Last Blog for Budget & Finance of Sports

First and foremost, I really enjoyed the class; primarily because of the size of the class and the style in which it was taught. We all enjoyed the open discussions and have told several other students how much we liked the class. I have a feeling that the class will be some what larger next semester.As for [...]

Michigan Victm of (B)ull (C)rap (S)ystem

Ohio Sate is the undisputed number one college football team in the country; congratulations BCS, you got one right. Michigan, on the other hand, got royaly screwed. How do you loose your only game of the year by 3, to the number one team in the country on their field and end up number three? [...]

Coach Schembechler

I love schools with rich tradition and greatly respect the Coaches that helped create it. Coach Schembechler was one of those Coaches and with his untimely passing this past Friday (dieing of a heat attack the day before arguably the biggest game in Michigan’s history), I wanted to learn more about Coach Schembechler and his [...]

BCS Solution

Why does NCAA have so much trouble reaching a reasonable solution to crown a national champion in football? The answer to all this madness is obvious; continue to use the formula for ranking the top four BCS teams and when the season ends, have 1 play 4 and 2 play 3. These games could be played on [...]

80 and Thriving

A nice morning walk, driving to the store, a challenging game of shuffleboard: these are just a few activities you would find the average 70 year old participating in. Then there are the super seniors, people like Joe Paterno who is not only still coaching at the age of 80, but running out of the [...]

Money for nothing

There is no doubt that coaching basketball in the NCAA is a very demanding job and the road to the top is paved with enormous sacrifices. However, once you reach the upper echelon of coaches, you are golden. You may be fired after losing seasons, getting drunk in public, driving under the influence, abusing players [...]

No Respect

Name all the division I schools in the metro Atlanta area (3). Now name any of the schools that have won a national championship in basketball (1). Can we not get the AJC to even mention us in the pre season report? I am not going to knock Georgia State, UGA (an hour out of [...]

Referee – A license to cheat?

What happens to a referee if he cheats? Seriously, in any sport; what are the repercussions for a ref caught cheating? Maybe a better question is how hard is it to prove that a ref cheated? When was the last time anyone heard of a ref being involved in an obviously bad call that resulted [...]

Can we get a T.O. from T.O.?

I think most people would quickly reply that they would like to see and hear less of Terrell Owens, however, deep down they don’t really mean it. He is the whole circus act; he is the tight rope act, the juggler, the lion tamer and the human cannonball rolled into one. It’s like watching a [...]

Ryder Cup underdogs to be led by a roaring Tiger

When Tiger Woods stands on the tee of the first hole at the Ryder Cup tomorrow morning, he will be leading the charge of some pissed off Americans. As most everyone has heard by now, an irish magazine published some naked photos of a lady they claimed is Tiger Woods wife, Elin Nordegren. They then wrote, [...]