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Is This a Great Year for Quarterbacks?
The Walter Camp Foundation has released a list of 15 "players to watch" for its NCAA College Football Player of the Year Award. If you comb through the list, you can ... -
The Other Side of the Equation
After reporting on Northeastern's decision to drop football last Sunday, today Shira Springer turns her attention to schools that are launching new programs. Here are some snips from the article: ... -
Football and University Priorities
At Northeastern, a private university in Boston, the college football model wasn't working very well. Expenses averaged $3.5 million, and attendance was just 1,600 fans per game from a student body ... -
The Economic Impact of the Demise of the Big XII - Waco
A Waco economist, RayPerryman, has prepared an economic impact statement about the impact of the demise of the Big XII on Waco and Texas (via a commenter to another TSE ... -
Another Domino Falls
Nebraska has reportedly accepted an offer to become the next Big 10 school, following Boise State's move to the Mountain West and Colorado's move to the Pac 10. See ... -
Accounting Madness
In an article today on CNN.com, the normally quite sharp Chris Isidore, a senior writer for CNNMoney, perpetuates one of the most enduring myths in sports economics: that college sports ... -
Student Demand for College Sports
Funding has dried up for a lot of things in the Great Recession, including college sports programs. At Cal State San Marcos, the most recent addition to the UC system, ... -
Conference Dating Game: Winners and Losers
Several college athletic conference realignments have taken place over the past 20 years in a process not unlike Match.com. Different parties size each other up based on similarities of athletic ... -
NCAA graduation rates
An NCAA report proclaims that graduation rates of student athletes are at their highest ever. I certainly join in the applause for any improvement in the academic performance of student ... -
"The Bob Stoops Economy"
Exhibit 1 in "Why College Football Coaches are Paid so Much Money." This is the fifth story in a ten part, all you can eat, series on Stoops at the ...
