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From Big Ten meetings: Wisconsin AD & College FB Playoff selection committee member Alvarez says not having a defined conference champion hurt the Big 12 in last year's system (link), Alvarez also thinks it's time to change the 20-hour per week rule for student-athletes as it is not enforced (link), Ohio State AD Smith likes the four-team Playoff model & notes that an expansion would have to include growth in December, not in January (link)
Illinois AD Thomas on the student-athlete abuse allegations within his department, "I don't feel my job is on the line. I'm confident in the integrity of our program and the direction we're heading, and I know what we've done here in the time I've been here." Continues that the investigations will be an opportunity to improve as he's continuously focused on doing things right, "We need to do better and we intend to" - link
Missouri AD Rhoades selects Baker as his new Deputy AD, heads to Columbia after two years in a similar role at Memphis, will oversee all external functions & serve as sport administrator for MBB, prior to his time with the blue-clad Tigers, Baker was a DII AD at Northwest Missouri State & Rogers State, Rhoades says Baker, "is regarded as one of the up-and-coming administrators in the nation and has established an impressive track record of success at every stop of his career" - link
Behind a paywall, but you'll want to get access if you haven't already read this one, Sports Business Journal's Smith reports on projections put together by JMI Sports for the Pac-12 on the topic of aggregating sponsorship rights at the league level, believes schools could see a 25% to 30% increase by moving away from current third party partners, some ADs comment favorably on the potential change, others hesitate, lots of moves left to play out - link
Oregon State AD De Carolis talks about his decision to step away from the Beavers department, points to fact that Prez Ray was not going to extend his contract beyond 2016, goes through details of his review & future plans he laid out to Ray, notes that he started to mentally check-out & that's when he knew it was time for a change, plans to stay in college athletics, believes both Baseball HC Casey & Deputy AD Massari are more than capable, more - link
Utah State Prez Albrecht says his search for a new AD is on schedule & has entered the phase of vetting candidates that have expressed interest, notes work of former ADs Spetman & Barnes to raise the profile of the department & job, Salt Lake Tribune reviews possible candidacies of Weber State's Bovee, Southern Utah's Beazer & Montana's Haslam, all whom have ties to the Aggies and/or Logan - link
LSU AD Alleva pretty straight-forward on the difficulty of attracting quality non-conference opponents to Baton Rouge, "Literally 80 percent say 'no' right away...They're a little more open to neutral site games...Teams don't want to come to Tiger Stadium and get their butts beat. That's just a fact of life. I'm being as blunt as I can be...they don't want to schedule losses." - link
Minnesota AD Teague says the Gophers are planning for a groundbreaking on their $150m athletic village project in mid-August, fundraising sits at $70m with some key additions "getting down to the wire," Board of Regents will meet the second week of June to approve plans, some of the total will be financed as the bond rate is advantageous right now, calls the overall budget situation "a battle" as the general public thinks departments are flush with cash - link
Interesting read on Auburn's approach to selling FB season tickets, by & large the Tigers have relied on offerings that reward those first who have been in the fold for a long period of time, as Executive Assoc. AD Jackson noted, "...we're just caretakers of a system that people bought into for years," covers sequence of when tickets become available for different groups, haven't dabbled with variable or dynamic options yet - link
Arizona AD Byrne's Wildcat Wednesday includes TV viewership data for Wildcats games this past season, over 50m people watched FB & MBB match-ups, a number that doesn't include four FB & 17 MBB tilts that were on Pac-12 Networks or CBS Sports Network as neither provides ratings, FB's 26m sets of eyeballs last season ranked fourth in the Pac-12, FB title game & Fiesta Bowl combined for 13.4m, MBB average highest in the league - link
Experiencing the World presented by Anthony Travel
For comparison's sake as the conversation around HC pay continues, the Top 10 highest-paid managers in European soccer make an average of $11.3m annually, list is led by Bayern Munich's Guardiola at $24m, Chelsea's Mourinho checks-in at $17m, Guangzhou Evergrande boss Lippi at $14m, plus three others at $10m or more - link
presented by Anthony Travel
Arkansas AD & College FB Playoff chair Long named AD of the Year by Sports Business Journal last night in New York City, adds the honor to his wall that includes a similar award from NACDA in 2013, commented on his nomination by pointing to the success of his coaches & staff, "Hog fans should be very proud of what they've helped us do in a small state without a huge alumni population." - link
Kentucky MBB HC Calipari says during a speaking engagement yesterday that his program's goal before starting last season was not to win a National Championship, but instead to get eight student-athletes drafted, feels good about how the year closed as his student-athletes improved & notes that seven players are likely to be selected in the NBA Draft - link
Kansas State AD Currie recruits alum Hamor to return to Manhattan & serve as Assoc. AD for Development, spent the last two years at Texas as Asst. AD for the Longhorn Foundation where he oversaw UT's annual giving campaign & pushed membership growth to its highest marks since 2010, previous to his time in Austin built his resume moving up the Wildcats fundraising team - link
Weber State will build a new 4,000-square foot student-athlete academic center that will include a 20-person computer lab, individual study rooms, offices for academic advisers, as well as a lounge & kitchen, AD Bovee point to a priority on the educational component of the student-athlete experience & enhancing the Wildcats recruiting profile - link
Two Southern Miss FB student-athletes were arrested yesterday in connection to an armed robbery, junior Cox & senior Foster charged with armed robbery, burglary of an occupied dwelling & kidnapping, Asst. AD for Media Relations Duggan says the school is aware of the situation & continuing to gather information - link
IndyStar's Pointer writes on the newly minted pact between Butler & Learfield Sports, Bulldogs Assoc. AD for External Relations Freeman says the leadership team had reviewed such opportunities over the past five years & the time was right, one of the first orders of business for Learfield is getting a new radio deal done, adding revenue to a budget believed to be in the bottom half of the Big East an overall key - link
Toledo has partnered with The Aspire Group to aid the Rockets ticket sales & servicing push, AD O'Brien notes the goal of filling the Glass Bowl & Savage Arena to create an even more effective home team advantage, Aspire staff will include a Manager, two Sales Consultants & a Coordinator of Database Marketing & Analytics - link
Technology Today presented by Paciolan
Executive Chairman of NextVR Allen, a leading virtual reality player, notes the way his company's technology could boost ad & sponsorship dollars in the sports world, points to unique camera angles that are sponsored & only available at home, thus potentially opening up a new category of deals, analysts are predicting 12.2m headsets will be sold in 2016 as the technology grows - link
presented by Paciolan
'Year of Readiness' also debated at Big Ten leadership meetings, Minnesota boss Teague, "(it's) probably an iffy proposition, but the debate that it sparks is very healthy," Ohio State AD Smith continues to say he's not a fan, but loves the topic "as a lightning rod to discuss the academic issues," to which point Indiana AD Glass suggests times of literally locking athletic facilities to keep student-athletes out & concentrated on their studies - link
Auburn AD Jacobs & Troy Baseball HC Pierce discuss the difficulty of recruiting prospective student-athletes from neighboring states who can tap into additional pools of money to help their financial situations that aren't available in Alabama, Jacobs suggests that any aid should be counted as overall aid, Pierce not quite sure how to level the playing field, but points to talent needed from out-of-state to compete nationally - link
A new NFL stadium in San Diego could change the financial dynamics for San Diego State to host home FB games, in a report released earlier in the week rent for the Aztecs could increase substantially from the $500k they pay now for access to Qualcomm Stadium per season to $1.25m in a brand new facility, SDSU brass including AD Sterk simply say they look forward to participating in the process, new revenue stream could be open for negotiation - link
New Hampshire will add a four-sided, center-hung videoboard, as well as a high resolution end zone board & LED band to Whittemore Center Arena, AD Scarano says the move is a step forward on the fan experience front, Trustee & Foundation board member Small with a large gift to make the project possible, installation will be complete by the beginning of the 2015-16 Hockey seasons, Anthony James Partners to aid process - link
New Tennessee MBB HC Barnes wants to play a neutral-site game in Nashville every year, Gonzaga could already be one possible opponent in return for the Vols trip out to Seattle next season, Barnes notes AD Hart's thoughts on the importance of the Nashville market with the SEC Tournament taking place in the city, "but (also) just the fact that we want this to be all ours"; FB HC Jones also calls his team's season-opener in Nashville a "tremendous opportunity" - link, link
In a promo likely to make you laugh, Maryland AD Anderson hits infield to FB HC Edsall, MBB HC Turgeon, VB boss Aird & Wrestling HC McCoy that includes the balls respective to each coach's sport in an effort to push a Maryland Pride Tour stop in Frederick later this month, additional stops on the tour include Annapolis, Baltimore & Gaithersburg - link
We hear all the time about the gap in college athletics between the 'haves' & 'have-nots', but Inside Higher Ed writes on the same situation at the overall university level as the Top 40 richest schools in the nation now have two-thirds of the overall wealth of the entire 500 that are rated by Moody's, those Top 40 have doubled their assets since the recession, Harvard leads the way with a $43b endowment, lots more - link
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