ShareEDUsports focuses on stories news and issues related to sports on college campuses. We had a show on July 28th. We talked about Longhorns Network broadcasting HS games. We think this is lunacy. What if other schools start doing HS games to make money. How is this not a recruiting violation? NCAA needs to [...]
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ShareThe newest Breakdrink podcast will be on the air tomorrow. The podcast will be centered around discussing college athletics, with the first show being about the hot topic of paying athletes. Discussion has been rampant in recent months, given the controversy surrounding Cam Newton, AJ Green and the Ohio State athletes. We’ve created a collaborative [...]
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ShareThank you to Jeff Lail for contributing to this post. Fellow BreakDrinker @jefflail posted this tweet on Tuesday morning: Another tweet posted by Jeff linked to this article, which alleges that Notre Dame edited the videos seen by OSHA investigators following the tragic death of student videographer Declan Sullivan on October 27th, 2010. The article [...]
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ShareFinally a facebook game for Student Affairs professionals. ESPN released a new facebook application called College Town. I gives you the ability to build and build and run your own college campus, and of course you guessed it…challenge other campuses in football and basketball. If you previously ran your own mafia or farm I would [...]
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ShareOn the podcast yesterday we were giving our higher ed predictions for 2010. My prediction was around college athletics; predicting we will see a bigger push to slow athletic spending especially around coach’s salaries. Today Inside Higher Ed published an article today titled Curbing Athletic Spending that discusses a group trying to change the culture [...]
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ShareLast week I reported Northeastern‘s decision to discontinue their football program, and yesterday fellow Colonial Athletic Association school Hofstra University announces it’s decision follow suit and end their football program. In a open letter to the community they say: After a comprehensive review, the Board of Trustees has, at my recommendation, voted unanimously to eliminate [...]
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ShareNortheastern announced today it will discontinue their football program. In a letter from Athletic Director Peter Roby to the Northwestern community, Roby outlines the decision as financial. Elevating and sustaining a competitive Division 1 football program would require additional multimillion dollar investments on an ongoing basis. A broad consensus developed behind discontinuing football and focusing [...]
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ShareRecently my friend and student affairs colleague Jeff Lail started a blog series about The College Sports Cash Cow. Jeff is a big sports fan, so his posts are not coming from a higher-education elitist and biased position. The Academic Senate at University of California Berkeley must have read Jeff’s blog. Last week The Daily [...]
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