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There is a story I thought was a bit of an urban sports legend. Way back when Title IX came into being, the NCAA realized that each men’s sport had to have a companion women’s sport…baseball to softball etc. However football had no women’s football so volleyball was designated against it for any number of …
I always learn something when I talk to my friend Greg Moore. The former Commissioner of the SIAC, a baller from New Jersey, an attorney, an entrepreneur, a big thinker, Greg is always looking at the blue ocean and how the pieces fit together. Over a year ago he pointed to a spot that the …
Yes The Big Ten Conference has dominated the summer college news cycle with its moves to add UCLA and USC to their national mix, which has further churned the murky waters of college alignment during this hot summer. However not to get lost in the mix were at least three impactful, big picture legacy events …
College athletes, team managers and gear seem to have always had a good relationship. Now some entreprenurial managers have found a smart, simple, and growing way…and with more probably coming when NIL kicks in, to help athletes unload excess gear as they clean out the lockers and head put the door. Meet The Player’s Trunk, …
As we move into Championship Week and fully into March Madness, the sense of underdog success permeates the air. It is totally unlike the big-time sports business feel of college football, which generates millions for select schools competing at the highest levels, but has little of the mystery and mystique of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship. The …
The day came and went with fireworks and fanfare, music and lots of Scarlet and Terp Pride. Rutgers and the Big 10. Maryland and the Big 10. For the casual fan it had a bit of a wow factor, for the ardent supporter it had a bigger wow factor. For those selling the brand to …
The Bridgestone Winter Classic on New Year’s Day is being touted as the best ever and impossible to top. True? Depends on your perspective, but for “brand hockey” this year’s New Year’s Day Game is even more potentially impactful than all the games held before as it becomes the launch point for the sport as …
At first people seemed to be scratching their head. The ACC or the Big Ten trying to put roots down in New York, the home of the Big East? Who would care other than some alumni? New York us not a college town, it’s a pro town. However as seen this week, the ACC and …
There has been a tremendous amount of hype and attention payed to high level college athletics in the last year. From conference reshuffling, to the National Championship playoff to expanded March Madness coverage and the innovation in the TV and digital space with added elements like the Pac 12 Network and the Longhorn Network, the …
The old fashioned college campaigns for awards are few and far between. Cutbacks in budgets, a move toward easier and more flashy digital campaigns, and sometimes a lack of time to effectively execute a campaign promoting a player or a series of players has left many writers mailboxes empty, leaving them to cull over stats …
