Football is a core feature of the collegiate experience universities are selling prospective students, current students, alumni, donors and fans. Football serves this and many more purposes, including subsidizing Olympic development & Olympic dreams.
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“Every time there's an economic downturn, [college athletic programs] protect the core business, which is football, which means that other sports are on the chopping block,” says ASU’s Victoria Jackson. “There are other ways to trim the budget.” https://t.co/tFwjZNfCGC
In a new @FortuneMagazine op-ed, @andresDCmtz (“The Great Game”) explores the emerging popularity of English soccer clubs. Read more: https://t.co/K9k68c52ed
Launch date!! "The Great Game: A Tale of Two Footballs and America's Quest to Conquer Global Sport" is out in the world. Hope you find it a fun, thought-provoking read. If not, cake edition is tasty!
Pub day! @andresDCmtz’s The Great Game: A Tale of Two Footballs and America’s Quest to Conquer Global Sport is out today. Congrats Andrés! You wrote THE comprehensive book explaining how the US connects to the world thru sport. Required World Cup reading! https://t.co/rvBkE3mNfT
SIX STRAIGHT ARE YOU KIDDING ME 😫
Nikki Hiltz continues to be unbeatable in U.S. finals, as they claim their sixth straight indoor/outdoor 1500m title thanks to a 58.67 final lap over 2022 champ Sinclaire Johnson, running 4:03.15 to book their spot on Team USA.
Johnson finishes second in 4:03.77 and Emily MacKay takes third in 4:04.38.
2x Olympian & author @karagoucher previews this week’s USATF Championships, reacts to marathon world record holder Ruth Chepngetich testing positive for a banned substance & talks about the bravery required to write her book.
Plus a neon green surprise.
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It's easy to roll your eyes at the Club World Cup's origin story and bemoan the chaotically congested football calendar... but I'm also finding it difficult not to be sucked in.This tournament will succeed in long term.@HistoryRunner and I checked out Juve vs Al Ain in DC
A very interesting development in a post-House settlement world.
A lot of schools will have to make decisions like this. Which sports do they want to be nationally competitive in — and which ones will they cut/support but with fewer resources than their peers?
Track & Field becomes Track Only at Washington State University. This despite “twenty of the school’s 45 track & field Olympians have been jumpers, throwers and multi-event athletes.” https://t.co/Wj7M1JAszl
If you are in DC next Monday, hope to see you at our @NewAmerica @FutureTenseNow event with Smithsonian and ASU's Center for Science Policy Outcomes on how sport is at the forefront of tech innovation. https://t.co/VrfiMlDwLo
The House settlement is not the end. It’s a step along the way, and a whole lot more work needs to be done to create better, optimized policy for the many different industries and missions operating under the umbrella of American college sports.