When historians look back on college football today they’ll likely dub it the “Age of Impermissible Benefits”. It seems like every day there’s a new…
Are African Americans Underrepresented in College Baseball?
If you’ve read this site for a while, you may have seen my post about a young man named Mendez Elder who plays in the inner-city…
Does American Needle Apply to Collegiate Licensing?
Last year one of the biggest legal decisions in sports was made in American Needle, Inc. v. National Football League. (You can read about the…
Naming Rights on College Stadiums and Arenas
For awhile now I’ve been compiling data on universities that sell the naming rights to their facilities. Today, Rutgers announced a new deal worth $6.5…
What’s Unique about Louisville’s Athletic Budget?
Those who have read my work or followed me on Twitter for any appreciable amount of time know that I’m a huge fan of the…
Which Football and Basketball Programs Produce the Largest Profits?
UPDATE: Top 100 programs for ’10-’11 available here: 1-50, 51-100 (updated 12/29/11) I’ve told you before that Louisville basketball is the 21st most profitable program…
Self-Sustaining Athletic Departments: More Than What Meets the Eye
Yesterday the list of self-sustaining athletic departments came out. The good news is the number grew to eight more schools than last year. The bad…
Sun Belt Conference Finances
After writing about the football finances of the SEC, Big Ten, ACC, Pac-10, Big 12, Big East, Conference USA , Mid-American and Mountain West conferences, it’s time to…
The Malzahn Effect
If you haven’t already discovered Coaches By the Numbers, it’s time. No other website has such an enormous amount of data on college coaches. They…
Are College Coaches Overpaid?
Although presented as a yes or no question, I don’t think there’s an actual yes or no answer to whether college coaches are overpaid. I…