Overtime

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?”
OT: Too many games

“FIFA and UEFA’s financial interests and greed come at the expense of players’ health and performance quality.”
OT: Fabrizio Romano is ruining soccer

“Although Romano is the most reliable individual in world soccer, his work has come to ruin part of the beautiful game.”
OT: It’s time to slow the driver carousel down

“In a fast-paced sport where teams constantly upgrade their cars for a better chance at points, not keeping up means falling behind as others get faster. Sometimes, keeping up means releasing drivers and finding new ones.”