highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association
George Leef”s latest Martin Center column focuses on the role of sports in higher education. College sports are a gigantic entertainment business that have nothing to do with the missions…
Jenna Robinson of the Martin Center devotes her latest column to university spending on athletics. As March Madness hits and the public’s attention is on college basketball’s NCAA Tournament, few…
Ann Marie Adams writes for the Martin Center about student subsidies of college sports in Kentucky. The specific problem is that successful revenue-producing sports programs are categorized differently from non-successful…
Shannon Watkins of the Martin Center investigates the claim that racism plays a role in lower college graduation rates for black male athletes. [T]here is one sector in which academic…
Jenna Robinson’s latest Martin Center column examines the academic impact of student athletes’ travel and practice schedules. Over Thanksgiving break, when most students headed home for the holiday to catch…
A week after shining a national spotlight on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s high-profile scandal involving athletes and shoddy academics, Paul Barrett of Bloomberg Businessweek revisits the…
The Carolina Panthers go either 6-10 or 10-6 this season. This year’s team could be either good or bad. The combination of a new offensive coordinator and a suspect offensive…
ACC commissioner John Swofford tells USA Today he sees “significant changes” coming to the NCAA: Among the changes up for discussion would be the formation of a so-called “super division”…
The College Basketball Invitational is one of two competing tournaments for schools not good enough to make either the NCAA or NITs. This year Davidson is one of 16 schools…
George: DuBois missed the #1 best reason for having a Division I football team–the Charlotte economy will be stimulated by increased demand for fast cars, jewelry, and tutorial services.
I found it fascinating that on the same day that UNCC Board of Trustees Chair and long-time QC iron lady Ruth Shaw tried one more time to explain UNCC’s football…
One blogger wonders how Barack Obama has the time to do an NCAA Tournament bracket for ESPN while the economy is collapsing around him. Good question: I think it’s the…