That magical buzzword “alignment” pops up in college sports more and more these days.
Just a few weeks ago, Miami president Julio Frenk busted out the jargon to basically say he’d have more involvement with the football program “by facilitating seamless alignment between the Board of Trustees, my entire administration, and the athletics department.” It’s ipsum lorem business-speak-meets-the-increasing-corporatization-of-college-sports, but it can matter when you are hiring a football coach for millions of dollars. Miami doesn’t currently have a vacancy but, a few hours north in Gainesville, Florida has a situation that needs to be explained in detail from an alignment perspective.