Soapbox

A place to rant and rave. Sometimes humorous, sometimes not. We've saved a few of our older entries that we felt still had some value, and we apologize in advance for any link rot that has occurred.

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A Rose By Any Other Name

A Rose By Any Other Name

"Sherman, fire up the WABAC machine!"

Back in the 1990s, a time of cost containment, the NCAA Division I membership adopted a series of proposals over a multi-year period designed to limit coaches salaries (uh-oh) and stop the "proliferation of personnel". More...

Jan 9, 2008 9:57 AM

Homeless?

Roommate Wanted. Flexible 43-year old N/S seeks new home after 12 years in Birmingham. Being evicted August 1, but won't make trouble because I don't like lawyers. Will relocate.  More...

Jan 8, 2007 4:48 PM

Epilogue

If the Almighty Ran the NCAA

(Read the first two acts)

Epilogue

It is several years later.

God is seated at a large wooden desk. He looks at a huge celestial map affixed magically to a billowy, white cloud. He scratches his head, then opens an enormous cabinet and takes out a huge multi-color object with 34 sides. With two hands, he rolls it slowly across the floor until it stops, teal-side up.  More...

Dec 7, 2006 6:15 PM

Feel Good

Welcome to our first multi-media soapbox.

In early April 2001, the Pac-10 compliance gurus got together and talked about a lot of topics, including deregulation. 

(Be patient; it's a 27.1 MB movie, but it's worth every second to download.)

You'll need QuickTime.

May 20, 2001 2:21 PM

It Can Be Done

Along with a few of my cohorts in the Division I CCA Compliance Administrators group, I attended a meeting-of-the-minds at the NCAA the other day in Indianapolis to discuss one of my favorite controversies: deregulation.

Sep 23, 1999 5:04 PM

Einstein Was Right

Einstein Was Right

"Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts."

  --Albert Einstein

I made a quick run through the NCAA Manual the other day. I probably missed a few, but here are a few of the things we count, in no particular order.

Dec 7, 2006 6:16 PM

Brush Up Your Latin

In October, the Management Council approved changes amending the Committee on Infractions' procedures for handling selected routine secondary violations. As of January 1, this selection of violations will generally be handled at the conference level with predetermined penalties--"PP" for short. These changes will eventually show up in Bylaw 32.2.

If you're like me, you try to keep your NCAA Manual up to date with all the newly adopted legislation, no easy feat in these dynamic times. Sometimes it's easy. Sometimes it's hard.

Nov 24, 1997 5:40 PM

Shut the Water Off

Restructuring of the NCAA in 1997 was designed to allow each division to more easily conduct its business and follow its own path. And when it comes to legislative proposals, there has been a path less traveled by, and indeed that has made all the difference.

Oct 2, 1997 2:22 PM

If the Almighty Ran the NCAA

A play in two acts

By Mike Matthews

The time: Present day, Sunday afternoon, about dusk.

The place: An ornate, airy chamber in the clouds, somewhere above Iowa.

Oct 2, 1997 6:03 PM
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