The rise in gasoline prices doesn’t seem so outrageous, considering the rate of inflation for buying an Ohio State quarterback. Just seven years ago, a booster handed Troy Smith an envelope with $500 inside and said, “Now I own him.” But what once bought a future Heisman Trophy winner apparently wouldn’t rent Terrelle Pryor — who never made all-conference once — for even a week.
foxsports.com
6/9/11
WASHINGTON — At the cost of a $1 million fine, the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl will keep its place in the Bowl Championship Series.
The BCS presidential oversight committee imposed the penalty Wednesday in the wake of a scandal at the Arizona-based game that included apparently illegal campaign contributions from staff and lavish spending by the former CEO on parties and a night at a strip club.
Read more of “Fiesta Bowl fined $1M, stays in BCS” on ESPN.com
5-12-11
The announcement hit today that the Fiesta Bowl will not be kicked out of the BCS. In addition, it will have to make some changes like having an annual independent audit and appointing two college administrators to its board. In other words, it pays no real penalty here.
After all, enterprises as large as the Fiesta Bowl should be having independent audits done annually. The fact that it wasn’t having independent audits done just means that it was being egregious in the past and is now going to be brought under reasonable oversight measures. It probablyshould have some kind of college administrator or two on its board given that the bowl largely exists to stage a football game between to college teams.
Read more of “Fiesta Bowl Can Stay In BCS Without Penalty” on TeamSpeedKills.com
5-12-11
Football’s Absolute Power Corrupts Colleges Absolutely
When Stanley McClover went college shopping, he was handed money by several big-time football factories. And Ohio State, he contended, introduced him to female escorts with the rather explicit suggestion that they were available. McClover recently told HBO’s “Real Sports,” however, that Auburn went a bit further in demonstrating its enthusiasm for him. It provided a knapsack stuffed with cash.
nytimes.com
4/30/11
