Almost three months ago, we briefly explained how the football team is a cash cow for every other university in the United States. Division I football squads are allotted up to 85 athletic scholarships. While that sum may seem outrageous, the return on investment is massive. Here is a simplified...
Cardele Jones: The evolution of a student-athlete’s priorities
A myriad of universities in the United States celebrated their graduation ceremonies last weekend. Indeed, our tennis player Marta González Niño graduated with honors at Queens University of Charlotte. We want to offer our most sincere congratulations to her! After obtaining the Bachelor’s Degree, some decide to enter the labor...
NCAA 2017 Tennis Tournament: Our Players, Selection Show and the Role of the Committee
The selection committee has spoken. The NCAA tennis tournament brackets were unveiled on May 2. Our student-athletes on scholarship already know their path to a potential Division I national championship. Using basketball slang, May Madness is underway! In the women’s draw, the Georgia Bulldogs received the fifth overall seed. Marta...
Three reasons behind postseason ineligibility
At end of April, the majority of our athletes on scholarship in the United States are entering the home stretch of the season, i.e. the conference tournaments. As in every knockout competition, major powerhouses are more vulnerable to being ousted by theoretically inferior opposition. The big fish seek to reassert...
Did you know that several tennis players in Davis Cup come from American College?
The weekend of April 7-9, the top team in NCAA Division I men’s tennis, the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, enjoyed a well-deserved break after collecting 12 straight wins. Immersed in the hunt to win the super competitive Atlantic Coast Conference, a 12-day halt seems like a double-edged sword, doesn’t it?...
The magnitude of college basketball in United States: coaches salaries
The NCAA basketball tournament, also known as The Big Dance or March Madness, is officially over. The South Carolina Gamecocks won the first women’s basketball title in school history after defeating the Mississippi State Bulldogs by a score of 67-55. On the men’s side, the North Carolina Tar Heels captured...
Mixed feelings: Oracle Tennis Awards and Amstrong State University
Mixed Feelings There is a stark contrast between the two pieces of news we are going to share in this new entry of the VT Sports blog. Both will affect college tennis in the near future, though. On the one hand, two rising players are set to receive each year...
MATCHES ARE ALSO WON IN THE CLASSROOM AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES
In order to be admitted into an American university, a prospective student-athlete must boast a solid high school record, as well as having successfully clear the minimum threshold set by the university for tests such as the SAT, ACT or TOEFL. If our goal is to receive academic scholarship to...
Title IX, the law that guarantees equal treatment at American universities
In this business, you often hear that it is easier for girls to obtain an athletic scholarship in the United States. In this article we’re going to dismiss such theory or, at least, explain why it is so widespread. Forty five years ago, the Title IX of the Education Amendment...