Matt Huml

Sport Admin Associate Professor @ UC. Host of State of Sport Management. Former GVSU Laker. Wants to play pickleball.

[UC SPAD Program @UC_SPAD]

UC SPAD Bearcats are making their way to Charm City next week!

Our faculty and Ph.D. students will be in Baltimore presenting their latest research at the Sport Marketing Association Conference. Stop by their sessions and check out the work coming out of UC! 🐾

[Matt Huml @Matt_Huml]

On a Wednesday? After they let him fire the DC? I get that it's a bye week but the timing and sequence of events is odd.

[Pete Thamel @PeteThamel]

Sources: Maryland coach Mike Locksley has been dismissed. Maryland dropped to 2-5 on Saturday after a last-second loss to Rutgers. Locksley is 39-54 overall at Maryland, including his interim stint in 2015. Maryland is on a bye this week.

[Matt Huml @Matt_Huml]

@SamHoppen We need a Bills v Vikings game (strength v strength, weakness v weakness)

[Matt Huml @Matt_Huml]

This is why I tell everyone that, when I am teaching sport law, I never over-prep for the semester. So many things like [points everywhere] this happen every semester that provide great content for applying sport management, rec, and law!

[Ross Dellenger @RossDellenger]

In a landmark moment, the NCAA is suing a sitting state governor, Ohio’s Mike DeWine, over his executive order on eligibility. NCAA calls the EO a “misguided attempt” to give Ohio colleges a “hall pass to break rules,” per docs obtained by @YahooSports.

https://t.co/BAD9ZDx5vl

[Pete Thamel @PeteThamel]

An executive order from Ohio governor Mike DeWine, which appears to impact every Class of 2022 athlete at a college in Ohio who is seeking a fifth year. (And hasn't played professionally.) Essentially, he's saying NCAA rules can't trump the rules of the state of Ohio.

[Matt Huml @Matt_Huml]

A Chicago institution

[104.3 The Score @thescorechicago]

Legendary Bears coach Mike Ditka has passed away, @paytonsun just learned.

[Front Office Sports @FOS]

The Cincinnati Open's Center Court has been transformed into a basketball court for Cincinnati-Ohio State and Dayton-Xavier this Wednesday.

🎥 Rebound Rundown

[Matt Huml @Matt_Huml]

The sun/cloud changes between these pitches makes it feel like these swings are from different innings.

[Talkin' Baseball @TalkinBaseball_]

Parker Messick strikes out Tommy Pham on three pitches to strand a pair and the divisional round of the postseason is underway!

[Matt Huml @Matt_Huml]

I'm guessing the answer to that is, "it's complicated" because scholars are going to have run down opps across all NCAA and other college sport outlets. The better question could be if certain avenues in college sports are now incredibly hard to access (elite, D1) than before 2/2

[Matt Huml @Matt_Huml]

As a scholar, there is a compelling study out there that examines the question about "Is the transfer portal harming the opportunities for high school athletes trying to break into college sports?" that is much discussed in popular press outlets and social media. But.. 1/2

[The Field of 68 @TheFieldOf68]

Kevin Willard admits he isn't recruiting any high school players this year 👀

"We're not recruiting a high school kid this year... just because of the fifth-year rule. We have six guys that can come back for a fifth year. So, I'd much rather have one of my players come back, than bring in a high school kid"

(🎥: @BIGEAST)

[The DT Sports @TheDT_sports]

Public records revealed an email sent to Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt, accusing former volleyball head coach Tony Graystone of physical abuse, medical mistreatment and felony battery, six days before his dismissal.
✍️@AustinJacksonDT
https://t.co/Ybv1gNSKz5

[Front Office Sports @FOS]

Rivals is charging high school athletes and parents $499 for an 'evaluation' by a Rivals scout.

The fee includes a scouting report, grade, film evaluation, coach interview, and consideration to be ranked on their site.

[Matt Huml @Matt_Huml]

Much more intimate setting for basketball. Fans are right on top of you.

[🦅 The Rowdy Raider 🦅 @RowdyRedRaider0]

Chris Beard’s return to Lubbock was way more Hostile than Lane Kiffin’s return to Oxford.

[Matt Huml @Matt_Huml]

@ryanvooris I really like Bagent but I’m just too sad about the long-term impact on Caleb

[William Kneip @WilliamKneipOM]

Thanks for coming! You’re a great AD and President

[Matt Huml @Matt_Huml]

@gvsufootball @ESPN_BillC you might have been too conservative

[Matt Huml @Matt_Huml]

It was already over but tonight finalized the MVP

[MLB @MLB]

Second home run of the night
44 home runs on the season

HAVE A NIGHT, PETE CROW-ARMSTRONG!

[Matt Huml @Matt_Huml]

@chicagobulls bring Taj home

[Will Guillory @WillGuillory]

Per a league source, the Pels plan to waive veteran Taj Gibson. They'll still owe him $100K. AJ Johnson will stick with the team for now. They'd like to get a good look at him in training camp and see how he fits.

[Matt Huml @Matt_Huml]

#2 is important but has a spatial problem for football. A basketball court is much smaller and would allow for wide shots to still include the details of a ball leaving a shooter's hand or contact. Does a football field's size negate that? IDK

[Alex Farmartino @AlexFarmartino]

Couple thoughts…

1. Multiple leagues are allowing these reviews (audio and video)to be aired live after ACC broke the seal last year. Much of this dialogue goes away if no discrepancy between TV interpretation and what replay refs actually decided. Shows power of that access.

2. Basketball has already solved this problem. Add tenths of a second to clock in last minute and have a backboard light as frame of reference to true zero.

3. Why is that reference light so powerful? Any clock as a separate source in 2-box (like B10 released) is dependent on an accurate synchronization of those 2 sources. People rightfully asking, how do I know that clock camera is in sync as WM player is touching the ball? Nothing obvious in this video to tether those 2 sources together. We just have to take their word for it. I have produced plenty of shows where syncing one camera or another was troubleshot throughout game. Doesn’t mean it happened here, but it is possible.

Wide shot with a light to show true zero in frame of play? Much simpler.

4. As for what was shown on TV…Any video source (clock in this case) layered on top of another via digital video effect (DVE) has potential to be delayed by fractions of a second. It takes time, all be it very small, for video sources to move around in a production router where they are mixed together by the video switcher. There are plenty of instances where a basketball final second shot shows time on the DVE clock (what TV showed in lower corner) while light and physical clock in frame of camera shot have already hit zero. It may only be a difference of a frame of video (usually 1/30th of a second) but plenty of sports moments prove to be that close. The data feed that powers the virtual “bug” with clock and score can have similar lag. Thus the power of the light.

If football puts a light on the goalposts and/or some other place at field level, nearly all the ambiguity of this instance goes away. Will be interesting to see if this lightning strike moment brings any change or just gets swept away in the flow of the season as such tech would take investment for far fewer close moments than in hoops.