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As you may have gathered, the Bylaw Blog will return. Otherwise why would I have opened the site back up again?
But that’s not the big announcement.
As you may have also figured out, I have permission from the proper people to write about these topics on the internet. I said that was the only way I was coming back.
But that’s not the big announcement.
The big announcement is that the Bylaw Blog is on the move.
The NCAA has launched a brand new blogging initiative at NCAA.org. The first two blogs to launch were NCAA Insider, a look at issues in college athletics, and Socially Speaking, which highlights the best uses of social media on campuses.
I am pleased to announce that the Bylaw Blog will be the third.
All new content will appear on the NCAA’s website. Eventually, this site will cease to exist, but I will make a copy of the archives available. The address will forward you to my corner of the NCAA’s blogging site.
How Will The Site Change
For starters there will be less content, more like a post per week instead of a post per day. And there will be less (if any) commentary on individual investigations and cases, with more focus on larger trends.
The reason for that is two-fold. First, chasing the news is tiring. I have a tremendous amount of respect for the people who can get up and research and comment on stories every single day for years at a time. I certainly couldn’t do it, not with a full-time day job.
The second and more important reason is that I didn’t really want to write all those stories in the first place. Sure, they got a lot of traffic, but they didn’t solve any problem. It was something like giving a man a fish. They gave away the answer and did not promote a more reasoned understanding of the regulation of college athletics. Plus given the increase in “senior compliance officers” that are interviewed for stories on investigations and violations, other sources are providing that information.
In the interest of full disclosure, there is some compensation involved. But no one—especially the NCAA—is telling me to change. I’m making changes that I think will make the site the type of resource it was always supposed to be.
Thank You
I want to thank all the readers who visited the site. I want to thank all the people I’ve worked with to make this move possible. And I hope you all keep reading over at the new site.
About John Infante
The opinions expressed on this blog are the author’s and the author’s alone, and are not endorsed by the NCAA or any NCAA member institution or conference. This blog is not a substitute for a compliance office. If you’re a coach, do not attempt to contact the author looking for a second opinion. If you’re a parent, don’t attempt to contact the author looking for a first opinion. Compliance professionals are by their nature helpful people generally dedicated to getting to the truth. Coaches should have a bit of faith in their own, and parents should talk to one directly.
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