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THE
LEFT
COLUMN
Guest Commentaries
February 2012
INDISCRETIONS
Coaches Monitor Athletes Online in the Age of Twitter
It’s a brave new cyber world and rules of conduct are being adopted on the fly. Jacob D. H. Feldman, Harvard Crimson, 2-3-12
RECRUITING
The Commitment Project: studying recruits, college football edition
Recruits seek the best situation as coaches seek the best class. When those goals align, a commitment happens. When a better deal comes along, sometimes a decommitment happens. SI.com, 1-20-12
ROUNDBALL
A How-To Guide for Moving the Basketball Season
The push for one-semester sports is yielding some creative ideas. ncaa.org, 2-1-12
NCAA
News not fit to print
An NCAA response to a New York Times reporter. ncaa.org, 2-3-12
FRONT PORCH
College Sports as Product Differentiation
Clips Guest Commentary
Is there is no truth to the dual common notions about big-time college athletics?... that their behemoth existence is detrimental to the university's mission of education and scholarship; and that their prominence in university life is new. By Andrei S. Markovits, Huffington Post, 1-30-12
ROUNDBALL
College hoops ready to take center stage
Forde’s Forty floats into a frenetic February. Yahoo! Sports, 1-31-12
January 2012
MEDIA
Uncivil: How Paul Finebaum Keeps The SEC’s Dixie Aroused
Clips Guest Commentary
With deft and crafty steerage, Finebaum and his merry pranksters build a raucous, entertaining and/or irreverent radio show every day. Jack Dickey, Deadspin, 1-9-12
REFORM
Collegiate Athletics Reform: Up to the courts?
Clips Guest Commentary
Our guest author points out that there has been no action by the Legislative and Executive branches of the federal government, leaving it up to the courts to resolve reform related issues. Frank G. Splitt, 01-27-12
JoePa
Penn State bids farewell to Joe Paterno
Clips Eyewitness Report
Our Clips intern was all eyes and ears for the gloomy—and joyous—farewell. Todd Lindenmuth, Clips Assistant Editor, 1-26-12
JoePa
Joe Paterno and State College
Clips Guest Commentary
He was of Penn State. But of State College. Mike Poorman, StateCollege.com, 1-27-12
COACHES
Schiano's decision to leave Rutgers latest example of what's wrong with college football
In a word, what’s wrong is “vultures.” Sporting News, 1-26-12
D3
An antidote for cynicism about college sports
Clips Guest Commentary
The antidote for the cynicism toward college athletics? Division III, with more than 170,000 student-athletes at 444 schools. James W. Schmotter, President of Western Connecticut State University, Danbury News Times, 1-25-12
JoePa
Joe Paterno and The Interview: One Coach, 22 Years, 581 Questions
This is Mike Poorman’s second in a series of columns chronicling the impact of Joe Paterno at Penn State. StateCollege.com, 1-25-12
JoePa
The Paterno Class
This week, Mike Poorman is writing a series of columns chronicling the impact of Joe Paterno at Penn State. This is the third installment, tomorrow’s will be “Joe Paterno & State College” StateCollege.com, 1-26-12
ROUNDBALL
It’s the Year of the Dragon in college hoops
Forde Minutes: The buttoned-down mind of college basketball (and hobbyist gastronome) is at it again. Yahoo! Sports 1-24-12
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
ROUNDBALL
Too many coaches behaving badly
Forde Minutes recaps forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college basketball this week. Yahoo! Sports, 1-17-12
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
RACIAL/GENDER HIRING
College athletics shows diversity progress, room for growth
Two 2011 reports highlight some of the positive changes regarding hiring practices in college sports, as well as some of the areas where college athletics is terribly behind the rest of sports regarding issues of diversity and inclusion. SportsBusiness Journal, 1-9-12
COACHES
With three BCS titles, Nick Saban stands alone among coaching peers
Clips Guest Commentary
Our guest author posits that Saban’s third BCS title in seven years was his most important title and easily the most satisfying. Paul Finebaum, SI.com, 1-12-12
INDY
Clips Eyewitness Report: 106th NCAA Convention
Indianapolis was the place to be last week. There were multitudinous presentations, colloquiums, sessions, panels and, of course, lobby surfing. Nick Infante, Clips Editor, 1-14-12
SCHOLARSHIPS
NCAA to modify $2,000 stipend proposal
If at first you fail, try, try again. USA Today, 1-14-12
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
FB
Is there an end in sight for the SEC's dominance?
Clips Guest Commentary
Our guest author prognosticates a strong SEC for quite a while to come. Matt Hayes Sporting News, 1-8-12
ENTITLEMENT
Reader Rants about the “Age of Entitlement”
Clips Guest Commentary
Our guest author discusses—vigorously—the different ends of the spectrum of expectations. Some want it all now, and others understand they have to pay their dues first. Anonymous Clips Reader, 1-5-12
LEADERSHIP
The NCAA's New Hammer
Scandals prompt calls for change, but NCAA President Mark Emmert faces pushback. Brad Wolverton, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 1-9-12
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