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THE
LEFT
COLUMN
Guest Commentaries
August 2010
Nothing will get NCAA's attention like gambling
Clips Guest Commentary
The proliferation of state lotteries and casinos from coast to coast has mainstreamed gambling ever the more into our culture. Our guest author warns of the danger of letting gambling become mainstream in sports, especially college sports.
Joe Biddle, The Tennessean, 8-28-10
Conference cannibalism continues
Clips Guest Commentary
Our author delineates a sad deterioration of brotherhood between two neighboring conferences: the WAC and the Mountain West. Pat Forde, ESPN.com, 8-19-10
'Scoreboard, Baby'
Clips Interview
An interview with the authors of a book about players, coaches, U-Washington administrators, media, donors, judges, police, and prosecutors that allowed the Huskies' to pursue football glory on the field — regardless of what they were doing off it. Serena Golden, Inside Higher Ed, 8-20-10
Nick Saban's Mayoral Endorsement Crowns Summer of Scandal for SEC
Clips Guest Commentary
Our guest author says that “the SEC has zoomed beyond the NBA into the top spot for most post-satire sports league in America.” Clay Travis, FanHouse, 8-19-10
Alabama Misspells Mississippi on Tickets
Clips Guest Commentary
Our guest author pokes fun at Alabama—with an “A”—otherwise known as ‘Bama—with a “B.” Clay Travis, FanHouse, 8-12-10
No Laughing Matter
Clips Guest Commentary
Here's a controlled rant describing university website designers who "have no idea what their visitors actually want front and center." Steve Kolowich, Inside Higher Ed, 8-4-10
Athletes, agents and the NCAA: It's time for a fix
Clips Guest Commentary
Our guest author champions Congressional intervention to regulate sports agent excesses. Jim Tanner, USA Today, 8-4-10
The Future of the SEC and College FB Per Mike Slive
Clips Guest Commentary
Our guest author adeptly crystal balls it with the prescient commish. Clay Travis, FanHouse, 8-6-10
Last of four parts
The Coach Who Would Not Be Named
Clips Guest Commentary
SEC Commissioner Mike Slive talks about Lane Kiffin, the SEC DNA, integrity and excellence in an “AOL Original” interview. Clay Travis, FanHouse, 8-5-10
Third of four parts
SEC Commissioner Talks TV Deal, Expansion
Clips Guest Commentary
Our guest author, in an “AOL Original,” interviews Mike Slive about TV, money, local multimedia rights and expansion. Clay Travis, FanHouse, 8-4-10
Second of four parts
The Most Powerful Man in College Athletics
Clips Guest Commentary
SEC commissioner Mike Slive has negotiated the most lucrative television deal in college sports history and sits at the helm of a conference that has won four consecutive BCS football titles. Clay Travis, FanHouse, 8-3-10
First of four parts
CEO of iHoops: Time is now for value shift in youth basketball
Clips Guest Commentary
Our guest author articulates compellingly about creating an environment that “defines and standardizes best practices” for all stakeholders. Len Elmore, iHoops CEO, SportsBusiness Journal, 8-2-10
Big 12 players stiff-arm agents with education
After Agent-Gate, after invectives, rebuttals and countercharges, comes word from Indy that allowing more contact between agents and athletes is being considered. Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 8-1-10
Hazing expert warns of abuse as preseason approaches
Clips Guest Commentary
Our guest author makes the point that you can’t demand respect from subordinates – respect is given because it is merited. Hank Nuwer, Franklin College, NCAA.org, 7-30-10
Sports agent rebuts “pimp” slur
Clips Interview
Longtime agent Ralph Cindrich spoke with the Clips Editor about the vigorous finger pointing at agents as bad people. Nick Infante, Clips Editor, 7-31-10
July 2010
Cooperation key to solving agent issue
Clips Guest Commentary
Our guest author calls on the NCAA, the NFL and the full might and fury of the federal government to get sports agents under control. Pat Forde, ESPN.com, 7-30-10
Sports Media Wake-up
Clips Guest Commentary
Our guest author rat-a-tats a grim picture of big-time college athletics. Bob Gilbert, 7-26-10
Time to kick Vanderbilt out of the SEC
Clips Guest Commentary
Our guest author unambiguously and authoritatively calls for the ouster of the SEC’s perennial weak link. Paul Finebaum, al.com, 7-27-10
Pac-10 Bicoastal FB Media Tour
Clips Eyewitness Report
What do you get when you put ten Left Coast football coaches in a room with the New York sports press? Nick Infante, Clips Editor, 7-28-10
The SEC Goes to War Against Agents and the NCAA
Clips Guest Commentary
Our guest author—both a writer
and
an attorney—ruminates on the sordid, seedy side of agent activities. Clay Travis, FanHouse, 7-21-10
Solution Long Overdue for Problem of Agents and College Sports
Clips Guest Commentary
Our guest author—a former Southern Cal football player—describes the alluring choices that are presented to superstar 20-year old student-athletes. Lonnie White, FanHouse, 7-21-10
No winners in Quinnipiac Title IX case
Clips Guest Commentary
Our guest author describes the rock and the hard place that Quinnipiac found itself in to satisfy Title IX guidelines. Dave Solomon, New Haven Register, 7-21-10
Equal revenue sharing hot potato for Pac-10
Clips Guest Commentary Our guest author delves into the devilish details that might arise at next week’s Pac-10 AD meeting when they discuss the sharing of the loot. Bud Withers, Seattle Times, 7-18-10
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
Wooden must be remembered as teacher-coach –not for Sam Gilbert
Clips Guest Commentary
Wooden’s 10 NCAA championships are an amazing feat, but the success of his former players is extraordinary. They are doctors, lawyers, businessmen, teachers and coaches by trade, but more important, there are good people cut from Wooden’s mold. Marc Isenberg, moneyplayersblog.com, July 2010
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
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