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#31
Quote from: jknezek on October 06, 2023, 11:48:17 AM
Why not? There are a lot of people who just really enjoy being a student. I wouldn't want to pay for them, but I assume working for higher ed his education is paid for. [...]

I am not sure, that is why I expressed doubt about it.

I continue to take college level classes and have a useless Masters certificate in addition to my first Masters degree.  His path seems odd though.

If Amherst is paying for them, then they either have the best benefits package in higher education or he has a sweetheart deal within the department.
#32
I am not sure how much I trust someone who thinks earning 7-8 Masters degrees is a worthwhile endeavor but to each, his own.
#33
From the story:

In his 12 full seasons at Amherst, Serpone has analyzed the minutes played by each player and determined that athletes of color have been on the field for 42 percent of all Amherst games but have received 62 percent of all yellow cards and 90 percent of all red cards issued.

"It's not a small sample size for us: We're talking 250 yellow cards," Serpone said. "What I'm not saying is referees are racist. But I think there's an implicit bias because we don't look like the other teams.


It would be interesting to know if the coach did this analysis as part of one of his five Masters degrees.  Or plans to analyze this further as part of the three Masters degrees he is currently pursuing.

#34
Men's soccer / Re: CCIW
October 04, 2023, 01:41:59 PM
Quote from: SimpleCoach on October 04, 2023, 11:38:40 AM
Am being serious.  What has happened to Augustana Athletics?  They used to be dominants in a number of sport in the 80s and think into the 90s.

I was curious so I looked.  Augustana finished No. 199 in the Director's Cup last year.  The second lowest in the league.
#35
Quote from: Hopkins92 on October 03, 2023, 07:15:58 PM
Just say the school, it's good constructive feedback. :D

It's CMU, isn't.

I have not watched Carnegie Mellon yet this season.  I was referring to Washington University.
#36
Quote from: WUPHF on October 03, 2023, 04:43:32 PM
Every UAA school has a high-quality stream.

Quote from: Recon on October 03, 2023, 05:19:41 PM
true..  commenting about overall production, not just stream. There's one UAA school that over the last few weeks that has had difficulty following the play, ball, or seeing into the near corners. Perhaps a temporary personnel or staffing issue so will leave it at that.

I know which school you are talking about.  The student working the camera is trying too hard.  They need to zoom out and move more slowly, judiciously.  I am not sure why the cameras are unable to pick-up the near corners this season.  I do not remember that ever being a problem before.
#37
Every UAA school has a high-quality stream.
#38
I have to assume that the Flo Sports deal comes with a lot more advertising from major companies rather than say the local pizza chain so I am not sure that cutting out the middle-man moves the pay day needle, but I have not paid to watch a Landmark broadcast so I have no idea.
#39
I am sure there are Rochester parents lurking who would know but does Rochester not have passes to give out to parents and recruits?  A virtual guest list?

I think they do.

I am asking about Rochester but I would think that this is a common practice.
#40
Multi-Regional Topics / Re: Conference changes
October 02, 2023, 09:35:20 PM
I did a double-take on that as well.

Interestingly, Iowa Wesleyan had 16 sports when they closed.

I am not sure that I understand the math in moth-balling teams at non-scholarship schools or NAIA schools.
#41
Quote from: PaulNewman on October 01, 2023, 10:46:27 AM
Welp, here's a warning to not rely on Massey for updated records after a day of results....Massey has Tufts, JCU, North Park, Widener, etc as all having draws yesterday...when all of those actually won.

Massey is usually pretty reliable, but yeah...

I checked on a few of those games on the NCAA.com scoreboard and there are no scores listed and so his software may convert the null fields to a 0-0 tie.
#42
North Park is pretty good.
#43
Quote from: Gregory Sager on September 29, 2023, 05:11:22 PM
True, although Britain has fielded a combined team in the Olympics as recently as 2012. But the Home Nations -- England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland -- each zealously guards its own autonomous Football Association and thus its right to compete for the World Cup as a separate country apart from the UK standard. So it looks as though it will be quite awhile before another British soccer team marches into a stadium behind the Union Jack for the opening ceremony of the summer Olympics.

I did not realize that Great Britain fielded a national team for the Olympics.

211 national teams, 195 nations recognized by the United Nations, hard to keep track.
#45
Quote from: Freddyfud on September 28, 2023, 11:27:48 AM
Filling out net price calculators with academics and finances as inputs feels like playing slots--hit the submit button and hope for 3 bars! I don't understand this model as it makes it difficult to compare one school to another.  Maybe this is the intent.  I may have some more questions on this front as cost will obviously be an important part of his decision.  I hear times are tough for recent grads these days, so he doesn't need an additional loan payment burden if we can help it.

The net price calculators exist mostly because of a Department of Education mandate.

I am not sure most institutions would have them otherwise.

I imagine they will get better eventually with AI though.