Colleges
Sports Business Awards: Athletic Director of the Year — Kirby Hocutt, Texas Tech University
Kirby Hocutt has spearheaded a remarkable transformation of Texas Tech into an NIL-era juggernaut.
Sports Business Awards: Athletic Director of the Year — Candice Storey Lee, Vanderbilt University
Candice Story Lee has led Vanderbilt to an athletic renaissance during her nearly five-year tenure at the helm of her alma mater.
Sports Business Awards: Athletic Director of the Year — Mark Harlan, University of Utah
Mark Harlan has earned this nomination in part for making noteworthy moves in the industry over the last year, including securing an estimated $500 million private equity deal with Otro Capital and positioning Utah as a first mover in the space.
Sports Business Awards: Athletic Director of the Year — Scott Dolson, Indiana University
Scott Dolson has been the architect of one of the greatest stories in the history of college sports over the last year-plus, overseeing the overhaul of Indiana football from a Big Ten doormat to national champion following his hiring of head coach Curt Cignetti.
Sports Business Awards: Athletic Director of the Year — Dan Bartholomae, Western Michigan University
Dan Bartholomae has quietly led one of the highest-performing athletic departments in the country over the last year.
Oklahoma State joins Big 12 schools in declining credit option
Oklahoma State AD Chad Weiberg said that the school does “not currently plan to take advantage of the line of credit” offered by the Big 12’s recent private capital agreement. Weiberg has “generally worked to avoid taking on significant debt in any fashion when possible,” so his comments Friday “ali...
Additional Big 12 schools join in declining conference’s private equity line of credit
Colorado, Kansas State, Arizona and Iowa State are the latest Big 12 schools who have “declined to accept” a $30M line of credit that is being offered as part of the league’s private capital deal, bringing the total number of schools to reject the credit line to “at least 12,″ according to Brent Sch...
NCAA tournament expansion reflects shifting priorities in college basketball
The NCAA’s move to expand the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments is a “sign of the times” in the world of college sports, which includes the reality that “mid-major schools with talented players will often see them plucked away by programs with bigger budgets and the ability to pay them throug...
Who won, who lost with NCAA tournament expansion?
After months of deliberation, the NCAA’s varying committees have agreed to expand the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments to 76 teams.
Georgetown launching undergraduate sports business program
Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business is launching a new undergraduate program aimed at developing future sports business leaders. The program, called the Durban Sports Business Program, is established through a gift from alumni Egon Durban and Abby Durban. The program launched this spring with ...
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We don’t really believe in price controls. That’s kind of like what dynamic pricing can do. It actually shows just how sought-after it is to come to the United States for a World Cup.-- Trump Administration World Cup Chief Andrew Giuliani, defending the high cost of tickets for World Cup matches in the U.S.
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