Wyc Grousbeck at the Boston Celtics championship parade. Photo courtesy of Yahoo Sports. MARIA CLARA KOLLER | STAFF REPORTER | mkollerfernandez@butler.edu Overtime, or “OT,” is an opinion column series where the Collegian takes national sports headlines or polarizing topics and gives them a Butler-centric angle. The NBA playoffs are starting soon, which means it’s time…
Torpedo bats are good for the game
“Baseball fans across the country became aware of the torpedo bats in late March when the season began, and through the first two weeks of April have grown to love the bat’s contributions to a centuries-old pastime.”
OT: Red Bull have a problem of their own making
“The Austrian team finds itself in a complete mess of its own making with no quick way out.”
OT: Golf needs to speed it up
“If the PGA Tour is serious about growing the game, they need to be willing to take significant steps to punish repeated offenders. If that means an increase in penalty strokes or disqualifications, so be it.”
OT: Women’s home court advantage in March Madness
“If any team wants to upset a one through four seed in the women’s tournament, they have to do so on that team’s home floor with a packed arena of fans cheering against them.”
OT: What is the best league in the world?
“There is so much more to making a league the best in the world than just the success of its clubs”
OT: Blaming referees is a weak argument
“Fans, clubs and players resort to the victim mentality since it is easier to scapegoat the referees than to own up to a team’s mistakes.”
OT: NCAA Tournament expansion is misguided
“‘I just don’t understand why you would want to touch something and try to affect something everyone loves. Let’s just leave it how it is.”’
OT: The appeal of TGL
“I just think team sports appeal more to me and it’s more fun to see people working together, especially a game that’s so individual, but they find ways to help each other out.”
OT: Are football schools becoming basketball schools?
National Player of the Year frontrunner Johni Broome led Auburn to a win over Alabama with 19 points, 14 rebounds and six assists. Photo courtesy of AL.com. BROCK DANAHEY | STAFF REPORTER | bldanahey@butler.edu Overtime, or “OT,” is an opinion column series where the Collegian takes national sports headlines or polarizing topics and gives them…