Coaching Contracts and the Federal Incentive Compensation Ban

By: Jennifer A. Harper, Esq. Bean, Kinney & Korman, P.C. When negotiating and structuring college coach contract bonus provisions that link payment to academic performance, note that certain types of academic bonuses are now being tightly regulated by the U.S. Department…

Full StoryMay 20, 2012

How NCAA Athletic Directors Can Avoid Pay Equity Complaints by Coaches

By: David P. O’Brien, J.D. Director of the Sports Management Program at Drexel University Given the constant scrutiny on coach compensation (especially when determining contracts for men’s and women’s coaches of the same sport, such as basketball) by the media, legislatures,…

Full StoryMay 12, 2012

NCAA Student-Athlete Licensing Program — How Could It Happen and What Are the Elements?

Cited in: While focusing on current issues, it’s also crucial that athletic directors keep an eye toward the future and potential changes on the horizon. In this article we take a look at one possible transformation, a student-athlete licensing program,…

Full StoryMay 6, 2012

JUST WIN, EHH!!: The Impact of Winning on Filling a College Hockey Arena

By Michael Schuckers and Zach Nelson St. Lawrence University, Statistical Sports Consulting, LLC During the 2007-2008 season, the Air Force Falcons men’s hockey team won just over 60% of its games, and attendance at Cadet Ice Arena averaged about…

Full StoryApril 29, 2012

Driving NCAA College Basketball Success: On the Court and in the Box Office

In the absence of having one of the top basketball programs in the nation, filling the seats for a college basketball game can be relatively difficult. Despite the fact that the public measures performance of college basketball programs by the…

Full StoryApril 28, 2012

NCAA March Madness for Men’s Basketball – Optimizing for Tournament Selection

How does the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament Selection Committee pick the teams that get to participate in the tournament each year? And more importantly, is there a mathematical formula out there that we can discover that approximates its choices?

Full StoryApril 10, 2012

NCAA College Baseball Attendance: What Motivates Fans to Fill the Seats?

Does home winning percentage or overall winning percentage more directly affect NCAA college baseball attendance? One can legitimately make a case for either side of this argument. On the one hand, it’s logical to assume home winning percentage could be…

Full StoryApril 1, 2012

Division I College Athletic Fiscal Efficiencies and Returns: In-Depth Look at NCAA Basketball Expenditures

Part Two of a four-part, fiscal efficiencies series: (Part One: Football Expenditures) (Part Three: Fiscal Trends and Measures) (Part Four: Revenue, Expenditure, and ROI) Building on the previously released study on the FBS football expenditures, this article considers the impact of financial decisions…

Full StoryMarch 20, 2012

Division I NCAA College Athletic Fiscal Trends and Measures: Data and Comparisons for Context

Part Three of a four-part, fiscal efficiencies series: (Part One: Football Expenditures) (Part Two: Basketball Expenditures) (Part Four: Revenue, Expenditure, and ROI) When considering third-party review and media reporting about athletic budgets, especially the amount of institutional funds earmarked to support athletics versus educational programs,…

Full StoryJanuary 3, 2012

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Division I College Athletic Fiscal Efficiencies and Returns: A Look at Olympic and Non-Revenue Sports