The headline rule change proposed by the NCAA’s Football Rules Committee was stronger penalties for players who target defenseless opponents, with all such hits earning a 15-yard penalty and an automatic ejection. But a couple of the others have garnered attention despite being seemingly minor changes. One change would affect end of game situations: To […]
Baseball occupies a funny place in college athletics right now. On the one hand, it probably has never been a better time for college baseball. The sport has a grand new home in Omaha for its championship series. Schools are investing money in the sport and taking it far more seriously than previously. The NCAA […]
Now that the Big Ten has throw its hat into the ring as opposed to a number of the deregulation proposals, it seems worth it to start watching the override requests. Given the legislative process used by the Board of Directors, skipping the Legislative Council, this is really the only opportunity for schools to voice […]
The Big Ten released this statement about three of the rule changes adopted by the NCAA at the recent convention as part of the Rules Working Group’s deregulation package. The Big Ten asks that RWG Proposals 11-2 (expanding who can recruit), 13-3 (unlimited contact), and 13-5-A (unregulated recruiting materials) be tabled, along with the currently […]
Ole Miss stayed in the recruiting news after its signing day performance when a junior recruit posted a picture of the 54 handwritten letters the Rebels sent him. This is not the first time Ole Miss has tried recruiting via letter. Last summer, Hugh Freeze and company sent 32 handwritten letters to a Penn State […]
Myles Crosby, a safety out of Texas, signed with Southern Methodist today. Like a lot of college football players, he will be giving up a lot to devote himself to football. But Crosby will be giving up more than most: Crosby is a pretty well known male model. On Models.com’s rankings he’s ranked 11th among […]
Jon Solomon has an excellent breakdown of junior college recruiting in advance of Signing Day, including this bit from ESPN’s Tom Luginbill about the upcoming increased junior college standards: “Junior college football is in big trouble if they move forward with this and coaches are livid over this,” ESPN recruiting analyst Tom Luginbill said. “They’re […]
Dennis Dodd’s piece about the concentration of power quotes a number of people about the imminent fall, including this gem: “I’d get rid of the NCAA,” said powerful attorney Alan Milstein, who once represented Maurice Clarett at the height of his scandal involving Ohio State. “I believe the NCAA is an anti-trust conspiracy. I think […]
The NCAA’s $75 million Student Assistance Fund is one of the shining examples of the NCAA, almost unimpeachable. It is the easiest thing to point to if you want to argue that the NCAA will do college athletics better than anyone else. Compare it to the BCS and whatever will follow, which earmarks exactly $0 […]
Signing Day is a week away, so we are likely to get the annual flood of articles and blog posts arguing about the spectacle. Some will say Signing Day and the attention lavished on recruits who have done nothing in college is another moral failing of modern American society. Others will counter that it is […]