NCAA World Evolving but Toward What?
As Skip reminded readers in his recent pieces on realignment, the current drama fits into a larger historical framework. I thought it useful to review some of the major developments ...Another College Football Player Takes a Stab at the NCAA
Former Arizona State and University of Nebraska quarterback Sam Keller has sued EA Sports and the NCAA for using players' names and likenesses (HT Aaron Aaker) in EA Sports' NCAA ...Kurt W. Rotthoff as new Contributor at The Sports Economist
I am happy to join the great group of Sports Economists that post here at The Sports Economist. A day before I wrote my first post, someone had brought to ...Assorted Links on the NCAA
The University of Kansas, like the University of California, is employing equity seat rights to allocate seats to its athletic events. The equity seat rights are a supposed type of ...More March Madness!
Remember the good old days when there were only two postseason men's college basketball tournaments? Things were simple then. If your bubble popped, you either landed in the postseason NIT, ...Should the NCAA Expand Its Men's Tourney?
The NCAA is considering expanding its men's basketball tournament from 65 to 96 teams. According to Joe Walljasper, the last time the tournament expanded was in response to the creation ...NFL Should Reimburse Colleges -- Say What?
In Thursday's Wall Street Journal, Allen Barra explores "Pro Football's College Tuition Bill." Here's a slice: In other words, based on the approximately 361 athletes who will be drafted by ...NCAA Tourney: Big v. Big, Mid. v. Mid
A few bloggers have raised the question as to why has the NCAA Selection Committee placed so many like-conference teams against each other. First off, how much of this is ...Southern Football
I apologize for this posting - it is really a comment on the earlier post by Brian about the Wall Street Journal article explaining the rise to dominance of southern ...Arn Tellem on the NCAA Ban on Advisors
Arn Tellem has an interesting piece in the Huffington Post on the NCAA's ban on player advisors (agents). Here are the first two paragraphs: Of all the injustices heaped on ...Financial Problems at UC Berkeley
And it has nothing to do with the sorry state of the State Budget. I got an interesting cold call yesterday from a faculty member at UC Berkeley. He is ...Sweet Lew's Sweet Compensation Package
Major college athletic programs are run in ways that are very similar their professional brethren. They compete in markets for top talent (except that in college, the players can't be ...
