define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); athletic departments – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:26:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 http://rushthecourt.net http://rushthecourt.net/wp-content/mbp-favicon/RTC.jpg Rush The Court Morning Five: 08.24.10 Edition http://rushthecourt.net/2010/08/24/morning-five-08-24-10-edition/ http://rushthecourt.net/2010/08/24/morning-five-08-24-10-edition/#respond Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:33:36 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=23786

College athletic departments are not immune to the economic downturn either, as the NCAA reported that only fourteen of the 120 FCS (I-AA) schools turned a profit in the 2008-09 fiscal year.  Specific names were not released, but some of the usual suspects were confirmed by Transylvania University accounting professor Dan Fulks, who performed the research — Texas, Ohio State, Alabama, Florida and Tennessee.   Slightly more than half of the I-AA schools made money in both football and basketball, but the range between the two was quite a bit larger at the big football powerhouses.  It goes to show [...]]]>
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Jeremy Foley should be fired immediately http://rushthecourt.net/2007/05/29/jeremy-foley-should-be-fired-immediately/ http://rushthecourt.net/2007/05/29/jeremy-foley-should-be-fired-immediately/#comments Tue, 29 May 2007 22:50:25 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/2007/05/29/jeremy-foley-should-be-fired-immediately/

Ahhh… the long weekend is over, and in case you missed it, the College World Series brackets came out this weekend.  This ingenious concept – an on-the-field tournament to crown a college champion – just might catch on after all!  Although this blog is devoted to college hoops, we also recognize that each team is part of a larger athletic program in terms of all the normal considerations – fans, dollars, merchandising, and the derivative feedback loops – which merit occasional reflection beyond the hardwood.

As such, it’s interesting to see which programs had the most successful 2006-07 in a different light than the Stanford [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2007/05/29/jeremy-foley-should-be-fired-immediately/feed/ 3