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Today, in amateurism
Hey, lookie what’s going on sale! Brian Kelly says #33trucking hats are going on sale this weekend. They cost $26. Just FYI. — Laken Litman (@LakenLitman) November 2, 2017 In plain English, they’re hats promoting Notre Dame running back Josh Adams. … Continue reading
Filed under It's Just Bidness, The NCAA
Everything is for sale.
If they can sell the naming rights to L.A. Memorial Coliseum, it’s hard to think of something they can’t sell. Give it ten years, and I expect the old line “it’s what’s on the front of the jersey that counts” … Continue reading
Filed under It's Just Bidness
Speaking only for themselves
In a unique twist on the old saw about it’s what’s on the front of the jersey that matters, not the back, LSU advises its student-athletes of its support for them to publicly express their opinions regarding the Alton Sterling … Continue reading
Filed under Political Wankery, SEC Football
“They [Nike] can flip the game.”
This really does have a “what took you so long?” flavor to it. Nike is well into launching a national seven-on-seven league, CBS Sports has learned, that has the potential to further change the face of recruiting, NCAA enforcement and … Continue reading
Filed under It's Just Bidness
The slow death of romance
I’ve hesitated about penning a response (okay, not penning, exactly, but you know what I mean) to this Darrell Huckaby piece because I know it’s a well-intentioned cri de coeur. But I have to admit the first thought that crossed … Continue reading
Filed under College Football, It's Just Bidness
Bill Snyder wakes up, discovers filthy lucre is a problem.
This whole article may be the biggest “duh” of 2014. Note that he doesn’t propose a solution, either. He needs to embrace the… whatever it is that his conference commissioner is embracing here: “The rules and the changes that might … Continue reading
Filed under Big 12 Football, It's Just Bidness
The House that Johnny Built
This isn’t going to happen, but… ah, hell, it’s just nuts (h/t SBNation). A&M regent Jim Schwertner said he's dead serious about wanting Kyle named: Kyle Field: The House that Johnny Built. — Brent Zwerneman (@BrentZwerneman) May 12, 2014 Does … Continue reading
Filed under Johnny Football Mania
Brand equity
Several of you have made the argument that any value built up in a college player’s likeness comes strictly as a result of the name on the front of the jersey – the school – rather than the name on … Continue reading
Filed under It's Just Bidness
Spring practice: twenty minutes beats nothing
A cool thing happened yesterday. Georgia — okay, Kirby Smart — allowed the beat writers covering the team to observe twenty minutes of practice. You may not think that’s much of a big deal, or who needs the media, but … Continue reading
Filed under Georgia Football
Today, in GATA
David Hale tells the story behind that iconic photograph. IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO know who authored the first inept head-butt in coaching history, but it’s safe to say it was former Georgia defensive coordinator Erk Russell, who set the standard by … Continue reading
Filed under Georgia Football
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