All the experts had serious questions about Tim Tebow and his draft status in the NFL.  They questioned his delivery, arm angle, touch, and every other technical football throwing fundamental and then projected him into a mid to low round draft pick.  However the Denver Broncos decided to ignore conventional wisdom and selected arguably the most successful college quarterback...

The hopscotch game of college coaches moving has just about run its course for 2010.  The question arises is why are there so many changes and why do coaches feel compelled to move so rapidly.  Intuitively it would seem that by staying in one position, coaches could build a brand, create a solid foundation and have more success as the culture of the coach becomes more...

Why would Augusta National Chairman Billy Payne unleash a very harsh and focused reprimand on one of the participating golfers at this year’s Masters? Last time I checked the ability to hit a 207 yard sweeping 40 yard hook with a five iron out of the rough to 12 feet at hole number 9 to setup a birdie, has nothing to do with an individual’s own personal decision-making...

The NCAA in their infinite wisdom has set the stage to expand to 96 teams. Looking at the rationale behind this move, it is pretty clear that this decision is a money grab based on the ability to generate more dollars from television. As a former athletic director, I greatly appreciate the reality of generating more dollars for the member schools so that programs and student-athletes...

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recently took a shot at college basketball by stating that teams with less than 40% graduation rate should not be allowed to participate in the NCAA Basketball Championship. Twelve schools who earned the right to play would be disqualified under Secretary Duncan’s plan. Schools like University of Kentucky and the University of Washington...

This year’s NCAA tournament surprise team West Eastern State University provides some great messages for all leaders.  Maybe the best message is that great leaders take adversity and figure out how to turn it into success.  Often the traditional or conventional way of doing things does not work when you are disadvantaged in regards to resources, tradition or talent....