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Report: College football coaches latest group to back 24-team CFP
Coaches are “swinging their support behind a remade and expanded college football postseason,” according to Ross Dellenger of YAHOO SPORTS. The American Football Coaches Association voted last week to “recommend that college leaders implement a playoff with ‘the maximum number of participants,’ disc...
SBJ College: NCAA needs clearer case for March Madness expansion
The NCAA wants to expand its men's and women's basketball tournaments, but it needs to make a better case for doing so. Also: What to make of Duke's novel, creative deal with Amazon Prime Video and a conversation about private capital in college sports.
College Convo: Why PE is trying to get into college sports
It’s been a busy couple weeks for the “private equity is taking over college sports” crowd.
What to make of the Duke-Amazon deal
College basketball has drawn its share of headlines over the last few days.
NCAA’s tournament expansion stance feels off
NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournament expansion is on the horizon, but the path forward remains murky.
UMaine unveils plans for new athletics village
The Univ. of Maine unveiled its plans for the Harold Alfond Athletics Village, a hub for all campus D-I athletic venues. The village, which is being developed with no tuition or taxpayer dollars, will also serve as a welcoming point to the school and UMaine Athletics. It will be constructed in phase...
College sports: You can’t level the playing field until you understand the paying field
College sports is not broken because athletes started getting paid. It’s broken because we started paying them without anyone knowing how much.
Kentucky eyes Memorial Coliseum naming rights, other key assets in revenue generation
JMI Sports President Paul Archey listed naming rights to Univ. of Kentucky’s Memorial Coliseum as one of seven unsold assets the multimedia marketing rights partner is “prioritizing pursuing deals for,” according to Jon Hale of the Lexington HERALD-LEADER. In the six-year contract extension between ...
GSE Worldwide, Full Day Productions to host college volleyball event at AT&T Stadium
Full Day Productions and GSE Worldwide aim to break the record for the highest attendance at a volleyball game through a collaboration to host Spikes Under the Lights, a one-night showcase at AT&T Stadium. Set for Aug. 27, the event will feature Nebraska, Penn State, Florida and SMU competing in...
Sources: CW interested in San Diego bowl games, while door not shut on Fox reunion
The CW is among the networks interested in the Holiday Bowl and newly returned Poinsettia Bowl — the only bowl games on the market — but the door has not been shut on a potential reunion with Fox, sources tell SBJ.
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The biggest difference is alignment. Two years ago, different parts of the organization weren’t always pulling in the same direction. Now the front office, the floor and the business side are really connected, and that creates real momentum.-- Pistons owner Tom Gores, on the biggest difference inside the organization now compared with two years ago.
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