Colleges
Michigan interim president voices concern on college sports landscape after May exit
Interim Univ. of Michigan President Domenico Grasso called the move of basketball coach Dusty May leaving for the NBA a “‘bellwether’ for college athletics,” according to Tony Garcia of the DETROIT FREE PRESS. Grasso said at the Board of Regents meeting, “Our current system is in dire need of clarit...
Bjork projects Ohio State athletic budget will hit $500M
Ohio State AD Ross Bjork expects that the university’s athletic department will “be the first to record an annual operating budget of” $500M in the coming years, according to Joey Kaufman of the Columbus DISPATCH. Bjork said, “It could happen in three years from now. It could happen two years from n...
Illinois athletics poised to surpass $200M in revenue for first time
Univ. of Illinois AD Josh Whitman said that the athletic department will surpass $200M in revenue for “the first time in program history,” though the financial numbers for the fiscal year are typically a week or two from being finalized, according to Scott Richey of the Champaign NEWS-GAZETTE. Whitm...
Longtime Univ. of Louisville SID Kenny Klein dies at 66
Longtime Louisville SID KENNY KLEIN has died at 66, according to Holton & Kuzydym of the Louisville COURIER JOURNAL. Klein spent 39 years working for the Cardinals, arriving in 1983 as a sports information director and retiring in 2022 as a senior associate athletics director. Klein was best kno...
Judge rules multimedia companies will continue to be subject to CSC’s oversight
A federal magistrate ruled Thursday that multimedia rights companies that represent college athletic departments “can continue to be subject to the same rules governing millions” in third party NIL payments to players that are “reshaping college sports.” Northern District of California Magistrate Ju...
Big 12 adding Monster as football media days sponsor
The Big 12 is slated to add Monster Energy as the naming rights sponsor of the league’s 2026 Football Media Days, Sports Business Journal has learned. Exact financial details of the deal were not immediately available, while an official announcement is expected on Friday.
ACC schedule forces Tobacco Road rivals to play non-conference game
The Univ. of North Carolina and NC State men’s basketball teams “are working to schedule a nonconference meeting” in Greensboro on Dec. 15 after being scheduled “to meet just once … for the second consecutive season,” according to Brian Murphy of Raleigh-based WRAL-NBC. The schools had played annual...
Ohio State planning $125M in upgrades to football facility
Ohio State AD Ross Bjork said that the university hopes “to break ground” on a $125M renovation project for the school’s football practice facility. The project at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center is “aimed at modernizing coaches’ offices, team meeting spaces, conference rooms, the locker room, train...
Utah taps Adidas as new apparel partner, replacing Under Armour
The Univ. of Utah announced on Wednesday that it has “entered into a new partnership” with Adidas after ending the school’s longstanding relationship with Under Armour, according to Steve Bartle of KSL SPORTS. Utah and Adidas will “partner on a seven-year deal starting July 1, 2027,” and the partner...
Strait cash, homie: Clemson latest to see concerts as new revenue stream
Clemson is the latest school “seeing strong financial returns” from its biggest venues hosting concerts, according to Chapel Fowler of the Columbia STATE. George Strait on May 2 “set a Memorial Stadium attendance record as 90,037 fans” flocked to Death Valley’s first major concert in 27 years. Morga...
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It doesn’t take account of all the investments we make in many things, the costs of delivering the Championships to the standard that we deliver it to -- which, of course, builds a value in our brand, which, particularly for the top-10 players, they’ll see the benefits of when you look at the kind of contracts that they will have personally. Our business model, really carefully balanced over 150 years, has delivered that value -- yes, to us, yes, to British tennis -- but also back to the players.-- All England Lawn Tennis Club CEO Sally Bolton, on how a source of frustration for AELTC leadership is the player group’s proposed revenue share structure as the mode of deciding the total prize money pool.
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