While I read today’s edition of my colleague Matt Brown’s newsletter “Extra Points” this morning (a series you absolutely should subscribe to— click here to do so!), very quickly, I was made to think about class mobility in college athletics. Matt’s thesis is a popular (and generally correct) one— there isn’t much in the way of class mobility in college football. Simply put, “if you were really good decades ago, chances are, you’re probably still pretty good now.” Blue bloods tend to stay blue bloods, and more often than not, a “bad year” for them is “8-4 and go to the Outback Bowl” as Matt observes.
Class Not Found: Why Arkansas Bucks the Trend of College Football Blue Bloods
