Under Further Review No. 1: Adam Hermann

Welcome to the new and improved "Under Further Review" column! From here on out, we are going to get a little more hands-on with the sports media industry and explore what makes the industry so darn great with the people that make it all happen.

The Sports Biz Report - Episode 2.3 - Schooled Film Premiere

The Closer: Recap of "Schooled: The Price of College Sports"

As a Drexel student, it is hard to imagine Beaver Stadium on a Saturday, or the Carrier Dome when Notre Dame comes to play Syacuse. Yesterday, myself, along with anyone else that attends or works at a modest university with moderate athletic facilities, were reminded how "the other half" lives; boy were our eyes opened.

The Closer: Preview of Schooled: The Price of College Sports

 

Tonight, Tuesday, October 8th, 2013, a specialty, one-of-a-kind documentary is premiering in New York City. Schooled: The Price of College Sports, an EPIX Original Documentary, is a "comprehensive look at the business, history and culture of big-time college football and basketball in America."

The Closer: Rutgers Makes Questionable Hire in Replacing Rice

In last week's "Sports Biz Report" (found here), I mentioned why Rutgers found itself in the news yet again. Eddie Jordan, the new head basketball coach for the Big 10 bound Scarlett Knights, does not have a college degree. Yes, it is not unprecedented for a D-I coach to not have a college degree, but why shouldn't he?

The Sports Complex: The Insane Trends in March Madness

Amongst the madness of March each year (as fellow contributor Kevin Murray discussed yesterday), it’s easy for the big business of the Big Dance to go unnoticed. High-level sponsors and multibillion dollar broadcast deals make the Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament one of the biggest draws in sport. Here are some trends that affect the future of the Big Dance:

The Closer: The Tournament Effect...

The "madness" has struck, and man, has it been wild.

Everyone knows how much money is earned by the conferences that compete in the NCAA tournament, but what is rarely spoken about is the other things it can bring to the schools and conferences that succeed.

The Closer: Is Mark Emmert's job on the chopping blocks?

With the avalanche aimed at the NCAA's Indianapolis headquarters building more and more every day, the question of whether NCAA President Mark Emmert needs to worry about his job security is on the tip of many experts tongues. The 60-year old Emmert, has been the President of the NCAA since November 1, 2010, after serving as the President of the University of Washington since 2004. Previous to this position with at Washington, he had over 20 years of experience in Higher Education, at schools such as Louisiana State University, University of Connecticut, and University of Colorado.

"WE ARE...UNRAVELING": Penn State scandal as seen by the Paterno Family, Phil Knight, and Kevin Murray

This past week, the family of Joe Paterno released a 238-page report, defending Paterno and refuting the Freeh Report. Within the report, high profile experts, such as Dick Thornburgh, former Attorney General of the United States and Governor of Pennsylvania, and Jim Clemente, former FBI profiler, prosecutor, and child sex crimes expert, analyzed the full Freeh Report and the treatment of Joe Paterno by his University and Penn State by the NCAA. This report, a long with a lot of commentary from experts across the country, claims that the Freeh Report was not only bias, but "incomplete and full of inaccuracies."

The Closer: What is happening to the NCAA?!?

"The news presented by NCAA president Mark Emmert sounded like parody. The people charged with investigating a recruiting scandal at the University of Miami were themselves being investigated for allegedly paying an attorney representing the suspected Ponzi schemer accused of paying Miami players. The investigators are suspected of paying the lawyer to ask questions during a deposition that they wanted answered."

University Administrators: Athletics or Academics?

It is no secret that college sports is a billion dollar industry. Also, there is no question that many, if not most, colleges revolve and rely on their athletics more than they should. A recent study by the Delta Cost Project (Delta) shows that this reliance may be stronger and more relevant then previously thought.

The Closer: My 3 days at the NCAA Convention

 

I spent this past summer doing scholarly research and writing under the supervision and in coordination with Dr. Ellen Staurowsky. Through that research and writing, I was able to help Dr. S compose two separate scholarly journal articles as a co-author and research assistant. Our first composition, titled "Exploring Multiple Inequalities in College Sport: Revisiting So-Called Title IX Program Cuts at James Madison University Five Years After", was accepted for publication by the Journal of Intercollegiate Sport. This same paper was accepted for presentation at the NCAA Scholarly Colloquium, held at the NCAA Convention in Grapevine, Texas; so off I was.