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College Football’s Bowl System Has Always Been a Matter of Extremes

College football bowl access was overly restrictive decades ago, and today it has morphed in the opposite direction. Neither option …
by Frank Fear/ December 31, 2022/ Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: ‘Mo Money’ is Tagline in Major College Football

Major football schools are all-in to play THAT game--a money game.
by Frank Fear/ July 10, 2022/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Rich Head Coaches … and Everybody Else

"These days every major college program has a corporate, win-now mentality while engaging in arms races for the biggest stadium, …
by Future U/ January 20, 2022/ Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “We Better be Asking What We Want College Football To Be, and How We Make Sure It Still Fits Inside a University Environment”

Read Jason Kelly's provocative essay, published in the Winter 2021-2022 issue of The Notre Dame Magazine.
by Future U/ January 9, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

Oral History Explores a Program and Time When Major College Football Aligned with Higher Education’s Values and Mission

And They Lived Their Lives Accordingly: A Football Story chronicles the lives and experiences–then and since–of players and coaches associated with …
by Frank Fear/ November 18, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Video/

NEWS BRIEFS: At Michigan State, Football-Related Lawsuit Turns into a Costly Affair

“Michigan State University has spent more than $1 million fighting lawsuits brought by a former football program employee.” Read more …
by Future U/ December 1, 2020/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: Do We Need Major College Football the Way It’s Organized Today?

No, says John Warner: “Reading an essay on “Why America Needs College Football” by two education scholars from Ohio State …
by Future U/ September 25, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

The Super Spreader Called ‘Attending a College Football Game’

College sports fans are putting themselves in harm’s way, and institutional leaders are enablers.
by Roger Barbee/ September 17, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Amid Pandemic, Half of Major College Teams Will Admit Fans to Games

Here’s the school-by-school breakdown from USAToday.
by Future U/ August 29, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: UCLA Football Players Organize, Submit Demands to the University’s Administration

Last Thursday, UCLA football players united in support behind a document they believe will protect them in their upcoming return …
by Future U/ June 21, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: In College Football, “We Celebrate the Wrong Values”

Sally Jenkins on college football and universities: “85% of the authorities in the Football Bowl Subdivision, the coaches, athletic directors, …
by Future U/ June 14, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Brewer’s Critique of Major College Football Has Legs

“College football is an unofficial professional sport, profiting off labor paid in scholarships rather than cash, the key operation of …
by Future U/ May 26, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: MSU’s New Football Coach is African American, and that Makes It a National News Story

Frank Fear: “Hiring an African American head coach is an exception to the rule in major college football. 90% of …
by Future U/ February 20, 2020/ Higher Ed, MSU, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Is Boom Over In College Stadium Expansion? Just Might Be

Reports The Bond Buyer (as also reported in The Chronicle of Higher Education). Read how and why here.
by Future U/ January 11, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The University of Maryland Enhanced Its Brand The Old Fashioned Way

A way that should never go out of style — doing the right thing. Read why and how at The …
by Future U/ November 3, 2018/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/
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