Get it while you can. On Thursday, both EA Sports and the Collegiate Licensing Company announced settlements in cases involving more than a hundred thousand current and former student-athletes whose names and likenesses have been used without permission or compensation. While not all of the terms, nor the consequences thereof, of such settlements are yet […]
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SEC Concerned about Declining Student Attendance
I originally saw this tweeted by Stewart Mandel (@slmandel). To the chagrin of local radio personalities, State — vs. Louisiana Tech on Labor Day Saturday, at noon, with a heat index in mid-90s — isn’t the only program with attendance concerns. Interesting read about the SEC’s concern in the recent trend showing declining student attendance […]
Dan Wetzel on “Amateurism” in the NCAA
Yahoo! Sports, with Wetzel, Robinson and now Forde, has excelled against its competition covering college sports over the past few years, particularly in its coverage and commentary of the numerous scandals and instances of increasing NCAA irrelevance (while using actual documentation as evidence rather than “unnamed sources”). Rather than focus its entire platform on pointless […]
Remembering Frank Weedon
NC State lost a legendary figure this week. On Monday, Frank Weedon passed away at age 82. Weedon was the SID and assistant athletic director for around 36 years before retiring, although he continued to come to work for an additional 15 years. He lived for NC State. The sheer amount of NC State Hall […]
20th Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic
This Sunday, August 25th the 20th Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic will be held at North Ridge Country Club here in Raleigh. You can find the list of celebrities participating in the golf tournament or the other related events here, which includes Charles Barkley, Alonzo Mourning, Emmitt Smith, Jim McMahon, Roger Clemens and former Atlanta […]
Terrell Manning ready to make an impact
Terrell Manning, linebacker for the Green Bay Packers, is ready for the new season to begin. He wants to prove not only that he is a quality NFL player, but that he is the best linebacker in the 2012 draft. This confidence shows up when he discuses the upcoming season: Moments after he was selected […]
Pack9 will have to avoid Omaha’s paranormal activity tonight
As the Wolfpack’s 8pm match up with UCLA slowly approaches I continue to grow more nervous. So, the following evidence of a paranormal force field of ghosts tripping UNC players at the College World Series was a nice distraction for me this afternoon! Hat tip to our sister blog in the USA Today digital properties […]
We talked some NC Football and linebacker play in this entry yesterday. Another new and fun unique component of 2013’s spring practice was the openness and accessibility to the program and the coaches that existed. The tone for a very different NC State Football program has been set. With that said, you can watch and […]
Entitlement problem with high school basketball players
This is a great article from Dave Telep. I have a feeling Gott is facing some of these issues. When you recruit the McD AAs you have to be very good at managing egos. A few points Telep made. I asked the staffers at Elite 24 who’d been part of the game for the past […]
Elite Eight Sunday
Syracuse and Wichita State have already punched their tickets for Atlanta. Michigan and Florida going at it as I type. So far the Wolverines are taking the Gators’ lunch money and kicking them in the nads for good measure….41-17 at the under 4 timeout of the first half. Duke and Louisville go at it a […]
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