#10: Ohio State parts ways with Women’s Lacrosse HC Bokker. (link)
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#9: Former UCF Senior Associate AD for Compliance Shick is now an Assistant Commissioner for Compliance at the AAC. (link) |
#8: LEAD1 CEO McMillen breaks down the current state of federal NIL legislation, noting the GOP-controlled House of Representatives is likely to pass a skinny bill to “avoid other committees with possible jurisdiction.” Meanwhile, U.S. Senators Tuberville (R-AL) and Manchin (D-WV) are attempting to negotiate a compromise bill, and McMillen explains such a bill would “likely include some of the provisions the House avoided.” As such, passing a bill in the Senate “may need to include other provisions, such as a medical trust fund, increased Title IX penalties, a Congressional Committee to study Title IX compliance or eliminating the tax deduction for donations to collectives. … The challenge, of course, is that the employment issue is looming and outstanding court cases and California pending legislation may accelerate the timetable for additional Congressional action on these matters. Based upon the House hearing, it is evident that there are a minority of House members who would support an employment model. The issue is that if the courts or California move forward on employment or revenue sharing, the Congress will have to act with speed to overturn such action. Given the difficulty passing an NIL bill, stopping an employment model would be a challenge.” (link)
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#7: On the Paul Finebaum Show, Alabama AD Byrne opened up about the change in Baseball leadership in Tuscaloosa: “So what I tried to think back is, anytime you go through a coaching hire, Paul, you try to look under the hood and get as much information as you can. As you can imagine, there was never any sign by anybody of anything like that. And once we learned about it, we dealt with it. We took it seriously from the get go and made the challenging decision. … Obviously as an athletic director, one of the things you’re judged on is your coaching hires. And as much as, using a baseball term, as much you want to bat 1.000, you’re not going to. Coach Bohannon — our program’s better. A lot better.” (link)
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#6: Eastern Washington’s AD search is down to three finalists in former Illinois-Springfield (DII) AD Sarrá, Fresno State Senior Assoc. AD for Development Collins, and Valparaiso Executive Assoc. AD/SWA Jarnigan, who was previously AD at Southern Illinois. Campus visits are set for each candidate between May 25 and June 5. (link)
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#5: Texas taps UCLA Beach Volleyball HC Metzger for the same post in Austin. (link) |
#4: Sports Illustrated’s Dellenger with a bunch of observations, starting with the Pac-12’s and Big 12’s “near-yearlong realignment buzz surrounding these two conferences—will Pac-12 members defect to the Big 12?—is entering what appears to be its final chapter.” The larger story, Dellenger continues, is yet to be written, as he asks “How do the Big 12, Pac-12 and ACC keep up competitively while generating millions less than college football’s two behemoths? Some believe all three of them cannot coexist successfully.”
+ Notre Dame AD Swarbrick, for instance, remarks: “The big next issue is, can we keep the perception of college athletics as involving all of us? Or, does the Big Ten and SEC become college athletics in terms of popular perception, and, if they do, how does that influence shape the future of college athletics?”
+ As the Big 12 and Pac-12 battle to the west, Dellenger notes the ACC is dealing with a rebellion from within, as seven schools have “coalesced over what many of them describe as an untenable situation.” For those schools and for the ACC as a whole, their options are limited to three: seek more revenue from ESPN, secede from the league, or create another league. “If the seven agree to dissolve the current grant-of-rights agreement (we don’t know yet if this is a possibility), they may add a couple of more schools and begin their own association in hopes of it being more lucrative. This comes with its own issues, of course. You’d need a broadcast partner or private equity to fund such an endeavor. And, as one official asks, ‘Will it really be that much more lucrative?’”
+ Lots more from Dellenger, including this from one administrator on the Pac-12 media rights outcome: “I think the highest odds—and it may not be more than 50%—is that the Pac-12 salvages something in the short term to keep it together and it is Dead Man Walking for four years, with the Big Ten and Big 12 sitting there.” (link)
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#3: The Women’s College World Series bracket is set with Oklahoma as the top overall seed, followed by UCLA, Florida State, Tennessee, Alabama, Oklahoma State, Washington, Duke, Stanford, LSU, Arkansas, Northwestern, Texas, Georgia, Utah and Clemson. (link)
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#2: If you’re having a hard time understanding the Four-Year Transfer situation, Arizona State’s compliance office has created this Four-Year Transfer 101 guide. Quite useful! (link) |
#1: Spectrum News' McInnis reported Hawai'i President Lassner would recommend LIU Senior Deputy AD Angelos to become UH's next AD. McInnis with added context: "Angelos still faces a large step to be officially hired as David Matlin’s successor; he must be confirmed by the UH Board of Regents at its meeting on Thursday. Due to a change in the structuring of UH upper administration since previous athletic director hires, the AD is now selected by the president and given final say by the regents." (link)
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