#10: Nebraska will name Washington Senior Assoc. AD/CFO Seth Dorsey as Deputy AD for Internal Operations/CFO, per ESPN’s Pete Thamel. (link) |
#9: The NCAA hires Florida Deputy AD/DI Council Chair Lynda Tealer as its new SVP of Championships. The association also removes the interim tag from VP of Championships Anthony Holman. President Charlie Baker: "Lynda's background working with student-athletes, coaches and administrators, not to mention her time competing as a student-athlete, make her an ideal candidate to shape the future of our championships. She's intimately familiar with the Association's governance structure and brings decades of leadership experience. [...] Anthony's stellar contributions to all aspects of NCAA championships have continually improved the experience for student-athletes, coaches, media and fans. I'm pleased his leadership of this vital NCAA function will continue into the future." (link)
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#8: The lawsuit filed against Florida A&M by former Rattlers AD/current Tulane Deputy AD for Operations & Capital Projects Kortne Gosha has been dismissed by U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle. Hinkle: “The record includes no evidence that gender, disability or whistleblowing had anything to do with (Gosha’s resignation). Instead, the record establishes, again beyond genuine dispute, that Dr. Robinson made the decision for three legitimate, non-discriminatory, non-retaliatory reasons, any one of which would be sufficient standing alone to defeat Mr. Gosha’s claims.” More from HBCU Gameday. (link)
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#7: Merrimack Men’s Lacrosse HC Mike Morgan has resigned. He leaves after a 17-year stint with the Warriors and following an incident last week in the game against UAlbany, where a Merrimack player said racist comments to a Native American player on the Great Danes team. The Warriors player was kicked off the squad. (link)
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#6: UAB Football has become the first team to sign with a players association in Athletes.org, per ESPN's Dan Murphy. Athletes.org Founder Jim Cavale: "We're not in there to get them to boycott, but we do understand the power they can have. When it is time to negotiate we'll be prepared to have UAB be a part of that negotiation. We're building the pipes for the negotiation of the new deal for college athletics - the pipes for the athletes to be in that conversation." Blazers HC Trent Dilfer: "This is a forcing function to tell ADs and presidents around the country to put their money where their mouth is. [...] Every college coach, if you really are about your players, then let them organize. You're scared because you think your comfortable life is going to go away. If you care about your players, let their lives be comfortable like yours." With this move, AO reports its current membership is 2,495 athletes, 2,026 of whom compete in power conferences. (link, link)
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#5: Duke has installed a new three-display, center-hung Daktronics scoreboard inside Cameron Indoor Stadium. The main video display measures approximately 11.5 feet high by 59 feet around while the lower ring measures 2.5 feet high by 52.5 feet around. On the underbelly, catering to fans sitting closer to the action, a ring display measures 2.5 feet high by 39.5 feet around. The Blue Devils also partnered with EwingCole on the design, manufacture and installation of the new scoreboard, which will add 900 square feet of digital canvas to the arena. (link)
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#4: Coastal Carolina AD Matt Hogue will step down, per The Sun News' Ben Morse, who adds Hogue will transition to another position at the university. (link)
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#3: More details are beginning to emerge in a potential House v. NCAA settlement as Yahoo’s Ross Dellenger, as well as ESPN’s Pete Thamel & Dan Murphy, break it all down. $2.9B is the number reported as the settlement amount with the NCAA paying out the sum over 10 years to previous student-athletes who did not have the opportunity to monetize their NIL. Along with the settlement would come a revenue sharing agreement moving forward that could cost Power 4 programs up to $30M per year, broken down this way: “(1) a $17-22 million revenue distribution cap for athletes; (2) at least $2 million in withheld NCAA distribution for back damages; and (3) as much as $10 million in additional scholarship costs related to an expansion of sport-specific roster sizes — a concept previously unpublicized.” More on that last item: “The expense of increasing scholarships is significant. Two power conference administrators told Yahoo Sports that they plan to add more than 100 additional scholarships at the expense of $9-10 million annually. A portion of the additional scholarship expense may be counted toward the revenue-sharing cap, but that too is a fluctuating figure.” From an industry source on the negotiations: “They've got stuff on paper. This is not just lawyers and commissioners meeting and having a cocktail. This snowball is moving downhill. The horizon on this is about a month.” Timeline on when all of this could go into effect: Fall of 2025 at the earliest. Lots more. (link, link)
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#2: College sports leaders are in “deep discussions” to reach a settlement in the House v. NCAA case that could lay the framework for sharing revenue with student-athletes as part of a new NCAA business model, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel, who reports: “While sources stressed that no deal is imminent, details about what a multibillion-dollar settlement could look like are expected to be shared with campuses in the near future. … Sources indicated the top-end revenue share number per school – once it's determined – would be in the neighborhood of $20M annually, although that's yet to be settled. Whatever number is set by the settlement, individual schools will be able to opt in to share revenue up to that number with their student athletes at their discretion. (They could choose to share less, but not more.)” Plaintiffs’ attorney Steve Berman tells Thamel: “Judge Wilken has told us that she expected us to be discussing settlement given the lengthy litigation over the issues and the parties' familiarities with the strengths and weaknesses on each side. We are simply following the judge's instructions and have nothing to report other than that." (link)
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#1: UCLA Executive Senior Assoc. AD for External Relations Josh Rebholz announces he’s leaving for a position outside collegiate athletics. (link) |
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