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  • OT: The World Baseball Classic demands World Cup respect

    OT: The World Baseball Classic demands World Cup respect

    “If the talent matches MLB postseason quality, with the stakes involving national pride and the viewership reaching historic levels, then what exactly makes the WBC unfit for international respect?”

  • OT: The NFL has a leverage problem

    OT: The NFL has a leverage problem

    ”’I think the two that weren’t called are more of a penalty than the two that were called.’”

  • OT: Women’s home court advantage in March Madness

    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: In defense of MLB’s 162-game regular season

    OT: In defense of MLB’s 162-game regular season

    “The sheer number of games also allows more opportunities to go to games and make memories.”

  • OT: Blaming referees is a weak argument

    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: Are football schools becoming basketball schools?

    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: Judging the judging of artistic sports

    OT: Judging the judging of artistic sports

    “‘I even have those moments where I am like, ‘Are those judges judging correctly?’ But I have to remember that in these artistic sports, everyone is looking from different angles and perspectives. That is what makes it so complicated.’”

  • OT: NBA regular season is boring

    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: It’s time to slow the driver carousel down

    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.”