Although the conference allegedly was not caught off guard this past week, I was not expecting the latest announcement regarding University of Notre Dame’s departure from the conference.  I had believed that the dust had settled from the announcements, departures, additions, and settlements of earlier this year.  At first the Notre Dame announcement caught me [...]

There is a great debate unfolding out there in cyberspace, on the twitter and Facebook feeds and every sports website and blog imaginable.  Now I make my case: Georgetown should be Nerlens choice.  Nerlens has stated that he wants to attend a college that feels like “home”.  ”Home” is Georgetown’s middle name (if its last [...]

This week has been interesting to say the least.  Or is that the Big Least?  On the heels of Dave Gavitt’s passing, the stars–or conferences–realign.  I have more questions than answers at this point.  Pitt and Syracuse bolt for bucks to the ACC.  Jim Boeheim doesn’t like it.  I thought the craziness would be limited [...]

In connection with my graduate course at Georgetown University in Sports Industry Management this summer, a classmate and I were assigned to take a position on this topic and wrote the following paper then debate the issue in class.  I publish this paper with the permission of my co-author and classmate, Jack Davis. I.               Introduction [...]