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'More is more': Big 12’s Yormark sounds off on potential CFP, NCAA basketball tournament expansion

Daily - 05/02/2024 | Unpacks Newsletter - 05/01/2024 | Unpacks Lite Newsletter - 05/01/2024

If Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark has his way, the CFP needs a few more slots. Speaking with reporters following the conclusion of the conference’s meetings Wednesday in Scottsdale, Ariz., Yormark noted he’d be in favor of the CFP expanding to a 14-team...

Univ. of Houston tells NFL it will wear blue unis

Closing Bell - 05/01/2024

The Univ. of Houston has informed the NFL that it "will proceed with plans to add an alternate blue uniform." The about-face comes six months after the NFL’s merchandising and licensing division sent a cease-and-desist letter to UH , "threatening legal action if the school did...

Report: Indiana agrees to new 10-year extension with Adidas

Daily - 05/01/2024

Indiana Univ. athletics has “verbally agreed to a 10-year extension with long-standing apparel partner Adidas,” with a finalized agreement coming “in the next few weeks,” according to a source cited by Zach Osterman of the INDIANAPOLIS STAR. The extension “strengthens the relationship” between Indiana and the German shoe...

College admins gear up for potential new budget lines as House case potentially nears settlement

Daily - 05/01/2024 | College Newsletter - 04/30/2024 | Unpacks Newsletter - 04/30/2024

The hotel lobby at the Hyatt Regency bubbled with anxiousness. Ideas about the future percolated as administrators from the Big 12, Mountain West and more discussed the varying issues that face their respective conferences along with the existential crises facing the enterprise at-large. But...

NCAA taps Lynda Tealer as SVP/Championships

Closing Bell - 04/30/2024

Univ. of Florida Deputy AD Lynda Tealer has been hired by the NCAA as its new SVP/Championships. She will begin her job on May 6. In her new role, Tealer will "oversee 84 NCAA championships, including functions in event operations, media coordination and statistics, playing rules, ticket...

Fiesta Bowl set to announce rebrand

Unpacks Newsletter - 05/01/2024 | College Newsletter - 04/30/2024

The Fiesta Bowl is getting a new look -- sort of. The organization, which has long run two postseason games in the Fiesta Bowl and Guaranteed Rate Bowl, is set to announce a rebrand to the “Fiesta Sports Foundation” hopefully in Q4, CEO Erik Moses told me. ...

JMI Sports and Utah sign 10-year partnership

Morning Buzz - 05/01/2024 | College Newsletter - 04/30/2024

Utah has a new multimedia rights partner. The school is set to announce a 10-year multimedia rights agreement with JMI Sports beginning July 1, Utah AD Mark Harlan and JMI Sports CEO Erik Judson told me. An official announcement is expected on Wednesday morning. Learfield was Utah's previous...

NIL Corner: Winners, losers from the NCAA's NIL policy shift

College Newsletter - 04/30/2024

In a proposal approved earlier this month by the NCAA, schools will be allowed to identify potential opportunities and facilitate NIL deals. This is a significant change after prohibiting colleges from any dealmaking role, with wide-ranging implications for student athletes, universities, and the business...

Elevated premium experiences becoming a bigger part of college events

Unpacks Newsletter - 04/30/2024

Increasingly elevated premium experiences at pro events are trickle-down influencing premium in college settings, Proof of the Pudding CEO Adam Noyes tells my colleague Bret McCormick. All the F&B provider’s clients, including Georgia, Georgia Tech, Auburn, Alabama, Mississippi State and Wake Forest, are looking for any areas of...

Report: College sports leaders exploring settling NIL antitrust case

Daily - 04/30/2024 | Morning Buzz - 04/30/2024 | Daily - 04/30/2024

The leaders of college sports are involved in "deep discussions" to reach a legal settlement that “would likely lay out the framework for sharing revenue with athletes in a future NCAA business model,” according to sources cited by Thamel & Murphy of ESPN.com. The case of House...

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'More is more': Big 12’s Yormark sounds off on potential CFP, NCAA basketball tournament expansion

Univ. of Houston tells NFL it will wear blue unis

Report: Indiana agrees to new 10-year extension with Adidas

College admins gear up for potential new budget lines as House case potentially nears settlement

NCAA taps Lynda Tealer as SVP/Championships

Fiesta Bowl set to announce rebrand

JMI Sports and Utah sign 10-year partnership

NIL Corner: Winners, losers from the NCAA's NIL policy shift

Elevated premium experiences becoming a bigger part of college events

Report: College sports leaders exploring settling NIL antitrust case

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