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NCAA coaches charged with fraud and corruption
Hmm, am I shocked? No, not really. However, I am a little shocked that it was the Feds that caught them. Student-athletes are worth a lot of money to the ... -
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 ... -
Harsh Punishments, but No Death Penalty, for Penn State
The NCAA has hit Penn State with harsh penalties as punishment for the Jerry Sandusky case. Penn State is put on probation for 5 years, is banned from bowl games ... -
Subversion of the Academy by the NCAA
by Robert E. McCormick and Robert D. Tollison* Two great American institutions are about to crank up. Freshman and their older classmates will soon start returning to campuses for fall ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
The Making of the NCAA into a "Spectacularly Profitable Cartel"
This is from the engrossing portrait of college sports by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch in The Atlantic, "The Shame of College Sports." The article is a must-read, tour de force ... -
NCAA Sanctions and Economic Impact
TSE readers know that we here at TSE roll our eyes at economic impact claims regarding sports and economic development. So when I saw that the governor of Pennsylvania ... -
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 ... -
On Conference Realignment
Today's Post and Courier prints a conversation I had with Travis Sawchick, their Clemson beat reporter, under the banner "Two Minute Drill." This piece was triggered by media speculation over ... -
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 ...
