Fascinating work by Matthew Stanmyre of NJ.com on a feature about a high school freshman, Josh McKenzie, and his life training for sports.The lede is great:He is 15 years old, 5-foot-9 and 185 pounds of cartoonish muscles on top of muscles. He had six-pack abs when he was 6. Today, he bench-presses one-and-a-half times his... Continue Reading →
A Look at a Hypothetical Major in Sports, Part V: Summation
(For previous entries in the series click here.)On Wednesday, we came across a story in the Wall Street Journal by Ben Cohen about how Auburn University's College of Liberal Arts and the football program differed over the survival of a failing major in public administration. The major was ultimately saved by a new dean.One of the... Continue Reading →
A Look at a Hypothetical Major in Sports, Part IV: Junior Year and Beyond
(Previous Entries in the Series: Part One Part Two Part Three)Year three in the Sport Major sees a subtle shift in requirements. Less focus on general education courses, and more courses in the major. If a student-athlete were to go pro after this academic year (for example, in football or baseball), then obviously the journey... Continue Reading →
A Look at a Hypothetical Major in Sports, Part III: Sophomore Year
(For Previous Entries in Series: Part One Part Two)Sophomore year. A year that used to be overlooked in higher education circles until really the last decade. Plenty of research was done on the importance of the first year experience, and juniors and seniors received their fair share of analysis. But sophomore year was glossed over,... Continue Reading →
A Look at a Hypothetical Major in Sports Part II: Freshman Year — Not Quite “A Year of Readiness”
(For Part One of the series, click here.) While Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany would rather have first year students endure “ The Year of Readiness” and be automatically redshirted (and while I lean towards approval of that stance), let’s operate under the assumption that all first year students could be immediately eligible. The first... Continue Reading →
A Look at a Hypothetical Major in Sports Part II: Freshman Year — Not Quite "A Year of Readiness"
(For Part One of the series, click here.)While Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany would rather have first year students endure "The Year of Readiness" and be automatically redshirted (and while I lean towards approval of that stance), let's operate under the assumption that all first year students could be immediately eligible.The first year, and the... Continue Reading →
A Look at a Hypothetical Major in Sports, Part I: Introduction
The tagline for an NCAA public service announcement in the mid-2000s was "...going pro in something other than sports."And while it is true that the vast majority of student athletes will find career opportunities in fields such as medicine, education, and business, there are some who will go pro in sports and make a long... Continue Reading →
Brian Kelly Is Wrong. And He’s Right, Too
Caught an interesting quote from Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly in this story from ND Insider (h/t: SB Nation). In it, Kelly states that basically, all of his football players are probably at-risk students:I think we recognized that all of my football players are at-risk — all of them — really. Honestly, I don’t... Continue Reading →
Maybe Jim Delany is Right
Photo: Jerry Lai/USA TodayI am not a huge fan of the Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany. I've found him in the past to be excessively rigid, dogmatic and a hectoring sort of individual. This is not to say that he has not done good things, but I am not a fan of the man from... Continue Reading →
Throwback Thursday: May 10, 1996
She lives here in town. I’ve been here about nine years now; I am unsure as to how long she has been here. In fact, I haven’t seen her in nearly 20 years. We’re Facebook friends, for all that that’s worth, but outside of commenting on a picture or two or a happy birthday wall... Continue Reading →
Test For Echo 
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