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Jake Locker made the right decision
I may be the only agent in the country who supports Jake Locker’s decision to stay at the University of Washington another season, rather than enter the NFL Draft. Even though some experts are saying...
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USC athletic director Mike Garrett needs to retire
I grew up in Kansas City and watched Heisman Trophy winner Mike Garrett successfully lead the Chiefs through some wonderful seasons. But as a former university athletic director myself, I’ve watched...
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Conference Expansion Will Be A Big Boost To Online Education
Recently I wrote a blog post about How the NCAA needs to get in line with online education (see NCAA Needs To Get In Line For Online If They Want To Improve Graduation Rates of Student Athletes). Since...
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Future Athletic Directors Will Come From Diverse Backgrounds
For decades, most Athletic Directors came from coaching backgrounds. The fraternity of college athletics was a closed shop where who you knew was more important than what you know. The challenges of...
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NCAA Has the Power to Clean Up Agent Scandal by Investigating Before the Season
Nick Saban sure knows how to grab a headline. Commenting last week on the proliferation of rouge agents that are willing to get coaches and athletic programs in hot water with the NCAA by funneling...
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NEVER MISS; NEVER FAIL
The New NCAA Head Coach Academic Progress Rate (APR) Portfolio where graduation rates of student athletes will be tracked to the head coach is a long overdue idea. The database (see it here) allows...
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Why the NFLPA Should Not Allow Player Agents to Represent Coaches
When word broke recently that unscrupulous agents were using “marketers” to funnel money or conduct other activities with collegiate athletes that are bound for the pros in violation of the NCAA rules,...
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Athletes Deserve a Second Chance If Agent Can Make A Difference
Most have forgotten about Adrian McPherson. The former 19-year-old freshman starting quarterback at Florida State University was released from the school in 2002 after being arrested on misdemeanor and...
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Students as Stakeholder Should Demand a BCS Playoff System!
Each year, there’s a clamor for it. The logic (unfounded as it may be) is that a playoff system in Division 1 NCAA football would kill off the Bowls and Conference Championships that are a cash cow for...
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Before Colleges Cut Sports, They First Need To Fire Poor-Performing...
You don’t have to be a business to feel the crunch of the chilly economy. For that matter, you don’t have to see it in the cuts to services, be it jails, police, or fire staffing. As the world goes, so...
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