No, not because of the cold weather in other parts of the country. Rather, because of the headline regarding Northwestern University's football program in today's Inside Higher Ed:
The Internet – or at least, the
piece of the Internet where people pay moderate attention to college sports –
blew up Tuesday afternoon with the news that some number of Northwestern
University football players are seeking to unionize. The apparently unprecedented step is
a potential watershed moment for athletes in commercial sports programs like
those at Northwestern, who were lauded by outspoken critics and sports
columnists who have driven much of the public interest in whether athletes
deserve more than they’re getting for all the revenue they bring institutions
in the era of highly commercialized sports. If they succeed, the athletes could
gain a crucial say in hot-button issues like safety rules, revenue sharing and
scholarship limitations...
Full story at http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/01/29/long-road-ahead-northwestern-athletes-move-unionize
The thought of losing some control of the "business model" for university athletics programs undoubtedly is cause for shivers in high places.
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