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Orlando Sentinel's Bianchi continues coverage of UCF's AD situation, believes Interim AD & FB HC O'Leary will very likely end up as the permanent AD with the main goal of navigating the Knights to a 'Big 5' league, O'Leary in-turn has endorsed OC Key as the program's next HC, "I would expect he would be given very, very, very strong consideration whenever I do retire." - link
Texas Tech Prez Nellis on the topic of potential Big 12 expansion, "Like many of the presidents, I am comfortable with the membership of the Big 12 Conference... I also respect President Boren's thoughts and opinions on the subject of expansion. As a conference, it is important that we continue exploring options for the future, but at this time, we are in a good position." - link
The Clarion-Ledger reports the NCAA met with the stepfather of Ole Miss FB student-athlete Tunsil yesterday as a domestic incident earlier in the week was apparently centered on Tunsil's communication with player agents, Rebels say they are unaware of any NCAA personnel in the area, stepfather Miller confirms three-hour chat with NCAA Director of Enforcement for FB Howard, Miller claims the recruitment of Tunsil was questionable & that he continues to receive benefits from agents - link
Nearly 16,200 former student-athletes completed forms in the class action lawsuits between the NCAA, EA Sports & CLC for remuneration on the use of their name or likeness in video games, figure represents 16 to 24 percent of all former student-athletes would could have filed a claim, settlements look to range from $74 to $6,400 per person depending on the number of years & exact usage in the games, more - link, link, link
Illinois WBB booster Lesney & wife, Diane, speak-out in support of HC Bollant, says he's interacted very closely with the Illini staff & doesn't believe any claims of racism are true, "I think the outcome will come out in his favor," Prez of donor group 'Courtsiders' Shelby also echos Lesney's feelings, "I've never seen anything that was even remotely boarding on racial discrimination," Lesney also notes that filing a lawsuit doesn't make the allegations true - link
West Virginia AD Lyons on the topic of possible Big 12 expansion says he's "always adaptable to change," if a situation existed to add the right schools under the right financial conditions it would be worth looking at, still a staunch supporter of waiting for a larger sample size before declaring a FB Championship game is needed, believes the Big 12 is still the right fit for the Mountaineers - link
TV money inequity in European soccer's top leagues hasn't kept some clubs from succeeding at the highest levels, only three clubs outside the English Premier League, Barcelona, Real Madrid & Juventus, make more from TV rights that the lowest-paid EPL member, Queens Park Rangers, the top-paid Bundesliga side Bayern Munich is light years behind QPR, but continues to win trophies, the VICE Sports article notes the continued proliferation of the English language as one reason - link, link
Concussion research & proper handling of incidents are such an important topic in college athletics today & New York Times reporters Meier & Ivory take a look at a variety of treatment methods as medical experts look for proven ways to effectively rehab those impacted, the flush of money around research efforts have led some to call it the "Wild West" as doctors push to test new methods, Riddell's inconclusive study, custom mouthpieces, Defense Department efforts & more covered - link
Virginia AD Littlepage makes few excuses for a FB non-conference schedule that includes a trip to UCLA, along with games in Charlottesville against Boise State & Notre Dame, a game inked before the Fighting Irish were a part of the ACC, comes in a year of limbo for HC London, Littlepage still focused primarily on conference results, future non-conference series feel more reasonable, for now - link
MEAC Commish Thomas says it makes no sense for his league to get involved in full cost of attendance upgrades, Southern Conference Commish Iamarino, "That doesn't seem like a great business model," as he notes many FBS schools are saying 'yes' to the measure now, but still have to figure out how to pay for it, Elon AD Blank believes his institutions is already offering student-athletes an attractive package as the Phoenix will not provide full COA, more - link
With the rise in digital tickets for sporting events, the New York Times with a read on losing a small piece of sports history as a physical ticket has been a collector's item or simply a reminder of fond memories for so many fans, founder & Prez of Goldin Auctions notes the increased value in high-profile physical tix as the market shrinks, some teams are reprinting tix from big games & reselling as a innovative revenue opportunity, more - link
From SportsBusiness Journal earlier in the week, new Anheuser-Busch marketing boss Herscovici talks about his approach to the sports industry, one where AB has dominated for a long time with high-profile brands Bud & Bud Light, says the plays are no longer signage, logos & operating defensively, instead points to the convergence of media, content & experiences, has challenged his team to reinvent activation around sports, has no intention of exiting the space, more - link
Online dating now has a connection to college athletics as BBNMeetUp.com was created to match Kentucky Wildcat-loving singles & the effort got off to such a strong start that traffic crashed the site, looks like it's going through some initial growing pains as one can create a profile, but has to wait until the 15th of this month for more, keep all jokes to yourself - link
There are all sorts of charts & graphs out there with data on TV consumption trends, but this one is really telling as TV viewership for teens 12 to 17 has decreased by nearly 20% in just five short years, situation points squarely to why teams, leagues & governing bodies are investing so much time & money into production & distribution of quality content on mobile devices, also why the fight for the data bits business is such a big deal - link
The regular season FB match-up of Baylor & California in 2016 in Australia is apparently off as ESPN's McMurphy tweeted to that end yesterday, a potential bowl game in Melbourne after the '16 slate between Pac-12 & Mountain West representatives still looks to be on as the internationalization of college FB presses forward - link
These types of situations likely happen more than we know as UCLA FB HC Mora has put together a handful of VIP packages around the Bruins program to help raise money for Scout national recruiting director Huffman whose six-year-old daughter has been diagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma that comes with a life expectancy of one month to two years & is an inoperable situation, effort could help to the tune of $20k - link
Colorado State FB season tix are moving at a strong clip with 7,100 already sold, looks like the best sales in the past five years, though record-keeping for the Rams is a bit spotty according to Senior Assoc. AD for Sales Lorenzen, back-to-back bowl games, a new coaching staff & anticipation for a new on-campus home all providing momentum, AD Parker wants to sell-out Hughes Stadium & would be willing to sacrifice some revenue in the process - link
Louisiana Tech AD McClelland has pulled back on some of the transfer restrictions originally handed to outgoing MBB student-athlete Stapleton, 'no-gos' for Stapleton are now all C-USA peers & the University of Florida, 35 schools in total were removed from the list, no additional comments from McClelland - link
Neat holiday marketing campaign by Northwestern State as the Demons have placed yard signs along the Cane River & around Sibley Lakes to promote their season-opening FB match-up with Southeastern Louisiana, boaters will undoubtedly be on the water in droves this weekend for the 4th of July, pictures of the yard signs uploaded to social media will also be entered to win prizes - link
San Antonio Spurs announce first female AC in league history Hammon will also be the first female NBA Summer League HC as she'll guide the organization's squad in Las Vegas & Utah beginning later this month, players & executives alike praised the job Hammon did this past season on the bench, building a resume that could one day lead to becoming the first female HC in the NBA - link
