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NCAA investigating biggest college football gambling scandal with Texas Tech QB
College football has its “biggest modern gambling scandal” as the star power attached to Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby “dwarf those caught up” in the Iowa and Iowa State investigations, according to Dan Wetzel of ESPN.com. The NCAA is investigating Sorsby for “making ‘thousands of online bets on a va...
College Notes: NIL cuts down number of NBA Draft early entrants
USA TODAY’s Josh Peter noted 71 players have filed as early entry candidates for the NBA Draft in June -- reportedly the “smallest number of players in more than two decades.” That comes after 363 players filed as early entry candidates just five years ago. There is “little mystery behind the trend”...
SBJ College Jersey Patch Deals Directory
College sports is preparing for a new era of commercial inventory, and few assets sit closer to the action (or the camera) than a jersey patch. While commemorative and postseason patches have long been permitted, corporate jersey patches are now being treated as the next frontier.
Pac-12 unveils new logo ahead of July relaunch
The Pac-12 on Monday unveiled a “new conference logo” ahead of the reconstituted league’s official launch on July 1. The logo was “on display last weekend during the spring football games for its members.” Vancouver-based Lincoln Design Co. developed the new logo, which “does not have any boundaries...
Univ. of Oregon football to participate in showcase in Japan
Division Street Events, in partnership with the Japan Gridiron Association, will stage the Tokyo Oregon Football Showcase presented by Flight Club on June 25-27 in Tokyo, which will bring the Univ. of Oregon football team to Japan. The inaugural showcase at The American School in Japan will focus on...
Petitti’s 24-team CFP proposal raises questions over regular-season impact
Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti has “done well to tweak his plan” for a 24-team CFP to generate support, but he is so far asking the industry to “accept on faith that the regular season will remain as intoxicating as ever,” according to Jon Wilner of the San Jose MERCURY NEWS. A 24-team playoff “h...
Ohio State, Columbus Chamber team up to launch NIL marketplace
Ohio State and the Columbus Chamber of Commerce have “teamed up for a new program designed to spread name, image and likeness wealth more broadly” in a partnership thought to be “the first of its kind,” according to Emma Wozniak of the COLUMBUS DISPATCH. Ohio State AD Ross Bjork said that the partne...
Learfield’s Next Era: New owner TPG bets on scale, data and college sports growth
If you’ve talked to Cole Gahagan in recent years, you’ve likely heard a familiar refrain: Learfield is no longer just a multimedia rights company.
Nebraska to proceed with $600M Memorial Stadium renovation
The Univ. of Nebraska Board of Regents voted to “proceed with the ‘Big Red Rebuild’” for $600M in major renovations to Memorial Stadium. That includes $200M in “deferred maintenance NU says is mandatory.” The project is expected to “reduce seating from about 85,000 seats to 80,000 and be done in tim...
Michigan adding Berj Najarian as Assistant GM for football
Berj Najarian is joining the Univ. of Michigan’s football program as an Assistant GM. He will report to GM Dave Peloquin as part of an expanded football front office. Najarian was Dir of Football & Head Coach Administration for the Patriots under Bill Belichick for years, and most recently serve...
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We don’t think it’s part of Fifa’s mandate to give such a prize. ... This peace prize given at the [World Cup] draw in Washington was a breach of Fifa’s own statutes of political neutrality and there was a lack of legal process within Fifa.-- Norwegian Football Federation President Lise Klaveness, on wanting the abolition of the FIFA Peace Prize because it breaches the world governing body’s rules on political neutrality.
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