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News & Views

Here are a variety of interesting news, articles, and commentaries on intercollegiate sports.

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ACADEMICS

• Univ. Michigan faculty assembly calls for athletic reforms (Michigan Daily, 23 Oct 07)

• Univ. Michigan faculty senate slams stadium plans (Michigan Daily, 23 Oct 07)

• Athletic fundraising negatively affects academic donations (Brad Wolverton, Chronicle of Higher Education, 25 Sept 07)

• Junior college sports: A study in oversight (Ryan Gabrielson, East Valley Tribune, Scottsdale AZ, 11 Jun 07)

• Are Maricopa colleges giving athletics legitimate passing grades or is this a sham? (Ryan Gabrielson, East Valley Tribune,    Scottsdale AZ, 10 Jun 07)

• The Wal-Mart of college sports (Selena Roberts, New York Times, 3 Jun 07)

• Stanford teams finding it's hard to win if athletes can't get in (Tom FitzGerald, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Jun 07)

• Punting our Future: College athletics and admissions (Barbara Fried, Change Magazine, May/June 07)

• NCAA's evolving academic picture (Elia Powers, Insidehighered.com 3 May 07)

• College basketball experts divided over NBA age minimum (Brad Wolverton, Chronicle of Higher Education, 13 Apr 07)

• The road to success is paved by cheating (Selena Roberts, New York Times, 8 Apr 07)

• Sports shouldn't be first at West Virginia University (Charleston Daily Mail editorial, 3 Apr 07)

• Georgetown player's ignominious mark (Pete Thamel, New York Times, 30 Mar 07)

• High school player to colleges: Don't call me. I'll call you (Lee Jenkins, New York Times, 21 Mar 07)

• The all-academic NCAA bracket (Doug Lederman, insidehighered.com, 13 Mar 07)

• Those pesky academic standards (Elia Powers, insidehighered.com, 15 Feb 07)

• Easing athletes' academic path (Doug Lederman, insidehighered.com, 25 Jan 07)

• Top grades without the classes (New York Times editorial, 20 Dec 06)

COMMENTARIES

• The athletics department of the future (Brad Wolverton, Chronicle of Higher Education, 20 July 07)

• Mr Kilkenny, what is the cost? (Nathan Tublitz, Eugene Register Guard, 17 Jul 07)

• New arena is all about business (James Earl, Eugene Register Guard, 15 Jul 07)

• College athletic budgets are bulging but their profits are slim to none (Andrew Zimbalist, Sports Business Journal, 18 Jun 07)

• Descent into March madness (Robert Lipsyte, The Nation, 20 Mar 07)

• Coaching players for life (George Will, Washington Post, 4 Feb 07)

• Ducking education: What exactly are the priorities at the University of Oregon? (Nathan Tublitz, James Earl & 90 co-signers, Eugene Register Guard, 14 Jan 07)

• NCAA panel disses the faculty (Tom Palaima, insidehighered.com, 27 Nov 06)

NCAA

• NCAA Presidential Task Force report (30 Oct 06)   Executive Summary     Full text

• Myles Brand's National Press Club speech (30 Oct 06)

• Myles Brand on faculty engagement in intercollegiate athletics (The Montana Professor, Oct 06)

• US House Ways and Means Committee letter to the NCAA (2 Oct 06)

• NCAA's response to the House Ways and Means Committee letter (13 Nov 06)       Full text       Appendix A: Tax law basis       Appendix B: Executive summary

• The Drake Group's comments on the NCAA's reply to the House Ways and Means Committee letter (9 Apr 07)

GENDER AND RACE

• Wheels of diversity turn slowly (Andre Williams, The Morning Call (PA), 6 May 07)

• A first-class response to a second-class put-down (Selena Roberts, NY Times, 11 Apr 07)

• The unpleasant reality for women in sports (William Rhoden, NY Times, 9 Apr 07)

COLLEGE SPORTS FINANCES AND THE "ARMS" RACE

• Skybox U. (Joe Nocera, New York Times, 28 Oct 07)

• Oregon debates role of big sports donors (Paul Fain, Chronicle of Higher Education, 26 Oct 07)

• When big bucks come for sports (Elia Powers, 17 Oct 07)

• The longhorn economy (Eric Dexheimer, Austin American Statesman, 30 Sept 07)

• Big payday for calling the plays at Texas (Eric Dexheimer, Austin American Statesman, 30 Sept 07)

• Texas athletics officials wary of sharing profits (Eric Dexheimer, Austin American Statesman, 30 Sept 07)

• Inspiring fans and players is a multimillion dollar endeavor (Eric Dexheimer, Austin American Statesman, 30 Sept 07)

• College athletic budgets are bulging but their profits are slim to none (Andrew Zimbalist, Sports Business Journal, 18 Jun 07)

• Most division I colleges have to subsidize sports, NCAA finds (Frank Fitzpatrick, Philadelphia Inquirer, 15 May 07)

• $ co$t champion$hip of a BC$ (Andy Staples, The Tampa Tribune, 3 May 07)

• Senator wants review of tax-breaks for college-issued bonds and sports (Paul Fain, Chronicle of Higher Education, 4 Apr 07)

• University of Oregon sells out in exchange for new arena (John Canzano, The Oregonian, 15 Feb 07) 

DRUG USE

• Why we look the other way (Chuck Klosterman, ESPN The Magazine, 15 Mar 07)