Author: JoJo Rinebold

Judith Crown, writer and former managing editor and reporter for Crain’s Chicago Business, compares the choices made by former Big Ten colleagues, the University of Chicago and Northwestern University, after contrasting choices in regard to intercollegiate athletics put the two institutions on different paths. From the article: “With recent consolidation and the creation of megaconferences,…

Michael Smith writes on this “historic” season for college football with “conference realignment; name, image and likeness; budget excesses; and unexpected ups and downs in the media industry” affecting “the sport in ways that were beyond belief this time last year.” From the article: “All of the changes have left college football wondering who is in charge…

J. Brady McCollough highlights the plan UCLA football coach Chip Kelly discussed during preseason football media days that would “steer the college sports enterprise away from fully losing its soul — having top football schools be classified as independent and playing by their own rules, allowing the rest of the sports to be grouped together…

Studying 50 flagship universities, typically the oldest public school in each state, during the 20-year period between 2002-2022, Kendall Tietz cites the Wall Street Journal analysis and institution’s “spending spree” by raising tuition prices and in turn, putting students in more debt. Included in Tietz’s article was the WSJ analysis of data from the Knight-Newhouse…

Ross Dellenger covers the “chaos” that surrounds name, image, and likeness (NIL), after representatives of major collectives met in July with NCAA and SEC officials. Dellenger writes how collectives are poised to change college sports with a revenue-sharing model, and questions if legislation can provide any solutions or order. The article includes quotes Knight Commission…

The panel discussion as part of the Future of College Athletics Summit held June 8, 2023, and hosted by the University of Arizona included the topics of governance, NIL, and reforms of those areas. The panel participants included NCAA president Charlie Baker and Knight Commission CEO Amy Perko. Read More Here.