Colleges

Before touring the Ryan Field construction project in mid-April, I sat down across from Pat Ryan Jr., whose family is funding the $870 million stadium for Northwestern, to better understand why the stadium will be so different from other Big Ten football venues.

Univ. of Missouri AD Laird Veatch inked a “three-year extension,” which means he is now “signed with the university until June 2032.” Veatch will “get a $450,000 pay raise” under the terms of the extension. He will now earn $1.75M per year, which is “spread across base salary, non-salary compensatio...

The Big Ten announced a $1.37B “distribution to its 18 member schools for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.” Each school will receive $72M, though Washington and Oregon will earn “reduced shares as the conference’s newest additions.” It’s the “largest distribution in league history” and a $490M ...

SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey noted that the conference “can’t simply break a deal and call off” the football championship game because a “portion of the fan base isn’t happy with the potential impact on their team” ahead of the CFP, according to Mike Organ of the Nashville TENNESSEAN. The future of ...

Duke’s partnership with Amazon, where the streamer will carry three high profile non-league games against UConn, Michigan and Gonzaga on Prime Video, is “a multiyear agreement and the NIL opportunities for Duke will be huge -- in the millions annually,” according to sources cited by Matt Norlander o...

Marshall is set to become the first school in the Sun Belt Conference to agree to add a corporate jersey patch. The school is slated to unveil a five-year deal with Marshall Health Network that will see the company’s logo appear on all Thundering Herd athletic uniforms beginning in 2026-27, a source...

Duke is entering into a “first-of-its-kind enterprise partnership with Amazon,” with Prime Video “televising three marquee men’s college basketball games next season.” Those will be against UConn in Las Vegas on Nov. 25, Michigan at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 21 and Gonzaga in Detroit on Feb. 20....

The Univ. of Memphis’s lease agreement with FedExForum and the Grizzlies is set to expire June 30, but UM AD Ed Scott “anticipates they will remain a tenant,” according to Jason Munz of the Memphis COMMERCIAL APPEAL. Scott said, “I expect we’ll sit down probably within the next month or so and have ...

Notre Dame is set to announce a restructuring of responsibilities atop its athletic department, Sports Business Journal has learned.

Dam Nation, the former NIL collective for Oregon State, has filed a federal lawsuit against Blueprint Sports and Entertainment for “breach of contract,” according to James Crepea of the Portland OREGONIAN. The six-page complaint filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Portland states that it is a ...