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Mark March 17th on your calendar as oral arguments in the O'Bannon case will kick-off on that day, coincides with the first night of the NCAA Tournament's First Four games in Dayton, the NCAA had asked for a date in April or May, each side will get 30 minutes to address 9th District Circuit Court of Appeals judges Thomas, Bybee & Quist, same panel who ruled 2-1 in favor of Keller in his case against EA Sports - link
Two former Vanderbilt FB student-athletes were found guilty of all charges as their developing rape trial came to a close, two others who were involved in the situation still face their day in court, victim called the jury her heroes, hopes situation will lead to greater conversation on college campuses on how to end sexual violence, Deputy District Attorney Thurman doesn't agree with belief that Vanderbilt's culture led to the incident - link
Indiana AD Glass with the second part of a thorough interview with the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, says he prefers fan anger over fan apathy, wants to better support FB HC Wilson by scheduling seven home games per year, notes context of what success means for different programs, points to Duke's FB success as an example that good program-building strategy & patience pay off - link
Clemson Assoc. AD for Finances & Facilities Neff estimates full cost-of-attendance at $3,608 per student-athlete creating a total annual expense for the Tigers in the $800k range, says no ticket increases are in store for fans as the department has been preparing financially for this development over the past two years, also believes it's naive to think a coach could unduly influence the COA number - link
More notes on UCF's new beach-themed East Side Club at Bright House Networks Stadium, season-pass to run $900 per person, alcoholic beverages available in the club for purchase, capacity set at 950 or a total ticket revenue opportunity of $855k annually, renovations for project to run $2.6m, other season tickets to increase in price from one to twenty percent depending on the location - link
UT-Chattanooga to discontinue its Men's Indoor & Outdoor Track programs in order to improve the department's Title IX situation, HC Gautier says the rationale makes sense, but it doesn't make it any easier on his student-athletes, AD Blackburn reviews the situation since his arrival, notes six months ago he started having really tough conversations with other university leaders, considered adding a women's sport, more - link
Fresno State gets a $500k commitment from an anonymous donor that will be used for various facility enhancements including a new court & other upgrades to the North Gym, new speakers in Margie Wright Diamond, addition of a student-athlete lounge in the North Gym Annex & more, gift will also support MBB's trip to Europe this summer - link
Outgoing Hawaii AD Jay investigating MBB incident that led to a $500 cleaning fee at the hotel where the team was staying during their trip to play UC-Riverside nearly two weeks ago, allegedly stemmed from marijuana smoke in rooms of players, no word on potential penalties that could be levied on those involved - link
Nebraska AD Eichorst's message during a Chamber of Commerce event, "Athletics is part of the deal, but it's not 'the' deal. Our program is a balance of of academics & athletics. Nebraska gets it." Focused on being a good steward of the school's brand, believes better communication is necessary on the concussion front, also, "In Nebraska, we pay attention to people. We retain good people. We hold each other accountable. We have positive energy." - link
Stanford Men's Swimmer Turner has been charged with felony sexual assault from an incident involving an intoxicated, unconscious woman, withdrew from school on Tuesday, booked on the 18th & released on $150k bail, arraignment set for Monday in Palo Alto, Turner was caught while running away from the scene by two bikers who held him down until police arrived - link
Extremely low oil prices means American Airlines will save $5b this year on jet fuel, but CEO Parker says his company will operate as if oil was still over $100 per barrel since there's an expectation for a return to such prices, notes that air fares are not dictated by gas costs, but instead simply by demand, plus American is reinvesting $2b into its fleet - link
New West Virginia AD Lyons set to begin his tenure in Morgantown next Monday, has been in constant contact with Interim AD Cunningham on department developments, pressing items include hiring a new Volleyball HC, has a connection with FB HC Holderson from their time at Texas Tech that overlapped, anxious to sit down with all HCs to understand how he can help them win championships - link
Yahoo! Sports columnist Forde writes on the grind-it-out style that's back for top MBB teams, agrees with ESPN analyst Bilas that the game is somewhat "unwatchable," asks what happened to the heightened officiating focus on hand-checking & impeding cutters as scoring is back to low levels seen two years ago, Georgia HC Fox wants to see adherence with the rule changes, more - link
Davidson MBB HC McKillop talks about the challenges of move to the Atlantic 10 for the Wildcats, notes the RPI difference between the A-10 & Southern Conference, says the upgraded weekly schedule is exciting & a whole new experience, points to 14-4 (5-2) marks as validating the hard work put in during the off-season by his student-athletes - link
Sororities at Virginia have mandated that their members stay away from fraternity bid parties set for this weekend after a sensitive fall on the Charlottesville campus, some went further & asked sisters to avoid all frat events, Inter-Fraternity Council Prez Gorman says lots of students are upset with the development, ESPN GameDay is set to broadcast from John Paul Jones Arena on Saturday - link
Twitter unveils new features allowing for videos of up to 30-seconds to be uploaded to the platform & the ability to send direct messages to a group of people, both are obviously plays off of stand-alone services such as YouTube & WhatsApp or GroupMe, new product manager Weil reportedly behind pushing functionality forward, all users will see changes over the next couple of weeks - link
ESPN rolls out notes & schedule on more than 400 college softball games that will appear on the family of networks during the upcoming season, includes over 100 that will be broadcast on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU with another 300+ on ESPN3 & SEC Network+, ESPNU kicks-off coverage in early March with an Auburn-Ole Miss match-up, ACC, American, SEC & SWAC tourney finals all a part of lineup - link
Interesting comment by Florida State Prez Thrasher that hasn't gotten a ton of play, said late last week that the goal for having an ACC TV Network up & running is 2016, "And I tell you, that would be a big boom for us in terms of revenue to do that. We're going to work hard on that." Covers Virginia Tech AD Babcock's view of the situation from a bit ago, league leaders to meet this week - link
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Chicago Tribune's Greenstein looks back on the past year in college athletics since then-Northwestern FB student-athlete Colter led the unionization movement at the school, AD Phillips points to a handful of developments, "They injected more urgency to do some of the things that are necessary & warranted," says the Wildcats full cost-of-attendance bill will run over $1m annually, more change likley coming - link
HC hires: SIU-Edwardsville selects Louisville AHC Sanchez as new HC for Men's Soccer as the Cougars are coming off their most successful campaign since returning to DI with a Missouri Valley title & a NCAA Tourney win; Loyola (Maryland) tabs Towson AC & former Fairfield HC Pittenger to lead the Greyhounds Volleyball program, led the Stags to 113 wins & two NCAA Tournament appearances in five seasons - link, link
Business Insider gets additional comments from those involved in lawsuit against North Carolina on the grounds of not providing a "meaningful education" to student-athletes, attorney Orr points to the hourly commitment every week that he claims goes well beyond the 20-hour limit, former WBB student-athlete McCants, "...the university & NCAA failed to keep their promise to me & other college athletes, & in turn we seek justice." - link
The machine that is Apple continues to print money as the company reported its largest historical quarterly profit, strong iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus sales led to a $18b profit, 74.5m units of the phones were moved that far exceeded the previous quarterly high mark of 51m devices, averages to 34k phones sold per hour, big spike in China - link
Developing story as reports indicate a fight involving Kentucky & Eastern Kentucky FB student-athletes left an EKU player with multiple facial fractures from the incident that occurred over the weekend, witnesses give their version of the situation, EKU VP for Communications Cason says an investigation in on-going, but couldn't confirm any names involved, UK spokesman Neely refrains from commenting - link
As shared by Stanford Senior Asst. AD for Communications Svoboda via Twitter, check out out the incentives the Cardinal are using to get FB season ticket-holders to renew before particular dates, all those who re-up before February 15th get lunch with a coach, team gear & a sideline pass during training camp, but get back in the fold well before that date & a VIP gameday experience is one neat touch - link
Tennessee Women's Golf student-athletes AJ & Anna Newell voice their displeasure with UT's move away from the Lady Vols moniker, AJ, who is the team's SAAC representative, says she felt like her stance is similar to what others are thinking, calls decision "disrespectful," adds that one main reason she chose Tennessee was its separate women's athletic department & to be a Lady Vol - link
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