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SBJ College: The SCORE Act got benched. Now what?
While the SCORE Act appears to be DOA in the House, two senators are working on a bipartisan bill to address issues in college sports. Also in SBJ College: Heisman reshuffles leadership; ACC deepens ties with Allstate and Georgia Tech AD Ryan Alpert talks about $90 million training facility.
College Convo: Why Georgia Tech is investing in sport performance
Three athletic directors and $90 million later, Georgia Tech unveiled its swanky new sports performance building, the Thomas A. Fanning Center, on Thursday.
ACC bulks up sponsorship roster with Allstate deal
Lost in the chaos around College Football Playoff discourse and broader litigation around college sports, the ACC added another major sponsor during spring meetings last week.
Sources: Heisman leadership team getting a reshuffle
The Heisman is getting a new look to its senior leadership team, sources tell Sports Business Journal.
The aftermath of the SCORE Act’s benching
College sports leaders’ latest push for federal legislation has stalled.
NAACP calls on Black college athletes to boycott redistricting states
The NAACP on Tuesday has launched the “Out of Bounds” campaign, which “urges prospective Black athletes, their families, alumni and fans to ‘withhold athletic and financial support’ from major public universities in states that ‘have moved to limit, weaken or erase Black voting representation.’” The...
Georgia Tech secures up to $70M for football stadium revamp
The Develop Fulton BOD “unanimously approved a bond inducement resolution of up to” $70M for a renovation project that will “help modernize and upgrade” Georgia Tech’s Bobby Dodd Stadium. The project plan includes a “new video board and press areas, an expansion of premium seating, with a new Founde...
UConn to take larger role at PeoplesBank Arena through 2045
UConn will “take an even stronger role at PeoplesBank Arena” as $10M in new state tax credits will “extend match-ups in college basketball in Hartford until 2045 and give the university a share in profits across all events at the recently-renovated venue,” according to Kenneth Gosselin of the HARTFO...
K-State AD believes Big 12 deal with RedBird a positive but not right for the school
Kansas State AD Gene Taylor thinks RedBird Capital’s arrangement with the Big 12 “is a positive,” but the school is not “at this time” entertaining adding $30M to the bottom line, according to Kellis Robinett of the WICHITA EAGLE. Taylor said, “The investment in cash and capital would be great. But ...
Report: SCORE Act pulled from House floor voting
The SCORE Act has been “pulled from the House floor voting schedule this week,” according to sources cited by Ross Dellenger of YAHOO SPORTS (X, 5/18). The Congressional Black Caucus spoke out in “unanimous opposition to the bill” Monday afternoon, which “presented questions about whether the SCORE ...
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