Colleges
Mike Repole asks fans to help with St. John’s hoops NIL
Entrepreneur Mike Repole on Saturday asked fans in a post on social media to “join him in supporting” the St. John’s men’s basketball team “with their NIL dollars.” Repole, a St. John’s alum, wrote in the post following the team’s loss in the Sweet 16 on Friday, “What an amazing year, what an amazin...
Washington AD calls out college landscape as ‘unsustainable’
Univ. of Washington AD Pat Chun describes the current landscape of college athletics as “unsustainable.” Chun said, “I’m firmly in the camp that what we’re doing right now is not sustainable. Does not put our student-athletes in the best position for success.” He added, “But it’s the system we’re in...
UConn’s Auriemma leads voices frustrated with women’s tourney format
UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma voiced his “frustration” with the NCAA Tournament’s two-site regional format. Auriemma on Saturday said, “I just don’t understand some of the decisions that are made about our game when we’re trying to grow the goddamn game.” He added, “Does anybody who m...
From Georgia Tech to the Atlantic 10, Bernadette McGlade’s lasting imprint
Bernadette McGlade slipped quietly into the front row of the press conference room at Bon Secours Wellness Arena for a brief moment of calm.
Judge rules against NCAA in DraftKings ‘March Madness’ trademark lawsuit
A federal judge on Thursday “denied the NCAA’s motion” for a temporary restraining order to stop DraftKings from using registered trademarks associated with its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments. The complaint for trademark infringement, filed in the Southern District of Indiana last week, “r...
Employment status of college athletes in focus at Senate hearing
The “fierce debate over whether college athletes should be considered employees took center stage” Thursday at a U.S. Senate panel hearing on reshaping college athletics, according to Shauneen Miranda of NEWS FROM THE STATES. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions met Thursday...
Oregon State AD Scott Barnes to retire from role
Oregon State AD Scott Barnes, who for almost a decade “guided one of the most turbulent periods” in school sports history, “is retiring.” Barnes, who had four years remaining on his contract, will serve as AD “until August 31, when he’ll retire and become a senior advisor for athletics through Aug. ...
Mountain West taps Two Circles for conference-wide marketing agency
The Mountain West Conference has partnered with data-driven sports and entertainment company Two Circles to launch a conference-wide marketing agency designed to help schools compete in the sport’s new financial landscape. Through Two Circles, the company will help design and operate the revenue sha...
NCAA weighs starting college football season a week earlier
The college football season “could start a week earlier as soon as 2027,” with a key NCAA committee “moving toward making a recommendation in the next couple of months,” according to Emerson & Russo of THE ATHLETIC. Sources said that administrators and coaches on the committee “strongly support”...
Sen. Tommy Tuberville introduces new bill to limit college athlete transfers
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) on Tuesday touted a bill that “would limit college athlete transfers.” Tuberville said that his bill would “allow athletes a one-time transfer but would require them to sit out for a year before joining their new team.” Tuberville said that the “unlimited transfer...
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Does the NFL still benefit from the antitrust exemption when they’re negotiating for carriage of games not on a sponsored telecast, but on a streaming service?-- FCC Chair Brendan Carr, on his feeling that if the NFL puts too many games behind a paywall, it could risk losing its antitrust exemptions.
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