LSU, Brian Kelly agree to reduced buyout as college football’s historic season continues
LSU has fired Brian Kelly in the midst of his fourth season in Baton Rouge. Just minutes after that report, it was revealed that LSU has pulled the plug and…
How LSU is using NIL to keep up in ever-evolving college football world
BATON ROUGE, La. — Days before Thanksgiving, perhaps hours after quarterback recruit Bryce Underwood’s stunning decision to shift his commitment from LSU to Michigan, a 50-year-old private equity executive in San Francisco…
American Athletic Conference becomes first league to set ‘minimum standard’ revenue share of $10 million
The American Athletic Conference approved an initiative on Friday to establish a minimum standard of benefits that schools are required to share with athletes in the new revenue sharing era…
College Football Playoff format for next season still in limbo as commissioners punt on making seeding changes
DALLAS — The format for this year’s College Football Playoff remains in limbo. At a meeting here Tuesday, playoff executives explored changes to the 2025 postseason but came to no…
Do college football coaches think new enforcement arm will work?
BATON ROUGE, La. — Brian Kelly entered last week’s joint meeting with SEC athletic directors admittedly skeptical of major college football’s new enforcement entity. He left convinced that it would…
‘Creating havoc everywhere’ — House-NCAA settlement causing crunch for Olympic sports as roster limits come into focus
The new roster limits, imposed on schools that opt into the House settlement’s revenue-sharing concept, are expected to lead to the elimination of thousands of Division I roster spots, most…
New Title IX guidance from President Biden’s administration threatens to upend school rev-share plans in college sports
The Department of Education issued long-awaited guidance related to Title IX: Revenue-sharing payments from schools to athletes must be “proportionately” distributed to men and women athletes, or institutions risk violating…
Historic House-NCAA settlement leaving hundreds of Olympic sport athletes in peril
Hundreds of college prospects, many of them participating in Olympic sports, are in a precarious position as the signing date approaches. Schools have eliminated roster spots and, for some, scholarship…
In era of NIL and transfer portal, Navy and Army are thriving without either. How are they pulling it off? ‘We are a unicorn’
There are actually three unicorns in college football: Navy, Army and Air Force — the three service academies within the Football Bowl Subdivision whose players are prohibited from accepting other…
While SEC and Big Ten leaders mull major changes, a new Super League concept looms that could radically alter college sports
Over the summer, as college administrators scrambled to unearth new cash for the onset of athlete revenue sharing, a svelte, bespectacled man visited with leaders at some of the most…