Colleges
NCAA sets new transfer portal windows across sports
The NCAA Division I Cabinet “approved new transfer portal windows for multiple sports on Wednesday,” according to Nick Schultz of ON3. Following a recommendation from “both the men’s and women’s basketball oversight committees, the NCAA transfer portal will now open for 15 days after their respectiv...
FTC inquiring whether agents working with DI athletes are following conduct laws
The Federal Trade Commission is “asking 20 universities with Division I sports programs whether agents working with their athletes are following a federal law tied to sports-agent conduct,” according to the AP. The FTC’s inquiry, announced Monday, “began with sending letters to schools seeking respo...
CFP National Championship ticket prices leveling out
Ticket prices have “remained largely level now” five days away from the 2026 CFP National Championship Game between Indiana and Miami. The game will be held Monday at 7:30pm ET with “tickets still available to watch live” (PENNLIVE.com, 1/14). After low prices largely sat in the low-mid-$3,000s Mond...
College Notes
In N.Y., Braziller & Celona reported St. John’s Univ. is “firing” men’s basketball GM Matt Abdelmassih, who held the position “during the entire Rick Pitino era.” Abdelmassih had been on “administrative leave” dating back to Dec. 20. AD Ed Kull “declined to address the exact circumstances of wha...
Bidding war for Alabama QB reached $6.5M before he shut it down
The amount of money being offered to top college football transfer targets is “staggering,” with Alabama QB Ty Simpson noting he was offered $6.5M from a school before ultimately deciding to declare for the NFL Draft, according to Chris Low of ON3. Simpson indicated that offers “were pouring into hi...
Report: Big Ten eyeing compromise that could lead to 24-team CFP
The Big Ten is “floating a compromise it believes could potentially break the stalemate” around CFP expansion by temporarily accepting a 16-team field if the “rest of the sport commits to expanding to 24 teams within three years,” according to sources cited by Brandon Marcello of CBSSPORTS.com. The ...
Illinois installing college football’s largest videoboard ahead of 2026 season
The Univ. of Illinois will have the largest videoboard in college football by this fall, when a 17,300-square-foot Daktronics LED display is installed at Gies Memorial Stadium. The main videoboard, measuring 69 feet high and 250 feet wide with 10mm pixel spacing for high-resolution imagery, is part ...
SBJ College: Baker touts NCAA revenue growth of around $300 million
The Jan. 13, 2026, SBJ College newsletter features a look at the top issues the NCAA Convention will tackle this week, the sky-high secondary market prices for the College Football Playoff title game between Indiana and Miami and an interview with Wisconsin AD Chris McIntosh.
College Convo: Why Wisconsin is bolstering its Learfield staff with NIL support
The NIL hirings weren’t the headline.
College Football Playoff title game ticket prices skyrocketing
In case you haven’t been perusing the secondary market for College Football Playoff title game tickets, like just about every Indiana grad I know, allow me to add some context.
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