Following The SEC Baseball Blueprint To A Third Revenue Sport

Many may believe that when football season is over in the SEC, a vacuum is created in the sports landscape across the states that make up the conference (except maybe Kentucky where basketball is king).  But in a Birmingham suburb ironically named Hoover, that vacuum is filled in the spring by the SEC baseball tournament […]

Will Ole Miss Be Another Example Of Long Investigations Hurting Innocent Players?

Many of the fans who gather in The Grove every autumn to support Ole Miss football were likely shocked by the news that their athletic department is under investigation for allegations of rules violations. The news immediately brought speculation of an unearthed conspiracy theory from outsiders, especially those in the SEC who have been suspicious […]

Time Demands On Student-Athletes, Part 1: Priorities And Inaction At The NCAA Convention

While the glitz and glamour of college football’s national championship game is just fading, the NCAA has begun to consider changes in how future football champions are made, along with other issues concerning college athletic programs. While questions like whether the Big 12 can have a football championship game with only 10 teams or have […]

What Is The Potential Liability For Athletic Departments As Court Storming Frenzies Escalate?

Mass hysteria. The mob mentality. We’ve seen many examples of it in literature such as in Frankenstein, in legend in the Salem witch trials and in recent history in St. Louis and other cities after police are accused of racial bias.  But those events all arose from incidents associated with negative actions and are explained, […]

Coaching At Your Alma Mater Offers Unique Challenges

You can’t go home again. Or who says you can’t go home. Is Thomas Wolfe right? Or Jon Bon Jovi? When you look at the coaching carousel and realize how many college coaches have returned to their alma mater to coach, it seems that both are. In fact, the end-of-season hirings and firings happening right […]

Will The Louisville Sex Scandal Dunk Pitino?

As many college basketball programs are celebrating their Midnight Madness events, one storied program seems to be mired just in madness. In fact, the madness is such a scandal that it has shifted focus from the Lamar Odom story, which is hard to do considering his association with the media darling Kardashians. Maybe the interest […]