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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 [...]
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...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...Financing College Sports – Part One (Major update & additions 10:30am)
13. July 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...ACC’s new TV deal coming within 10 days
14. May 2010
It was a busy Thursday evening for several NC State coaches as hundreds of fans packed a Wolfpack Club Caravan at the football practice facility. With the exit of Lee Fowler coming at the end of June and all of the excitement surrounding men’s basketball, the caravan was quite a big draw for local media. [...]
Continue reading...Big Ten expansion talk heats up…commissioner says no
11. May 2010
11:04 p.m. update WRAL: Big Ten quashes latest expansion rumors Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany e-mailed conference officials Tuesday to stamp out a rumor that four schools had already been offered a chance to join the league. Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith confirmed Tuesday that Delany had quashed a report that the Big Ten had offered expansion [...]
Continue reading...Credit where it’s due: The Triangle Business Journal
7. May 2010
I’ve subscribed to the TBJ for some time, and I find it to be amazingly informative as a small business owner in the Triangle. It’s a great way for me to keep my finger on the pulse of the business world around me. It seems recently, however, I’ve found it to also be THE authority [...]
Continue reading...We Told You The Truth, As You Can Now See
5. May 2010
I don’t hate saying this, but: we told you so. It’s a simple statement of fact to say so out loud. For over a year, this website and its authors have dutifully reported stories told to us concerning Lee Fowler’s increasingly tenuous hold on his job in confidence — that is, “off-the-record, no names, but [...]
Continue reading...Athletic Department Goals – Straight From The Horse’s Mouth
3. May 2010
Back in May of 2008 I posted an entry based on these two quotes from Lee Fowler: “My goals have always been to be in the top three in the conference. If you’re in the top three you always have a chance to win the championship. That’s an obvious goal as well. Minimum goals, we [...]
Continue reading...Every dog, or wolf, has its day
19. April 2010
Stepping outside the realm of normal blog topics, I wanted to share an interesting story from Saturday’s Spring Game. I got an email from one of SFN’s loyal readers following the game to let me know he had taken his “wolf” dog out to Carter-Finley to take in the festivities. I’ll let Aaron tell the [...]
Continue reading...Required Reading: Athletics Department Annual Report – Critique, Comparison, Conclusion
31. March 2010
A quick note — the majority of this entry was originally written around the later part of last summer (2009) after the athletics department released their annual report. For whatever reason the entry never got posted and then got lost in the shuffle during football and basketball season. So, please take that time frame into [...]
Continue reading...Please welcome Chancellor Woodson!
8. January 2010
The UNC Board of Governors made it public today that the new Chancellor at NC State will be former Purdue Provost and administrator Dr. William “Randy” Woodson. Please look here for a small statement from Chancellor Woodson from this morning’s BOG meeting. “I think the most important thing going forward is to get to know [...]
Continue reading...The State of State 2.0 – Men’s Basketball
10. November 2009
With the season officially getting underway this week, I thought I would share some historical stats on our men’s basketball program. Similar entires for football, women’s basketball and championships can be found here and here and here. Men’s Basketball I. Records ACC Record: 397-401 (.497) ACC Record Pre-Fowler: 331-323 (.506) ACC Record Under Fowler: 66-78 [...]
Continue reading...Technician falls under the evil mind control of SFN, but some still resist!!!
12. June 2009
Flashback: March 30th, 2006 from “Kennel Delivers Annual Communique To The Masses”: Dear Chancellor Oblinger, NC State is a Great University, and you are doing an excellent job building upon the strengths of previous Chancellors and taking us even further. Sincere thanks to you. [snip] Finally, I wish to state my personal support for whatever [...]
Continue reading...Gone but not forgotten (because they’re still ripping us off)
11. June 2009
One aspect of the ongoing scandal at my alma mater has been the revelation of an institutional culture of administrators openly enriching themselves at the expense of the citizens of North Carolina, who are — they should remember — forced to fund the university no matter what. That includes no matter how removed from responsible, [...]
Continue reading...Site Problems Are Now Solved (Mostly)
12. February 2009
Update 4: First of all, thanks to everyone for your kind words and your patience. I’ve finished rebuilding SFN from scratch, and as you can see, the site looks dramatically different as a result. As I pointed out in the comments, it is mainly because the styling code that SFN has used for quite some [...]
Continue reading...SMD: The Gap Grows Greater
3. February 2009
SFN: Long time readers may remember some of our old entries (from 2005-2006) that we named “Perpetually Disappearing Pie”. We won’t link them here since our most recent server transition removed the key graphs from the entries. Today’s entry is a special submission from one of our long time contributors, SMD, and brings with it [...]
Continue reading...Laugh. Think. Cry.
9. December 2008
V himself had said that team wasn’t very good. After a 6-8 conference record, State was seeded sixth for the 1987 ACC Tournament in Landover. But somehow – not unlike a few years earlier on an even bigger stage – Jim Valvano’s Cardiac Pack had survived and advanced to the title game, where they would [...]
Continue reading...TOB Comments on the booing; Caulton Tudor gets it right
10. September 2008
A question about the boos in Carter Finley Stadium was bound to be asked, so Tom O’Brien had no choice but to respond last night on his weekly radio show hosted at Sullivan’s in Raleigh. Coach Tom O’Brien talked about how annoyed he was with the fan’s reactions to Evans play on his weekly radio [...]
Continue reading...Pray for Russell Wilson
28. August 2008
I don’t care who wins or loses this game anymore. I just want confirmation that he can move his legs (Erin Andrews claims he was moving his feet). If you hear anything, please say so in the comments. UPDATE: Andrews says they are calling it a concussion. More tests pending.
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30. August 2010
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