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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 [...]
Continue reading...Financing College Athletics – Part 4
30. August 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...Carolina’s Own BobLee: “Did Carolina Marry a Stripper?”
28. August 2010
In an absolutely fantastic analogy and put in a way that only BobLee can, his August 19 column hits the nail square on the head. I love this so much because it’s not coming from an excitable State fan or a joyous Duke fan, it’s coming from the tried and true and the bluest of [...]
Continue reading...D1SCOURSE: ACC AD’s Compensation
25. August 2010
If you didn’t see VaWolf’s fantastic series on “Financing College Athletics” then you should click here to easily access the articles. Fantastic work that will interest a lot of people. Along those lines, of the best ACC Bloggers we know, D1SCOURSE, posted a great entry analyzing Debbie Yow’s compensation package at Maryland vs NC State [...]
Continue reading...Wolfpackers in the NFL
24. August 2010
As we head into football season, it is time for a little peek into former NC State players currently competing in the NFL. This link does a great job of providing a list with some quick updates on each player. (Please note that Toney Baker was cut last night by the Denver Broncos.) Andre Brown [...]
Continue reading...‘Yow Howl’ hits the net
20. August 2010
Debbie Yow continues to impress both in the public eye and also behind the scenes (as the feedback that we continue to receive from people who have had recent interactions with our Athletics Department are nothing short of glowing.) Today, the Technician has got something that is going big out on Twitter and we wanted [...]
Continue reading...Closer Look at the Directors’ Cup
17. August 2010
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) [...]
Continue reading...Debbie Yow’s message already resonating with Wolfpackers
17. August 2010
This entry was originally posted on Friday afternoon (August 13th). We wanted to send it back to the top since the blog typically has slower traffic on Friday afternoons in the summer — This key thread was opened on the message forums earlier in the week, but we wanted to bring this to the main [...]
Continue reading...Torry goes down right when AB is bouncing back
15. August 2010
We’ve got some sad news about one of NC State’s most popular athletes of all-time – after signing with the New England Patriots, Torry Holt has been placed on season ending injury reserve due to a knee injury. Link to ESPN. Sadly, the injury could also mean the end of Torry’s NFL career. Veteran wide [...]
Continue reading...Tailgating Unlimited, Part 1
11. August 2010
It may not seem like it right now, while we drown in the North Carolina Heat Index and wish that merciless August sun deeper into the southern hemisphere where it belongs, but college football season is once again upon us. And with it the triumphant return of tailgating. The following is the first part of [...]
Continue reading...Tank Tyler Fits into Panthers Defense
3. August 2010
NC State fans have (rightfully) complained for years that we haven’t had the pleasure of having enough Wolfpack influence in and around the NFL ‘hometeam’ Carolina Panthers. Hopefully this feeling changes some this season as Fayetteville native and NC State alum Tank Tyler was traded to Panthers from Kansas City midway through last season. The [...]
Continue reading...Pano Fasoulas In The News
31. July 2010
Since Athens agreed to budget cuts approaching 11% of GDP, local governments have seen a sharp decline in funding. Yesterday, the cut-off caused the city of Piraeus to announce a stop payment on $275 million of debt. Mayor Panagiotis Fasoulas demanded immediate payment of three years of owed funding or his city would abandon its [...]
Continue reading...Financing College Sports – Part 3
29. July 2010
SFN: This entry is too good to get lost in the middle of a lot of the news that we’ve had breaking in recent days, so we are moving it back to the front of the blog to make sure that the community sees it. If your attitude going into this latest entry on financing [...]
Continue reading...RIP Two Wolfpack Greats – Dennis Byrd & Kaye Cowher
24. July 2010
It just a very sad news day in Wolfpackland. We extend our deepest condolences to the families of Dennis Byrd and Kaye Cowher. God bless you call. Dennis Byrd North Carolina State football legend Dennis Byrd, who was recently selected to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in December, has died at [...]
Continue reading...Debbie Yow brings ‘Wolfpack Unlimited’ in her first day
20. July 2010
What a difference one person can make. As we discussed in this thread that you should take the time to read, all of a sudden many of the points that SFN and others were making while Lee Fowler was employed are finally acceptable to be made by many in the media. Amongst the points – [...]
Continue reading...Financing College Sports – Part Two
19. July 2010
Written by VAWolf, posted by SFN: In the first installment of this series, we set the framework of how to look at financial reporting in college athletics with the following statement: Information is only as accurate and complete as what the individual schools choose to report. There is NO consistent set of standards or normalizing [...]
Continue reading...Dr. Jerry Punch on NC State’s future
17. July 2010
It’s not often that a guy comes along that can really do it ALL in the world of sports journalism…but, imagine layering the responsibility of being an established ER medical doctor to the mix!!! Enter Dr. Jerry Punch. An NC State grad, Dr. Punch now primarily works in the sport of NASCAR. He says it [...]
Continue reading...SFN defends Wolfpack Fans & talks history with Zarzour
14. July 2010
We wanted to make everyone aware that Jeff will make an appearance on “The Sports Drive” with Taylor Zarzour on 620AM Thursday morning (July 15th) at 10:00am. Click here to listen live. The appearance will be SFN & Jeff’s third of the last three months on Zarzour’s program. The first appearance from May can be [...]
Continue reading...The Lee Fowler Era: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly – Part 3 (The Ugly)
13. July 2010
Now that June 30, 2010 has come and gone, North Carolina State has officially parted ways with its athletic director of the past 10 years, Lee Fowler. The past 10 years have been wrought with many more downs than ups, but we want to take some time to look back at the entire Lee Fowler [...]
Continue reading...A Look Back on Spud Webb’s Legacy
13. July 2010
Today’s younger generation of basketball fan is familiar with Boston Celtics guard Nate Robinson. Standing at only 5’9 in a league where players tower far above 6 and 7 feet in height, we almost can’t help but root for the “little guy.” (Except for when Nate was playing at the University of Washington during a [...]
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31. August 2010
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