Colleges

The Univ. of Nebraska Board of Regents voted to “proceed with the ‘Big Red Rebuild’” for $600M in major renovations to Memorial Stadium. That includes $200M in “deferred maintenance NU says is mandatory.” The project is expected to “reduce seating from about 85,000 seats to 80,000 and be done in tim...

Berj Najarian is joining the Univ. of Michigan’s football program as an Assistant GM. He will report to GM Dave Peloquin as part of an expanded football front office. Najarian was Dir of Football & Head Coach Administration for the Patriots under Bill Belichick for years, and most recently serve...

Univ. of Miami AD Dan Radakovich is “retiring” and the school is “eyeing former Florida Panthers president Michael Yormark as the successor,” according to sources. Yormark was president of the Panthers from 2007 through 2013 and has been working on the business side of Roc Nation since then. A sourc...

Virginia Tech AD Whit Babcock, who is retiring at the end of June, will most be remembered for “the shortcomings in football” and how “struggles remain in generating funds to remain competitive” with NIL in several key sports when it comes to his time overseeing the athletic department, according to...

The Univ. of Louisville Board of Trustees voted Thursday to “establish Cardinal Ventures, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit designed to create new revenue opportunities for Louisville athletics at a time when the cost of competing at the highest level continues to rise,” according to Eric Crawford of Louisville...

The Univ. of Kentucky announced Thursday retiring AD Mitch Barnhart -- who was “set to move” to a new role as Exec in Residence for the UK Sport and Workforce Initiative on July 1 -- “will no longer take that job.” The news comes two days after Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear “joined the growing number o...

Virginia Tech AD Whit Babcock is “retiring June 30” but will “remain at the school as AD emeritus.” Babcock is the ACC’s second-longest tenured AD after a dozen years with the Hokies. Virginia Tech did “not reveal the new position’s duration or salary” -- Babcock’s contract as AD was set to expire i...

NCAA President Charlie Baker is “now firmly advocating” a move to the “five-in-five” standard for student-athlete eligibility to “eliminate the current restriction in Division I of playing four seasons within a five-year span that features numerous waivers and redshirts,” according to Bryan Fischer ...

The Univ. of Michigan sold nearly $15M “in alcoholic beverages” at Michigan Stadium over the past two years since alcohol became legal inside the stadium before the 2024 football season, according to Sam Jane of MLIVE.com. In terms of revenue, the university generated about $2.3M during its inaugura...

The question of expanding the CFP to 16 or 24 teams remained unresolved at the annual two-day CFP spring meetings, but for the first time, the meetings “paved the way for a more intense holistic examination and financial evaluation of a 24-team postseason,” according to Ross Dellenger of YAHOO SPORT...