Three-and-Out Tax Could Promote Academics

Mike Merrell FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Mike Merrell”s Three-and-Out That we seem to place highest value on being entertained is not the most flattering observation that could be made about our society. Unfortunately, it’s true. Who makes more money — the brain surgeon or the rock star? The university president or the NFL left tackle? The school teacher or the movie star? The guy cruising the …

A Letter to the Assumers Out There: Assumptions Lead to Misconceptions

Dean Davis FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

As a student who has been here for four years coming up on his fifth, you wouldn’t believe the amount of horrible rumors and nonsense that I’ve heard — not just about the football players that we value so highly on the field, but any other student-athlete who walks around this campus. Let me give you a little background before …

The FishDuck One-On-One: Jerod Young (2-23-2012)

FishDuck Staff FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Each week FishDuck.com’s Kurt Liedtke will be speaking with current/former student athletes, other FishDuck contributors, and outside experts in a one-on-one conversation, the FishDuck.com weekly video podcast. This week Kurt was joined by fellow FishDuck.com contributor Jerod Young for a conversation about all non-football sports: basketball, baseball, track, acrobatics & tumbling, and other spring sports. [tubepress video=”6SM2bz9QYZ4″ embeddedWidth=’534′ embeddedHeight=’314′ title=”false” …