The Option Podcast

College sports contain multitudes. Nearly all of the coverage is devoted to what we tend to call the "revenue sports," and except for this time of year right now, what that really means is D1 football. 

But what about everybody else? There are literally hundreds of thousands of college athletes across the country who we tend not to hear from. There's this giant conversation happening around them, and they barely get a word in. 

So ...

Every now and then, you have to press the ol’ rewind button to get up to speed. 

It’s clarifying. We already got a lot out of that trip back to 1984, right? What’s another eight decades or so? 

Teddy Roosevelt’s a gracious host. He’ll show us a good time. 

So let’s head on back – way back – here on The Option from Cross Streets Media. 

Guests featured (in order):

• Dennis Deninger: Professor, Syracuse...

Instead of a Hail Mary, it’s a Hail Charlie. Get it? Like the football play?

Its namesake is the ambitious new head of the NCAA, a guy named Charlie Baker, whose most recent experience was running the state of Massachusetts. So, in that sense, it’s a heave alright.

But now that Baker’s in the chair, he’s bringing some changes to college sports. A lot of changes, actually, and he’s still hoping on a whole lot more. 

We’ll tell you a...

Remember 1984? Us too. What a year. Hit after hit after hit: Ghostbusters. Born in the USA. NCAA v. Board of Regents.

What do you mean you don’t remember that last one? The landmark antitrust lawsuit that turned college sports upside down forever? Still no? For real? 

Well, in that case. You’re prolly gonna want to listen to this episode STAT. We’ll get you up to speed. 

This is The Option, from Cross Streets Media. 

Guests featu...

The NCAA has four letters, three divisions, a thousand schools, and half a million student-athletes. It’s a lot. Too much, some say. 

For as long as most of us have been alive, the organization’s been running the world of college sports. But that world is going through some changes right now. 

More than ever, the ground is shifting beneath this pillar of bureaucracy. And, to their credit, the NCAA is starting to shift with it. 

College sports are at an inflection point. The NCAA we grew up with is already gone.  It's a new era of college sports, and it doesn't look much like the old days. It's a multi-billion dollar industry that keeps on growing every year. That money isn't all staying put, though. It's on the move, and it might just keep moving, ushering in a revolutionary shift in college sports. Find out where it's headed, here on The Option, from ...