Athletics -vs- Academics Round 1
Recently my friend and student affairs colleague Jeff Lail started a blog series about The College Sports Cash Cow. Jeff is a big sports fan, so his posts are not coming from a higher-education elitist...
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Northeastern to Discontinue Football Program
Northeastern Huskies Northeastern announced today it will discontinue their football program. In a letter from Athletic Director Peter Roby to the Northwestern community, Roby outlines the decision...
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Hofstra to End Intercollegiate Football Program
Hofstra Pride Last week I reported Northeastern‘s decision to discontinue their football program, and yesterday fellow Colonial Athletic Association school Hofstra University announces it’s decision...
View ArticleWill Athletic Funding Slowdown? (UPDATE)
On the podcast yesterday we were giving our higher ed predictions for 2010. My prediction was around college athletics; predicting we will see a bigger push to slow athletic spending especially around...
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Collegeville
Finally a facebook game for Student Affairs professionals. ESPN released a new facebook application called College Town. I gives you the ability to build and build and run your own college campus, and...
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What are the Irish Really Fighting For?
Thank you to Jeff Lail for contributing to this post. Fellow BreakDrinker @jefflail posted this tweet on Tuesday morning: Another tweet posted by Jeff linked to this article, which alleges that Notre...
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EduSports Podcast #1
The newest Breakdrink podcast will be on the air tomorrow. The podcast will be centered around discussing college athletics, with the first show being about the hot topic of paying athletes....
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EDUsports – July 28 – Everyone’s Breaking Bad
EDUsports focuses on stories news and issues related to sports on college campuses. We had a show on July 28th. We talked about Longhorns Network broadcasting HS games. We think this is lunacy....
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