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Key NCAA executives & ADs will reportedly meet with President Obama at the White House later this week to discuss the future of college athletics, a 'Coalition to Save College Sports' is expected to be announced that will be led by the 10 FBS conference Commissioners, a presidential commission to review the state of the industry is still very much in play, former Virginia Democrat Moran led the charge in Congress, adds comments - link
National College Players Association Executive Director Huma pens timely op-ed for the Los Angeles Times, reviews financial model behind college athletics & points to progress being made, "[Some] would prefer reform to come without player lawsuits & unionization, but it is precisely that kind of leverage that has been the catalyst for significant changes." - link
FB staff turnover at Texas led to the Longhorns operating at a deficit for the most recent fiscal year for the first time since 1999-2000, audited financial statement showed revenues of $161m & expenses of $163.8m, AD Patterson still very confident in the department's financial health, points to strong ticket sales for MBB, WBB & Volleyball, knows more costs are coming with autonomy changes - link
Big 12 Commish Bowlsby expects passionate debate in early February when league leaders gather to discuss remedies from this year's College FB Playoff omission, will take a hard look at if a 13-game portfolio for some schools with a new conference championship would be more valuable than a 12-game slate, also considering a mandated non-conference game against another 'Big 5' as soon as 2016 - link
South Dakota AD Herbster anxious to get answers at this week's NCAA Convention & hopefully not leave Washington D.C. with just more questions, South Dakota State AD Sell, who is also a member of the new Division I Council, says key is digging-in on true picture of financial impact for schools, Summit League Commish Douple notes concerns by members on how peers will finance changes - link
Arizona State AD Anderson says he knows what former FB HC Koetter meant when he commented in 2006 that, "Arizona State is not what it appears to be on the outside," notes that a change in culture is exactly what attracted him to the Sun Devils job, "I don't like being comfortable, I don't like routine. This certainly is nothing even close to routine." Adds that he may not be done adding key senior staff members & more - link
Notre Dame AD Swarbrick adds thoughts to his comment to the school's newspaper last month that being independent is a disadvantage for future candidacy in the College FB Playoff, now says it's not an overriding concern, FB HC Kelly expects to cover this topic & more with Swarbrick as the pair review the program & its positioning, some suggest further back-loading the schedule - link
New Mexico will roll-out a new five-year plan next month that will focus on six different areas & include 110 different tasks to accomplish, increasing FB season ticket sales, facility improvements for Baseball & renovating University Stadium all on the docket, Senior Assoc. AD Esser feels like the Lobos are just a couple of plays away from turning the corner in FB - link
Solid review: American Association of State Colleges & Universities reviews the Top 10 issues facing higher education in 2015 in their January brief, tuition policy, state appropriations, campus sexual assaults, veterans education benefits & undocumented students round out the Top 5, in conclusion points to the need of collaboration between state policymakers & higher ed leaders - link
SEC Commish Slive has noticeably been in the background this week even as one 'Big 5' AD says the College FB Playoff would have never happened with Slive's guiding hand, continues chemotherapy in battle with cancer, said last month he's looking forward to spending more time with his wife, Liz, as he moves into an advisory role with the league later this year - link
Have we jumped the shark yet? Italian soccer stand-out Totti scored twice for Roma yesterday in their show-down with city rival Lazio & after the second goal got his phone from an AC & proceeded to take a selfie with celebrating fans in the background that was later posted by the club on social media - link
Prepare for a major dose of Oregon branding tonight as Nike reportedly cut a :60 spot featuring prominent former Ducks Harrington, Fouts, Newman & Modern Family's Burrell that will air in the first break post-game if UO wins, local t-shirt designer Gilbert does his part with a tribute 'Shout' shirt after the popular cheer commonly executed by fans after the third quarter - link
CLC enforcement staff, along with a local law presence, will be in full crack-down mode today in Arlington to root-out counterfeit apparel & merchandise around the National Championship game, SVP & General Counsel Siegal says common procedure is to ask for such items to be forfeited or risk being cited for criminal violations, counterfeit rings are known to move from one big game to the next - link
Notre Dame MBB HC Brey & key media members continue to argue that allowing for in-action timeouts is hindering the game, DeCourcy of the Sporting News reviews situation during the Fighting Irish's close loss to Virginia in South Bend on Saturday, shows still picture of referee from across the court allowing for a UVA timeout as a player stepped out of bounds 70' away - link
Indiana is the latest state where lawmakers are pushing forward on accepting sports bets as Republican Morrison has introduced two bills in the state House that would allow casinos & off-track betting locations to take-in wagers, if passed, the Indiana Gaming Commission would have to examine the measure under federal law, for Morrison the move is naturally about increasing tax revenues, NCAA has no comment - link
Tennessee AD Hart talks about the momentum of a FB bowl win, says it's tangible throughout the department right now as well as with the fan base, reflects on search that ended up with the hire of HC Jones, "Any time you go into a search, you better have three people you feel comfortable can do the job," continually impressed with 24/7 recruiting approach by Jones - link
Growing licensing player Fermata Partners a key cog in continuing the nation rise of Oregon as Bloomberg Businessweek takes a look at the partnership between the two parties, Managing Director Eiler, "Big universities are moving toward the need to have more boutique service," Oregon AD Mullens agrees that no longer does a one-size-fits-all make sense, Ohio State AD Smith also notes advantages of the Buckeyes internal licensing approach, more - link
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Former AD Bay, who led departments at both Oregon & Ohio State during his career talks about his view of tonight's National Championship, recalls UO faculty wanting the Ducks to move out of the Pac-10 & into the Big Sky, overall budget was under $7m & Nike's support was just beginning in force, will stay neutral in his rooting, says getting his start as an AD at UO was all about knowing former NCAA exec Jernstedt - link
An eight-man Big 12 officiating crew that has never worked together will call the National Championship game tonight, league allegiance decision made by default as no Big 12 team made the College FB Playoff, notable Florida-based public address announcer Magrino will handle similar duties, currently serves as PA for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers & the Orange Bowl - link
Profile on Princeton WBB HC Banghart includes story of when she was an AC at Dartmouth also completing her master's in writing & leadership development, did personal interviews with UConn's Auriemma & North Carolina Women's Soccer boss Dorrance & noted how authentic each leader was, has applied experience to leading the Tigers who are currently 16-0, fully embraces the total Ivy League experience - link
Wisconsin responds to disgruntled fan on topic of scalping for MBB games, reviews policies that technically don't allow for a purchaser to buy all the remaining tickets to a game if there's a line behind them at the sales window, in this case a scalper bought over 20 tickets left to the Badgers match-up with Buffalo for $26 a piece & turned-around to resell them to the line behind him for $40 a pop - link
Ohio State FB AC Drayton sends tweet alerting fans that Buckeyes student-athletes have been advised to personalize all autographs around the National Championship game in an effort to curb the efforts of memorabilia brokers or as Drayton calls them, "...sharks trying to make money." - link
Oregon AD Mullens pens note to the entire Ducks family in celebration of tonight's FB National Championship tilt titled 'This Moment Belongs to You', "...To our incredible season ticket holders & to all of our fans; To the men who wore the jersey long ago & to those who will someday; And to the people of the great state of Oregon, for whom this program belongs." - link
