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2010 ACC Age, Experience, & Talent (AET) Index

The AET Index is a quantifiable look at the each ACC team in 5 different categories: Class Size (Percentage of team that are Jr/Sr) Returning Starters (Percentage of starters that are returning from previous year(s)) Returning Lettermen (Percentage of players who have received a Letter) Depth Chart (Percent of 2-deep players who are Jr/Sr) Talent […]

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Financing College Athletics – Part 5

CONTINUING WITH A LOOK AT NC STATE FINANCES Part 4 focused on a number of good things concerning financing athletics at NC State: – $180M of facility improvements since 1999 – Outstanding attendance for both football and basketball, even though the product on the field/court leaves a lot to be desired. But one area where […]

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Financing College Athletics – Part 4

RECAP OF PREVIOUS ENTRIES – The US Dept of Education collects information on financing college athletics from colleges/universities and makes this information publically available at Equity in Athletics (EIA). Most articles you see on this subject take their information straight from this website with an unstated assumption that this information is uniformly prepared and provides […]

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Closer Look at the Directors’ Cup

The Directors’ Cup is defined on their website as “A program that honors institutions maintaining a broad-based program, achieving success in many sports, both men’s and women’s. Began in 1993-94 for Division I by NACDA and USA Today, it was expanded in 1995-96 to include Division II, III and the NAIA.” All-Time (1994 to 2010) […]

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Financing College Sports – Part One (Major update & additions 10:30am)

This piece is the first in a series of related entries that I am doing to discuss the funding behind big-time college athletics. At a minimum, I intend to break down the articles along these lines: (1) Introduction and Organizational Analysis (this entry): (2) A Closer Look at the Numbers (3) Athletic Dept finances across […]

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