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If we only look at the last 10 years, 116 teams would be irrelevant.

Four national championships? Home of Heisman? The Dodd Trophy for Coach of the Year? The Rice Trophy for AD of the Year? I can see why you think we don't have an amazing history. FWIW, Tech was considered an icon of football in the late 50's and early 60's. The Dallas Cowboys uniform of today...

“We’re a huge potential revenue stream,” Fortner said. “Our numbers bear that out on TV and they’ve done that without a lot of help other than just our coming along by ourselves, growing our own product within our institutions. "According to ESPN, the 2018-19 NCAA Division I men's tournament...

It reminds me of the Challenger disaster. So many Morton Thiokol engineers trying to find a reason to approve the launch under freezing conditions. The pressure to say "yes" was huge. Had they looked at little bit further at the data set, it was pretty clear it was a "no". "Satisficing" ... a...

If the only criteria is mortality, shut everyone in their homes ... forever. Problem solved. But we live in a society. The criteria should not be “zero mortality”, but what is the appropriate level of risk for a given level of economic activity? Alcholism? Depression? Children’s education...

What is equitable for water polo may not be necessary for football.

I’m not sure I would reach that conclusion. “Equitable” may simply refer to equitable within a particular sport, with schools defining what that means.

FWIW, the NCAA mission statement is “to govern competition in a fair, safe, equitable and sportsmanlike manner, and to integrate intercollegiate athletics into higher education so that the educational experience of the student-athlete is paramount.” I believe it is up to schools to decide what...

Some products have limited appeal. Will Ribbon Dancing ever be a billion dollar sport? Probably not. Its harder to get tickets to football and basketball because the demand is higher. For many other sports, it’s free or near free ... is that wrong? Or is it because consumers can choose where to...

Did I mention you? I don’t think I did. Did I say exact funding? I think I’m making the exact opposite point. My point is much more basic. Perhaps we are assuming that the managers of the Mens tourney meet with the managers of the Women’s tourney and they harmonize the program so the product is...

It’s hard to say. Most sports have detailed guidelines appropriate for that sport. Watch a junior golf tournament. It is set up very differently than a PGA event. Does a women’s basketball team need to play in a 40,000 seat arena? Probably not. Ever. Some sports will never develop interest...

Which pretty much excludes the NCAA.

It’s a reality that football and men’s basketball pays the lion‘s share of athletic expenses. I don’t know what message she’s sending other than “I’m peeved.”

Welcome to America. I sat on an executive team with 5 VP's .. one made $1 million a year and had a private jet and at the other extreme, the guy made $45,000. It has nothing to do with gender, it's an issue of the complexity of the business and the responsibility. She's worried about things...

The best fit for Tech was the SEC. But that horse has left the barn. If you look at academics, attendance, etc ... the ACC is a great fit. What I dont like about the ACC though, is schools like Boston College and Syracuse. There needs to be more consideration of geography rather than size of...

I’m not sure a lot of the conference issues matter. Football is destined for a significant makeover ... for most teams (80), the season is over by the end of September. The money is accelerating towards 8-10 programs on a consistent basis, as is recruiting. Media is saturated with football...

Josh represents the Institute well. The style of play at Tech is fun, exciting and confusing to opponents. I loved watching it. The problem with Josh has always been he left Memphis and pined for AZ. I met him and several of his folks. They consensus was he’s a good guy and a great fit, but was...

Online courses are strictly for cash. Departments offer them because it’s an easy cash fix. From my experience, there is almost no attempt to mimic an on campus university experience or culture.

I think GT should join the PAC-12. There‘s absolutely no reason to, which is why it makes perfect sense. Let’s play teams we have nothing in common with and show the country that when it comes to scrapping nickels off a hot sidewalk, Tech has no peer. Besides, the cheerleaders are hot.

There's an old Marketing Maxim that it's better to be first in something than second in something else. For the ACC to "be relevant" in football requires displacing the SEC and on sheer numbers alone, that isn't likely. The ACC is the nation's premier basketball conference and they should be...