10/27/2011: UCLA. Kentucky. Purdue. Georgia Tech. Arizona.
Posts tagged as “Athletics”
about the NCAA? Here’s what Coach Chip Kelly says about the proposals to give athletes $2,000 out of the NCAA’s $788 million in new TV revenue: “Obviously there kids that come to college who are underprivileged and deserve the full cost of attendance but there are also kids who are…
with Lisa Peterson, a former colleague at Kentucky, appointing her to Rennee Baumgartner’s old job:
10/23/2011: An Op-Ed in the RG. DeJarnette is a journalism major, a scholarship athlete on the track team, and a member of UO’s Intercollegiate Athletics Committee. He argues there are some legitimate concerns, but also some intransigent stereotypes which he attempts to clear up: I recently witnessed two classmates roaring…
10/22/2011: Want to know how much the Oregon State University Foundation gets in donations for athletics? No problem, check page 16 of the the Council for Aid to Education’s “Voluntary Support of Education” survey for OSU, 2011: Want to know how much the UO Foundation gets? Too bad, they leave…
10/18/2011: I’m tired of this too, but there’s big money at stake: About $3.2 million a year. More than the $2.8 million faculty raises will cost, more than the $2.4 million Frances Dyke spent remodeling Johnson Hall, more than the $2 million we spend on the Jock Box, more than…
10/17/2011: (revised) Two weeks ago we wrote how Duck athletics pays just half what other UO units pay towards UO’s administrative costs. How did this happen? In late 2007 a UO task force chaired by AVP Laura Hubbard recommended all “Auxiliary” units (a term which is explicitly defined to include…
10/15/2011: The ad for a replacement for Jamie Moffitt’s ESAADFAA job is already posted. Funny title. Looks like they’ve hired Parker Search, the same firm that brought us Rob Mullens, for $75,000.
10/8/2011: Rachel Bachman of the Oregonian has written a long string of fascinating articles on the business of college athletics. The UO athletics department has been very, very good for her: two weeks ago the Wall Street Journal hired her for their national desk. On her way to NYC she…
10/8/2011: Nathan Tublitz has just been elected chair of the IAC for 2011-2012. This is great news for everyone who wants the athletic department to come clean about the financial subsidies they receive from the academic side, and who believes that the faculty should have a serious role in oversight…
9/13/2011: From Drexel University and the NCPA: Executive summary here, well worth reading it all. They compare what college players would earn in a competitive market, with what they earn under the NCAA hiring cartel: 5. Football players with the top 10 highest estimated fair market values are worth between…
9/9/2011: An email sent to everyone on campus. The overproduced online guide – complete with sports photos and a Mullens headshot – is pretty hilarious. Good luck with it Rob. What are these rules designed to protect – students and UO’s “academic excellence” or the salaries and car payments of…
8/24/2011: But UO won’t let them use the “O” on the tickets. So the contract requires we pay more to push lottery sales. Weird. From Rachel Bachman: “I guess we feel like we’ve already crossed the line a long time ago in accepting resources from the lottery,” OSU athletic director…
University of Oregon Athletics 2001-2004 Task Force: Full report here. The Task Force on Athletics was jointly appointed by President David Frohnmayer and Senate President Nathan Tublitz in December, 2001. Co-chairs were Margie Paris, Law, and Suzanne Clark, English (Chair 2003-2004). The membership represented key figures from both academic and…
8/15/2011: (Also see Bojack.org) Where does the little bit of athletics money that is left over after paying the coaches, AD Rob Mullens, and car payments for most of the athletics department go? Overpriced hotel rooms, with kickbacks to the bowl organizers, of course. Playoffpac.com has the story here. Economist Andy…