Overtime

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.

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…
OT: NBA regular season is boring

“The decline in viewership has been a culmination of badly managed aspects of the game in reality, the NBA have only themselves to blame.”
OT: We are a dance school

“Many students have dubbed Butler to be a basketball school, and while this is true, its dance programs — Butler Ballet included — remain some of the best in the nation … So, is Butler really a basketball school or can everyone finally see it for what it is — a dance school?”