Houston AD Yurachek Plays To Our Desires With Home-And-Home Offer To Texas
With Texas and Houston locking down their new head coaches, all seemed relatively quite on the Lone Star front. Outside of a few staff moves, the drama that was the Tom Herman courtship seemed to have settled. Houston had lost a coach who elevated their program to new heights and replaced him with a young […]
Is Harvard’s Hard Line On Spreadsheet Sexual Harassment The Right Approach?
News of Harvard canceling the remaining matches of the season for their men’s soccer team spread like wildfire. At issue were spreadsheets, prepared over previous years, that rated and commented on the appearance of women’s team members, often in a sexually explicit manner. It seemed at the time like such a harsh punishment, especially while […]
Reminder: Encourage Your Student Athletes To Vote
At their core, every athletic department has the privilege and responsibility to develop young men and women well beyond athletic ability. The goal is to create leaders, role models, and ambassadors for your program and university. You want your athletes to leave not only with an education but with a broadened worldview and sense of civic […]
Lay Off Your AD To Save Money? UC Santa Cruz Just Did.
We’ve seen Athletic Directors let go for numerous reasons; bad hires, loss of institutional control, more nefarious reasons. But one thing we hadn’t seen before is a termination purely for the sake of saving money. That is, until now. Other than having one of the truly unique mascots in college athletics, the Banana Slugs, UC […]
Chances are you’ve made up your mind at this point who you are voting for on Election Day. Or in many cases, who you are voting against. You can never be too informed about a decision of this magnitude, and although it may not have a tangible consequence on your vote, you should know before […]
Focus On What Your Fans Do Best To Improve Your Game Day Experience
“Talk to people about themselves and they will listen for hours.” ―Benjamin Disraeli Humans are evolutionarily inclined to gravitate toward clans. We want to belong because, deep in an ancient part of our brain, we know it is necessary for survival. We need to be surrounded by likeminded individuals, and we need to know, without […]