The World of College Sports Keeps Spinning
Welcome back, SporticoU readers. As I’m sure you’ve deduced by now, this is a newsletter dedicated to college athletics and everything the enterprise entails. It can be…
SporticoU
Buyout Bonanza and Supersized Coaching Salaries—What’s New?
Happy Wednesday, SporticoU-ians. I’m starting with a non-sports business aside; I hope you’ll forgive me. There’s been plenty of good soccer to go around with the World…
Basketball, Big 12 and BYU: Another Week of SporticoU
Happy Wednesday, dear readers, and welcome back to another edition of SporticoU—complete with another wild weekend of college football and another $250,000 LSU…
As One College Playoff Debate Closes, Another Opens
Happy Wednesday, dear SporticoU readers. Before we get into the serious business, I just have to point out: a $250,000 penalty for fans storming the field, and LSU…
A New Season for the SporticoU Newsletter
Dear SporticoU readers, Happy Wednesday, and welcome to another edition of SporticoU. We’re doing something a little different to start our newsletters now, and so…
Opinion
Why Employees Are Fleeing the College Athletics Industry
Today’s guest columnists are Matt Huml of the University of Cincinnati and Elizabeth Taylor of Temple University. Working in college athletics is a demanding…
Opinion
Title IX Protects Male Athletes From Harassment and Abuse, Too
Today’s guest columnist is author and civil rights attorney Alexandra Brodsky. This month, the federal civil rights statute Title IX turns 50. For much of its history…
Opinion
Strict Liability for NCAA Infractions Boosts Transparency
As part of their reorganization of the Division I enforcement model and infractions process, the NCAA Division I Transformation Committee and Infractions Process…
Opinion
Title IX Is 50 but Women’s Sports Still Get Less Than 50% of Resources
I’m not looking forward to the 50th anniversary of Title IX. That might be surprising coming from a former Division I athlete who has greatly benefited from the law…
Opinion
College Football Sponsor Swaps: Performance Enhancer or Money Grab?
Switches between exclusive apparel sponsors and college football programs are routinely accompanied by grand, public announcements promising significant effects on…
How ‘Moneyball’ Had a Hand in MLB Lockout
Without question the most famous and influential book in sports economics is Moneyball by Michael Lewis. As anyone who has read the book or seen the Oscar-nominated film…
NIL Adds to Confusion Over ‘Commercialization,’ ‘Professionalization’
Sport historians have long critiqued the “twin curses of commercialization and professionalization” in college sports. These curses are not new; they have been present…
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