{"id":6817,"date":"2014-07-10T23:27:46","date_gmt":"2014-07-11T03:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6817"},"modified":"2014-07-10T23:27:46","modified_gmt":"2014-07-11T03:27:46","slug":"when-the-higher-ed-bubble-bursts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6817","title":{"rendered":"When the Higher ED Bubble Bursts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re both doing the family vacation bit this weekend so we&#8217;re not going to write at length. \u00a0But thankfully Brian Ewart over at his outstanding Villanova site, VUHoops.com, gave the college sports world\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vuhoops.com\/2014\/7\/9\/5836598\/higher-education-bubble-obannon-college-athletics\">this fantastic think-piece <\/a>on some huge issues on the horizon for college athletics, especially college athletics in a no-man&#8217;s land of the non-power conferences. \u00a0This piece is in-depth and it&#8217;s not for everyone, but we think our diehards will appreciate it as much as the level of research, craft and structure only drives the home the difference between a pro like Brian and fans like us. By the way, Brian obviously covers a lot of &#8216;Nova hoops stuff, but his twitter over @Brian_Ewart is all college sports all the time, he does care about CAA football unlike most Wildcat writers and he doesn&#8217;t often stray into Nats\/Mets\/Title IX\/Beer\/WorldCup\/bullshit the way that we do if you&#8217;re interested.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Drift.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"6818\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=6818\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Drift.jpg?fit=250%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"250,250\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Drift\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;August Beer.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Drift.jpg?fit=250%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Drift.jpg?fit=250%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6818\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Drift.jpg?resize=250%2C250\" alt=\"Drift\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Drift.jpg?w=250&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Drift.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>Now go find yourself a great beach beer (Harrisonburg&#8217;s own 3Brothers&#8217; Drift comes to mind) and a lawn chair and enjoy the heavenly sound of cooler rustlin&#8217;, truly life&#8217;s most exquisite aural pleasure.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6817&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re both doing the family vacation bit this weekend so we&#8217;re not going to write at length. \u00a0But thankfully Brian Ewart over at his outstanding Villanova site, VUHoops.com, gave the college sports world\u00a0this fantastic think-piece on some huge issues on the horizon for college athletics, especially college athletics in a no-man&#8217;s land of the non-power [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11112,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=11112","url_meta":{"origin":6817,"position":0},"title":"Guest Post: The Power &#038; Benefits of College Athletics","date":"September 19, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Sean Petrizzi is a long time reader and guy we've gotten to know through JMUSB. 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