MAC Enacts Progressive Policies, but NCAA Still Has a Long Ways to Go to Common Sense

A few weeks ago, I wrote about P5 conferences’ proposals to assist the “student” in every “student- athlete.” Common-sense measures like eight hours of uninterrupted time overnight and not considering travel days as “days off” have been proposed, although not turned into action yet. The good news this week is that the Mid-American Conference (MAC) […]

Athletic Departments Seeking to Maximize Budget, Regardless of Size

This past week saw three schools doing what most of sports-loving America does when the weather starts to (theoretically) turn cold and the calendar turns to September: prepare for football season. While athletic departments scrambling to make preparations for the season are ubiquitous with this time of year, three are recently noteworthy as they represent […]

Keeping Your Assistant Coaches a Key to Long-Term Program Success

A recent article by Brendan Quinn at ML.com discusses the success Michigan State men’s basketball has had keeping its assistant coaching staff intact. Three of the Spartans’ key assistants will remain with the team for a sixth straight season, a remarkable and rare feat in today’s D1 basketball landscape. Only Cincinnati’s staff can compete in […]

Do Olympic Payments Offer Model for Paying NCAA Athletes?

With the Olympics concluding its first week, we’ve seen several American college students have success on the international stage. Some student-athletes have medaled, and with those medals come financial windfalls additional to the accompanying pride and prestige. As has been discussed ad nauseam in recent months, payment of college athletes for efforts on behalf of […]

Universities Must Capitalize on Their Olympians

Here is a little-known but, for me, astounding fact: with Katinka Hosszú’s gold medal, world-record-setting 400-meter individual medley, USC has now had a medalist in every summer Olympics since 1912. As I said before, I find this to be an incredible statistic, and I think it should be included by the USC athletic department on […]

Mississippi State Breaking New Ground in Digital Ticketing with BLITZ Program

Here at CollegeAD, we often cover the different methods schools use to draw fans to their sporting events. Ploys like kid-friendly zones, outdoor stagings of traditionally-indoor events, and concerts or additional live entertainment have become the norm for many universities. Mississippi State rolled-out an advancement in another way schools are trying to entice fans to […]