Gender and Racial Hiring Practices Still Far to Go in College Sports

The University of Central Florida’s Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) produces a national report card that is “the definitive assessment of hiring practices of women and people of color in most of the leading professional and amateur sports and sporting organizations in the United States.” This past week saw the release of […]

Is Parity Still an Issue for Women’s NCAA Basketball?

For many, there is only one basketball tournament happening right now believed to be worth watching. The women’s NCAA basketball tournament, happening concurrently with the much more popular men’s tourney, is an afterthought for these viewers, a primary complaint being that there is a lack of parity and competition between qualifying teams. However, with two […]

Incentivizing Education: The Unfortunate Necessity of the Academic Payout

The basic idea of academic bonuses for head coaches and college ADs is simple: if a coach’s team or an AD’s department meet certain set requirements, they receive additional money on top of their salaries and other bonuses. A common metric for measuring this academic progress is known as APR, or Academic Performance Rate, although […]

Turning A Big Week For Wrestling Into Big Success

Later this week, thousands of people will descend upon “the world’s most famous arena,” Madison Square Garden, in New York City. Although drawn for a championship tournament, it has nothing to do with the ubiquitous NCAA men’s basketball March Madness. Instead, tickets are selling for upwards of $500 for the DI college wrestling championships, and […]

Student-Athlete Entitlement in a New Age of College Sports

The movement towards providing student-athletes with cost-of-attendance payments has marked the beginning of a sea change in college athletics. The conversation surrounding the fairness of unpaid athletes earning millions for their respective universities is progressing at a rapid rate. Additionally, dialogue regarding unionization and other progressive topics are normalizing with each passing week. These changes […]

Athletic Departments Must Do More to Prepare for Cyberbullying

As social media grows as a greater and greater means of how individuals connect and communicate, so too does its potential for harm. With more people logging-on to social media platforms, one’s potential audience swells, as does the likelihood for disgruntled users. One of the most attractive aspects of social media is how it bridges […]