Colleges
CSC issues memo to ADs amid concerns around transfer portal
The College Sports Commission on Friday issued a memo to ADs saying that it has “‘serious concerns’ about some of the multimillion-dollar contracts being offered to players.” The memo from the new regulatory body for college sports comes amid a transfer portal “spiraling out of control.” The CSC rem...
AFCA Exec Dir Craig Bohl: Calendar in need of ‘pretty significant structural changes’
Asked to describe his tenure so far as Exec Dir of the American Football Coaches Association, Craig Bohl starts with the word “challenging.”
Fiesta Bowl, Peach Bowl see attendance bumps
Attendance for the Fiesta Bowl and Peach Bowl, which served as the CFP semifinal sites last week, was up for both games. The announced crowd for the Fiesta Bowl between Miami and Ole Miss was 67,928, up from 63,854 for the Penn State-Boise State quarterfinal last season. The Peach Bowl, with Indiana...
CFP National Championship ticket prices skyrocket
Ticket prices for the College Football Playoff National Championship Game between No. 1 Indiana and No. 10 Miami are at “absurdly high levels.” As of Saturday morning, the cheapest ticket for the Jan. 19 game on GameTime is “over $3,500, including fees.” The “average ticket price was $5,589 -- more ...
Jersey Patches: College sports’ next commercial frontier already being sold
LSU’s equipment staff has ample experience affixing specialty logos.
Washington QB to stay at school after transfer portal drama
Univ. of Washington QB Demond Williams Jr. on Thursday night announced via Instagram that he is staying at the school, ending a “frenetic 48 hours in which Williams announced his intent to transfer just days after signing a contract” with the Huskies. Williams’ decision to transfer “sent a ripple of...
Wide range of ticket prices still available for CFP semifinal games
With the CFP semifinals set to get underway tonight, there remains a wide range of ticket prices on the secondary market for each game. For tonight’s Vrbo Fiesta Bowl between No. 6 Ole Miss and No. 10 Miami at State Farm Stadium, Vivid Seats has a get-in price of $52 with tickets going for as much a...
Fresh-faced CFP semis highlights SEC’s fading power, Big Ten’s surge
The SEC’s “generation of supremacy” in college football is in many ways “disappearing,” as two Big Ten teams will “square off in the South’s capital for the right to a place in the national championship game the SEC once considered a sort of birthright” on Friday, according to Zach Osterman of the I...
Contract dispute between Washington, QB could shape future of CFB player deals
How the contract dispute between the Univ. of Washington and QB Demond Williams plays out will “speak volumes about the future of college football and the enforceability of contracts, providing a bellwether for this new era of college sports,” according to Pete Thamel of ESPN.com. Williams’ plans to...
LSU’s Glasscock becomes one of the highest-paid football GMs
LSU and football GM Billy Glasscock have agreed on a three-year, $3M deal, making him “one of the highest-paid general managers in the country,” according to Wilson Alexander of the New Orleans TIMES-PICAYUNE. Glasscock will earn $1M per year, which would have “made him the second-highest-paid gener...
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Until I got elected commissioner, all I did was labor relations. That’s how I made my living. I’ve never been in a negotiation where before the first piece of paper went across the table, I or anyone I represented was out there saying this we absolutely will not talk about. I just think it’s a hard way to begin a negotiation.-- MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, on his opinion that both sides should keep an open mind heading into labor negotiations this coming year.
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