College sports at most FBS-affiliated programs are driven today by one all-consuming pursuit: The money chase. The recent conference realignment decisions of six PAC-12 institutions, including two founding members of the 108-year-old conference, should be the final tipping point forcing university presidents to explain why the current structure is still in the best interests of…
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 Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics presented FBS financial projections through 2032 from financial services firm CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen) based on an estimated $1.4 billion in additional annual revenue from the expanded CFP and “business-as-usual” spending patterns. The session also outlined financial solutions leaders should prioritize to fulfill the recently adopted NCAA holistic model and to…
The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics presented FBS financial projections through 2032 from financial services firm CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen) based on an estimated $1.4 billion in additional annual revenue from the expanded CFP and “business-as-usual” spending patterns. The session also outlined financial solutions leaders should prioritize to fulfill the recently adopted NCAA holistic model and to…
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.
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Eric Prisbell covered the U.S. House’s Innovation, Data and Commerce subcommittee hearing where, he writes, “for nearly three hours, several lawmakers made clear that they’re either misinformed or under-informed about the complexities of the fast-evolving college sports enterprise … And all parties departed with the NCAA not an inch closer to receiving the lifeline from…
Prior to the 2023 NCAA Women’s Final Four, Billy Witz examines the changes in the two years after a social media post of the inequities in the women’s basketball tournament went viral. From the article: Despite all the changes that have occurred since the Kaplan report, there’s been no change in revenue distribution,” said Amy…