New season begins
Two books are out. The parades are over. So are the goodwill tours on the Louisiana coast to support the victims of the British Petroleum oil disaster.
Two books are out. The parades are over. So are the goodwill tours on the Louisiana coast to support the victims of the British Petroleum oil disaster.
Lane Kiffin thinks the Tennessee Titans’ lawsuit against him and the University of Southern California is more about geography than coaching etiquette.
USC football coach Lane Kiffin managed to avoid controversy for the most part at Thursday’s Pac-10 football media day up until the moment he was asked why he thinks the Tennessee Titans are suing him and the university for luring away running backs coach Kennedy Pola a week before NFL training camp.
Alabama Coach Nick Saban last week infamously referred to them as “pimps,” and apparently the NCAA agrees with this shady characterization of agents trying to lure its “student athletes.” In the past few weeks, the NCAA has instituted a serious crackdown on college athletes interacting with agents.
It’s Friday, or that time in the week when I kick back and let others do the heavy lifting.
Lane Kiffin thinks the Tennessee Titans’ lawsuit against him and the University of Southern California is more about geography than coaching etiquette.
Every so often, when a pay-for-play scandal jolts college football, it prompts the question: What should the NFL do to help rectify the system? Can the league root out unscrupulous agents? Can it somehow punish current pros who took money when they were in college? Should the NFL even care? The last question is easy: Absolutely.