It's that time again ... time for the TSL Extra! This month's TSL Extra brings 7 new articles and nearly 50 pages of interesting and informative Hokie reading.

This month's issue, with its stark cover depicting a dollar sign (shown to the right), kicks off an interesting series about finances in college athletics that will tell you everything you always wanted to know about which schools are making the most money, which ones are spending the most money, and how Virginia Tech and the Big East compare to their brethren around the nation.

Here's a rundown of the articles in this month's TSL Extra:

Cover Story: The Money-Makers, Part 1 -- by Will Stewart
In part 1 of this fascinating multi-part series, the TSL Extra takes a look at the financial side of college athletics, including reams of data on revenue and expenses for the major Division 1 athletic programs. The numbers reveal some interesting and often surprising facts about the haves and the have-nots of college athletics ...

The Big East/ACC Merger -- by Jim Alderson
The first shots have been fired in the widely anticipated and much-discussed realignment of the college athletic landscape and, not so surprisingly, they came from our own Big East Conference, in the decision by BE presidents to jettison Temple from its tenuous perch as the last football-only member ...

Spring Football Thoughts -- by Neal Williams
Easter comes at a terrific time of year and this year was no exception. The weather was perfect, the temperature comfortable. The sky was crystal clear and blue. The grass was greening up nicely. What a great time to sit back and think of … Hokie football? ...

Agents and Athletes -- by Jeff Ouellet, Esq.
The early departure of Michael Vick for the professional ranks has engendered a range of emotions in the Hokie faithful, and led many to ask questions of his departure that center primarily around the role of sports agents in the realm of college football ...

Inside the Numbers: Power Ratings -- by Will Stewart
Recently, message board poster "Technocrat" emailed me a spreadsheet he had been working on that was pretty interesting. Technocrat had devised a way to calculate power ratings for Virginia Tech football players based on their height, weight, and 40-yard dash times ...

Short Takes -- by Will Stewart
I continue to be amazed at how big of a star Michael Vick is. Recently, Vick was on the cover of ESPN the Magazine yet again ...

Inside TSL: What TechLocker.com Has Taught Us -- by Will Stewart
It has been interesting to watch sales wax and wane at TechLocker.com in the 18 or so months it has been open, since November 1999 ...

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