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Sports and entertainment sector is losing the war for talent — and it doesn’t even know about the battle
This month, roughly 2 million students will cross a commencement stage, shake a hand, and step into the job market with a diploma and a plan. For the ones who dreamed of working in sports or entertainment media — and there are more of them than you might think — that plan may have been spoiled a lon...
Senate could create bipartisan college sports bill if votes needed for SCORE Act not met
The SCORE Act will have to garner the 60 votes needed in the Senate, but a “bipartisan, all-encompassing college sports bill originating” from the Senate itself might have a chance, according to Ross Dellenger of ON3.com. Senators Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell and their staffs have been “engrossed in ...
Nebraska’s deal with Rhule includes payments for IP rights
As part of his new deal with the Univ. of Nebraska, football coach Matt Rhule “agreed to sell his intellectual property rights to the school, which will pay his annual salary to two sources,” according to Sam McKewon of the OMAHA WORLD-HERALD. The first contract is a standard coaching agreement, whi...
San Diego State football season-ticket sales trending up
San Diego State football season-ticket sales are “trending upward after three straight years of decline,” a “product of last year’s nine-win season, anticipation for this year’s move to the reconstituted Pac-12 and a decrease in ticket prices,” according to Kirk Kenney of the SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE...
Momentum picking up for 24-team CFP, but SEC still holds key card
There is “more momentum than ever” for a 24-team CFP following the Big 12 and ACC coming out in support of the Big Ten’s initial idea, meaning “all eyes are on the SEC heading into their spring meetings in Destin” later this month, according to ESPN’s Heather Dinich. The SEC has to agree with whatev...
ACC’s Phillips says conference is ‘strong’ and ‘healthy’
ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips said the “league is strong” and the “healthiest that we’ve been in my tenure.” Phillips, speaking during the ACC spring meetings in Amelia Island, Fla., said, “The league is well-positioned. The league is healthy. It’s thriving. It’s flourishing. It’s helping the league...
UNC enhancing Kenan Stadium ahead of 100th season
The Univ. of North Carolina is slated to unveil a handful of improvements and initiatives ahead of the 100th season at Kenan Stadium.
Iowa State: We can find ‘better deal’ than Big 12’s PE option if need be
Iowa State AD Jamie Pollard has a “simple reason for declining” the school-level $30M credit option from the Big 12’s new contract with private equity firm RedBird Capital Partners -- the school “can get a better deal elsewhere,” according to Ben Hutchens of the QUAD-CITY TIMES. At least 13 of the 1...
Oklahoma breaks ground on $1B-plus entertainment district, new arena
The Univ. of Oklahoma, the city of Norman and Cleveland County officials on Tuesday broke ground on the Rock Creek Entertainment District, a more than $1B planned development in North Norman that “includes a new arena for OU men’s and women’s basketball and women’s gymnastics,” according to Mason Yo...
Pac-12 still grappling with further expansion ahead of relaunch
With the Pac-12 set for its relaunch on July 1, the one “lingering” question is whether the conference will “expand again,” according to Jon Wilner of the San Jose MERCURY NEWS. Pac-12 execs have acknowledged that an additional all-sports member “would create the ideal size.” But Wilner noted when t...
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If we live in a world where Ohio State and Michigan rest their starters for that game at the end of the season because they’ve got the potential of five playoff games sitting in front of them, then college football as we have known it ceases to exist.-- ESPN’s Mike Greenberg, on growing support for a 24-team College Football Playoff.
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