I don’t often write about a sport other from baseball. But, I have to write about a football game that I call a game made for TV or for the movies. The game was last night’s game between Alabama and Georgia. The leading characters were Alabama’s two quarterbacks. The starting quarterback Tua, this year’s leading …
Big time college football and basketball is clearly a big time business. Billions of dollars a year are generated from TV contracts, marketing contracts, ticket sales, and merchandise sales. For example, TV advertisers are expected to spend over 1.1 billion dollars on TV commercials during March Madness – second only to NFL Football playoffs in …
I received via email from Dr. Cornelius Meyer, emeritus full-professor of psychology at Quinnipiac University, a wonderful family baseball story. I hope you enjoy reading his story about baseball, Father’s Day, and the “Green Monster”. Dr. Meyer states, “This was a special Father’s Day for my family, and it is with a sense of pride …
After writing my April posting about the Rutgers athletic scandal and President Barchi, I thought the story was over. In my April posting I said, “Here is my take on the situation. Since Coach Rice reports to AD Pernetti and Pernetti reports to Barchi, Rutgers is trying to stop the damage at the AD level. …
By this time it would have been impossible for anyone not to have seen the video showing the head basketball coach Mike Rice grabbing, verbally abusing, and throwing basketballs at his players. Was I shocked at the video? The answer is no. First, let me say that even though most of my postings involve baseball …
What is wrong with the sanctions imposed on universities found guilty of recruitment and other violations? Any sanction which directly punishes innocent past and present student athletes should be changed. For example, in the Sandusky case involving Penn State University why should all the victories of Penn State from 1998 to 2011 be removed? Why …
This posting deals with all student athletes. I want to open a discussion on the treatment of student athletes by the NCAA. The NCAA has imposed sanctions on such famous college football programs as USC, Penn State, and Ohio State. In basketball, the fabled University of Connecticut basketball program is under sanctions. Ohio State will be …