In October 2018, Long Island University announced it would consolidate the athletic departments at both of the private institution’s campuses of LIU Brooklyn (D1) and LIU Post (D2) into a single D1 institution beginning at the start of the 2019-2020 academic year, a target date it successfully hit until COVID-19 canceled spring sports. The unification,… Read more »
Researcher Heather J. Lawrence, PhD joined the IUPUI Sports Innovation Institute podcast to discuss the recently published SIJ article Applying Activity-Based Costing to Intercollegiate Athletics. Current accounting methods in intercollegiate athletics make it difficult for leaders to assess and understand the true cost of each sport team operations. Institutional and athletics leaders often make decisions… Read more »
Dr. Eric Wood, UCF Deputy Athletic Director, joined the Higher Ed Athletics podcast. In this episode Smith and Wood discuss pursuing advanced degrees and how they can be helpful for current and future athletic directors based on challenges facing the industry. Deciding to pursue a doctoral degree was an intentional decision for Wood to demonstrate… Read more »
Southern Utah University President Scott L. Wyatt joined the Higher Ed Athletics podcast to talk athletic topics, such as presidential communication because of the NCAA/Big Sky Conference governance structures. President Wyatt opens up about the inside conversation and decision process for canceling the Big Sky men’s basketball tournament and spring sports, as well as how… Read more »
Glass tells the story of his unconventional and unforeseen path to the AD chair at his alma mater after working as a public official and lawyer. Smith and Glass cover a number of different topics, including how and why IU has spent approximately $300 million on facility enhancements in the past decade, the relationship between… Read more »
Travis Smith is joined by Robert Morris University President Dr. Chris Howard on the Higher Ed Athletics podcast. Smith and Dr. Howard discuss presidential oversight in the NCAA governance model and Dr. Howard shares his thoughts on how cash in the system has led us to the Name, Image and Likeness moment. As his term… Read more »
Sports Innovation Institute Director David Pierce joined the podcast to discuss the new IUPUI research article written in partnership with Grand Park Sports Campus. COVID-19 has impacted all areas of life, and youth sports is no exception. States and counties are publishing their own unique guidelines for permitting youth sports to return over designated phases,… Read more »
Authors Brendan O’Hallarn and James Strode joined the podcast to discuss their recently accepted paper in the Sports Innovation Journal. As sport management pedagogy has evolved, an effort has been made to incorporate popular and innovative social media technologies into classroom instruction. Academic research has suggested how the technology can be utilized to provide real-world… Read more »
Authors Michael Naraine and Liz Wanless joined the podcast to discuss their recently accepted paper in the Sports Innovation Journal. The sport industry has become increasingly more complex with the expanse of digital technology such as fiber optic internet access, 5G wireless communication, and blockchain, just to name a few. These advancements have shifted the… Read more »
Authors Sarah Stokowski, Amanda Paule-Koba and Alex Auerbach joined the SII podcast to discuss their recently published article in the Sports Innovation Journal. The success of an athletic program is often defined by wins and losses. According to the sporting success framework (De Bosscher et al., 2006) as well as the athlete development literacy (ADL)… Read more »
