The phone rang at 3:30 a.m. on a winter January day in 1987. On the other end of the line was Earle Bruce. “I’m staying” he uttered into the receiver. From the coaches’ convention in San Diego, ol’ Nine-and-Three was mulling… Read More ›
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Why College Football Players Should Not Get Paid and America’s One Percent Problem
Recent scandals in college athletics have once again focused attention on the misguided premise that amateur student athletes should get paid more than their present compensation, compensation often worth more than six figures annually. Many believe this because Americans have,… Read More ›
College Football Playoff Expansion: The Definitive Argument Against Eight
On December 3, 2017, the College Football Invitational* Committee met for the final time to decide the four teams that would be playing for its mythical title. Most agreed that three teams had already punched their ticket: Clemson, Georgia, and… Read More ›
Oversigning: The Dark Underbelly of the College Football Recruiting Process
In 2010, Les Miles, the coach of the LSU football team, offered a freshman offensive lineman out of Waggaman (La) a scholarship to play football for the Tigers. Fulfilling a lifelong dream, Elliot Porter signed and returned his letter of… Read More ›
The Big 14 and the Pac 12? Conference expansion, it just makes ¢ents.
February 10, 2010. What do men with money want? More money. And there is plenty of it in college football, though the greedy fat cats that run the various conferences are busy trying to figure out how to ring a… Read More ›
