Leagues: Not as easy as they look
The Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS), the 5-team American league that just finished out its 3rd season, cancelled its 2012 season today while holding out hope for a return …
The Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS), the 5-team American league that just finished out its 3rd season, cancelled its 2012 season today while holding out hope for a return …
ESPN has a new data tool that allows people to obtain detailed expense and revenue data for many major college athletic programs. Â Here is the …
The Toronto Blue Jays indicated today that they believe they have not been hiring enough units of playing ability in the marketplace over the past …
The owners made an offer to the NHLPA today (Wednesday) that included profit-sharing and pretty near forensic accounting to guarantee the profit-sharing. The union has …
When an institution is organized as a not-for-profit institution, this classification does not imply that those in charge do not seek to maximize the difference …
We have two views on paying college athletes just in time for March Madness. The first is an excellent summary of the state of college …
Before the St. Louis-Houston series, Dick Cantrell, a colleague and long-time baseball follower predicted that St. Louis was in trouble. He gave 3 or 4 …
The NCAA has approved a preliminary new rule that would penalize teams when their players do not stay academically eligible. Basically, the new rules stipulate …
Yesterday the NFL announced this year’s Pro Bowl teams. On that list is Albert Haynesworth, defensive tackle for the Tennessee Titans. By earning this recognition …
A number of articles have appeared about the “spread” offense over the past couple of years. One of the best I’ve seen showed up on …
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