments on the impropriety of fiscally irresponsible congressmen passing judgment on college athletics financial policies. 2-6-10
Women in Intercollegiate Sport: National Study
From Professors Emerita Acosta and Carpenter comes the 33-year update of their longitudinal, national study on women in intercollegiate athletics. www.acostacarpenter.ORG, Jan. 2009
January 2010
The Battle for BCS Bucks
Just as national healthcare has become the battleground for America’s haves and have-nots, the BCS issue has become much the same for college athletics. SportsBusiness Journal, 1-25-10
College Sports Turmoil: The New Normal?
Clips Guest Commentary
Our guest author comments on the hiccups associated with recent coach changes in big-time college football. By Frank Deford, NPR, 1-20-10
Paying for big-time athletics
Despite sizable conference payouts, many big-time athletics programs are still relying on sizable student fees as well. USA Today, 1-13-10
Fed Heavy Weighs In
Clips Eyewitness Report
Arne Duncan is the US Education Secretary, and he’s no sissy—he co-captained his Harvard basketball team (scored 20 against Duke once) and played in an Australian professional league from 1987 until 1991. At the NCAA convention he zinged both the NCAA and the NBA over the so-called one-and-done rule. USA Today, 1-14-10
Why bother with Rooney Rule if this is how it works?
Clips Guest Commentary
Our guest author writes of the see-through charade conducted by the Redskins and Seahawks in hiring their new head coaches. By Gregg Doyel, CBSSports.com, 1-10-10
NCAA Debates New Rules
The NCAA Convention takes place this week in Atlanta, and the legislative bodies of D1-2-3 will consider a broad slate of proposals. By David Moltz, Inside Higher Ed, 1-11-10
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