10/21/2011: From Brad Wolverton in the Chronicle. The proposed reforms give players $2,000 each in “travel money” but they then cut the number of scholarships – leaving the total take for “student-athletes” unchanged. So where will all the money from the new conference TV deals go? To the coaches, ADs,…
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10/5/2011: From Frank Deford at NPR: All the worse, the current national model has it that some impoverished kid from the inner city risks concussions and obesity to play football in order to pay for the scholarship of a javelin thrower and the salary of an assistant swimming coach and…
10/4/2011: From Rachel Bachman’s Twitter. Story here: Guerrero, 27, is thankful he was among four former players chosen in 2009. But over the years he’s wondered about the process – he says he wasn’t asked for approval or invited to give any input on the bobblehead that bears his likeness.…
10/3/2011: The NCAA infractions committee comes down hard on Cincinnati: The University of Cincinnati committed a major violation in its women’s basketball program and secondary violations in its women’s basketball and football programs, according to findings by the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions. … and members of the football…
9/30/2011: Lache Seastrunk was recruited by UO under the $25,000 Willie Lyles deal. This summer he transferred to Baylor because he thought it would improve the chances he would get playing time, and someday get an NFL contract where he could make some money off his skills. Not so fast…
9/26/2011: According to Yahoo sports Willie Lyles took money from Tennessee and used it to pay for airfare for some player’s mother to visit campus on a recruiting visit: An assistant coach during Lane Kiffin’s tenure at the University of Tennessee wired $1,500 to a talent scout in July 2009,…
9/28/2011: Today in the the Chronicle: In all, the NCAA took in $741-million in the 2009-10 fiscal year, up from $706-million the previous fiscal year. As a nonprofit organization, the NCAA is not required to pay taxes on its revenues. Their job is riding shotgun on the gravy train for…
8/25/2011: The NCAA infractions committee just blackballed some unlucky coach for not fessing up to having an illegal home cookout for his recruits. Ribs? You evil, evil man. Put down the spatula and step away from the grill slowly. Meanwhile, the committee completely missed the fact that the Fiesta Bowl…
8/2/2011: I don’t know what to make of this RG op-ed by Pat Walsh of local PR firm Vox PRPA. Starts off sensibly: For Duck football coaches who spend their days managing the fitness and academic pursuits of the youngest of adults — and pocket more money in a month…
7/31/2011: There’s really no other way to interpret this Oregonian story by Rachel Bachman: On online-auction site eBay Friday, 270 items purported to be signed by current or former Ducks were for sale. They focused on high-profile athletes, from a mini-helmet signed by senior tight end David Paulson (buy-it-now price:…
7/28/2011: UO General Counsel Randy Geller has no problem signing his name to a $150,000 contract appropriating state funds to hire “The Cleaner” to “investigate” UO’s NCAA compliance: But ask him whether the athletic department or the academic side is going to pay that bill? Now he’s counting pennies –…
7/22/1011: Or at least he emailed the UO Foundation board, and other boosters. Ron Bellamy has the story: “The firm has been charged with making an independent assessment of the football program’s use of outside recruiting services,” Mullens wrote. “In addition, they have been asked to provide the University with…
7/18/2011: And I ain’t talking about the carpets in PLC. Contract and invoices here. $8,359.12 last month, including a trip to Eugene – looks like a last minute airfare purchase. UO GC Randy Geller contracted with these guys for $150,000 – and he is now trying to charge the faculty…
7/17/2011: “This is simply unacceptable”. From a post on his Presidential blog. Oh wait, he’s talking about the athletes: Athletes must maintain standards of behavior The University of Oregon has clear expectations of how its student athletes are to behave both on and off the field of play. Lately, several…
7/15/2011: They allowed a football player to keep $312 in free clothes. That’s right – a player. Not a coach or an athletic director or an ESAADFFAA, but a player. Unspeakable. We all know what rewarding people for their work can lead to. So our protectors in the NCAA have…