by design | Aug 19, 2024 | Columnist, Nagi
Money Always Talks at Tennessee By Mark Nagi It’s no secret that the world of collegiate athletics, which has been changing ever since the first time “amateurs” represented Old State U, has been undertaking a massive shift in recent years. NIL. Expanded Playoffs....
by design | Jul 8, 2024 | Columnist, Nagi
Is this Texas A&M’s Decade of Dysfunction? By Mark Nagi I hope that Tennessee fans realize that they are smack dab in the middle of the good ‘ol days. The football team has won 20 games in the last two seasons, including two bowl games. The men’s basketball team...
by design | Jul 1, 2024 | Columnist, Nagi
Tennessee Baseball Earned That Title By Mark Nagi It was never going to be easy. Tennessee’s baseball team, the number 1 ranked team in the country, knew full well that the top seed in the NCAA tournament had not won the national championship since the Miami...
by design | Jun 24, 2024 | Columnist, Nagi
The New Financial Normal in College Athletics By Mark Nagi If you’ve been living under a rock the last few months, you’ve probably been able to avoid the Name, Image, and Likeness discussions in collegiate athletics. And good for you if were able to accomplish that...
by design | Jun 10, 2024 | Columnist, Nagi
The Pain of Sports Fandom By Mark Nagi I sit here on a Sunday morning, greatly saddened because of something that happened approximately 840 miles from Knoxville. It happened on a sheet of ice in Sunrise, Florida, a place where I’ve never been, and might never go the...
by design | May 20, 2024 | Columnist, Nagi
Sports indifference is the healthier choice By Mark Nagi I wasn’t going to write an article this week. I’ve been busy with work and family, and frankly, I didn’t know if I had the mental bandwidth to type out a few hundred words. But then I got back to the palatial...
