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Discussion on changes to College Football Playoff model delayed until realignment, ACC expansion is complete

By curator August 30, 2023FYI, NCAA, NCAA Football, News, Pressed, Realignment, Reports

With so much up in the air, the CFP management committee opted to wait before seriously discussing alternative models for the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff. Tap below to read…

ACC postpones scheduled meeting to address expansion in wake of apparent shooting on North Carolina campus

By curator August 28, 2023FYI, NCAA, NCAA Baseball, NCAA Football, News, Pressed, Realignment, Reports

ACC presidents have postponed a scheduled meeting for Monday regarding potential conference expansion, sources confirmed to CBS Sports' Dennis Dodd, after an apparent shooting at the University of North Carolina…

Sources: ACC presidents to meet on conference expansion on Monday night

By curator August 28, 2023FYI, NCAA, NCAA Baseball, NCAA Football, News, Pressed, Realignment, Reports

ACC presidents are scheduled to meet on a call Monday evening to discuss and potentially take action on expanding to add Cal, Stanford and SMU, sources tell Yahoo Sports. Tap…

ACC expansion: Conference renews discussions to add Stanford, California, SMU at reduced price, per reports

By curator August 23, 2023FYI, NCAA, News, Pressed, Realignment, Reports

A group of ACC presidents met to go over revenue models that made sense for expansion. Tap below to read the report by Shehan Jeyarajah for CBSSports. https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/acc-expansion-conference-renews-discussions-to-add-stanford-california-smu-at-reduced-price-per-reports/

With college sports more in flux than ever before, new players association group emerges

By curator August 23, 2023FYI, NCAA Baseball, NCAA Football, News, Pressed, Reports

Amid the wave of conference realignment that rocked college sports earlier this month, a thought crossed Jim Cavale’s mind: “What do the athletes think?” Tap below to read the report…

Ben Greenspan Named Northwestern U. Head Baseball Coach

By curator August 20, 2023Coaching Change, FYI, NCAA, NCAA Baseball, News, Pressed, Reports

Evanston, Ill. –Ben Greenspan has been named Northwestern's head baseball coach, Vice President for Athletics & Recreation Derrick Gragg announced on Friday. https://nusports.com/news/2023/8/18/ben-greenspan-named-head-baseball-coach

“The Path Forward” – A letter to NCAA members from President Charlie Baker

By curator August 14, 2023FYI, NCAA, NCAA Baseball, NCAA Football, News, NIL, Pressed

Tap below to read the letter from NCAA President Charlie Baker. https://www.ncaa.org/news/2023/8/14/media-center-the-path-forward-a-letter-to-ncaa-members-from-president-charlie-baker.aspx

ESPN ended negotiations with Pac-12 in 2022 after demand for $50 million per school

By curator August 11, 2023FYI, NCAA, NCAA Football, News, Odds and Ends, Pressed, Realignment

According to John Canzano, ESPN offered a TV rights deal of $30 million per school last fall, which is a better offer than what Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff brought to the…

Texas A&M shuts down controversial 12th Man+ NIL Fund after IRS threatens foundation’s nonprofit status

By curator August 10, 2023FYI, NCAA, NCAA Baseball, NCAA Football, News, NIL, Pressed, Reports

Texas A&M has shut down the controversial 12 Man+ Fund after reviewing directives from the IRS. The fund, which attempted to bring name, image and likeness (NIL) collective efforts in-house,…

San Diego State Tried To Form A New Power League; It Reportedly Failed

By curator August 8, 2023FYI, NCAA, NCAA Football, News, Pressed, Realignment

Conference realignment is in overdrive right now with the Pac-12 going away as we know it. This has left the Mountain West and other leagues to try to figure out…