Should I worry when Central Administration asks for advisory board member names? Interesting how things work on our campuses. I got an email saying that we can get a discount via Verizon. It comes from Michigan, when the Texas campus ahs a Sprint tower on the campus. Is there a conflict of interest there? Or does anyone care?

I mentioned yesterday that I would talk about youth sports again...well...good things, good things. You know I was worried about perception and that nemesis coach ruining my reputation. Well, I don't think I should worry anymore. Our team recieved our division's Sportmanship Award. I'm very proud of that...especially since we got killed all year. I'll try to contact them somehow to say thanks.

I may wind up running for the board again soon as well. Marshall may not play, put I will probably run for a PR position, because more than anything, the league needs better PR.

I was supposed to talk about something else, and since it is REALLY cold outside, I'll save something for next time. Hopefully all that will warm you up!

Fagan

Oh, does anyone read this anyway????

My apologies for the delay in writings. It has, of course, been a busy week.

A few things the Baseball Winter Meetings have taught me:

1 - Business casual doesn't mean "khaki pants" or "dockers" - unless you are in high school. When these guys go business casual, that means "not a matching suit." Most of them had slacks and a sports coat on without a tie. Sometimes, wearing less made you underdressed.

2 - There are some hungry people out there looking to make money in a sport that doesn't pay too much. The job fair was a good experience, yes. Was it good to see all that competition? Not sure. Most of the jobs at those minor league levels had people that were willing to do whatever - which in those terms means work 65 hour work weeks for $10.50 an hour plus commissions. Not to say that is a bad thing, but I was really surprised about how little most of those teams did pay.

3 - It is very tough to tap into something if you don't have too many inside tracks. I did what I could to network everything. I'm not sure how successful I was initially. It is hard when the only team in oour immediate area is the Rough Riders..and the Cats (who weren't there because there is no MLB affilitation.) To sell internships to those outside of Dallas is a akward task. I did what I could, but would up going to the trade show to hook things up from that side.

4 - All in all - good experience!!! Had a blast!

Tomorrow...I'll post about the weather that has creeped in, and youth sport that happened in the process.

Fagan

I've given the ULTIMATE teaser. My spohomores are a little upset with me at this point, but...they;ll live over it. I gave them a great project, plenty of reward, and dangled carrot after carrot to let them know what they would possibly get. THEN - after all that, I told them how we were going to do teams this term. I'm not selecting them, they are. However, it isn't in a way that they had done before. I am sick and tired of picking teams based on "buddies" and one or two groups being super superior to others. So, we three teams, there will be a draft!

I have three captains selected, and one of them will get the choice of 1st or 3rd pick. It will be an up/down selction process. The first pick gets the 1st pick, but pick 3 gets pick 4 as well, and the 1st pick doesn't get anyone until pick 6. Big decision there.

I think what is driving them crazy is that they don't know who the captains are. They can't go and "buddy up" with anyone to make sure they get picked. I think that is the hard part for them all. There won't be any "politicing" a draft pick, because nobody knows who is drafting and what that order is. I have heard from 3 or 4 students already.

So, either I have pissed them off, or sent the ultimate teaser...I'm not real sure which it is!!!

Fagan