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Notre Dame AD Swarbrick comments on a number of items, calls a Top 10 Learfield Sports Directors' Cup finish, "a consequence, not a goal," winning the ACC MBB Tourney was a highlight achievement because of how Men's hoops is perceived in the league, notes the importance of high-level student-athlete leadership on successful teams, wants to grow Men's Hockey, compares early exits in MBB to other notable cases, such as Texas golf stand-out Spieth - link
CBS Sports reports the NCAA will deliver a notice of allegations to Southern Miss in the next week on potential improprieties by former MBB HC Tyndall in which he will be charged with rules violations, improper benefits & academic misconduct are two specific areas where Tyndall may have stepped out of bounds, once received, the Golden Eagles will have 90 days to respond, full resolution may not be reached until late spring of next year - link, link
Notable music artist Drake has been issued a cease & desist letter from Kentucky's Compliance team after photos with prospective MBB student-athletes at last year's Big Blue Madness, HC Calipari took to Twitter yesterday to make sure Wildcat fans understand everything is fine between the program & the rap star, "Drake is and always will be a part of our Big Blue family. I hope to see him on campus soon." - link
Oklahoma State & CLC agreed to a five-year extension on a relationship that started back in 1982, VP for Enrollment Management & Marketing Wray notes a careful evaluation of the landscape that led the Cowboys back to CLC once again, officially-licensed Pokes gear is now available in 3,200+ retail outlets, CLC SVP & Managing Director Moss believes his team can continue to help OSU grow its brand - link
Baylor FB HC Briles continues to say 'brand name' is what kept his Bears & TCU out of the College FB Playoff last season, notes the backgrounds of the committee members who may have been predisposed, because of history & legacy, to give more weight to Ohio State, also again voiced how the group didn't have enough southern insight once Archie Miller exited - link
Big 12 FB HCs get their chance to comment on possible league expansion as Kansas State boss Snyder points to the importance of his program's divisional championships that are no longer possible in the current conference alignment, Oklahoma HC Stoops is for the move if the right schools can be added, TCU's Patterson with a "no," others fall in line with conference leadership in leaving the decision in the hands of the right people - link
UTSA AD Hickey highly complimentary of outgoing Conference USA boss Banowsky, wants her Roadrunners to continue to push for more community support as they still have "a lot of work to do to be at the top of this league," More on the type of growth she wants to see, "The next five years will be the toughest five years. We have to think big. We don't want to average 30,000 fans a game. We need to be averaging 45,000 or 50,000 fans." - link
New Southern Illinois AD Bell has been trying to interact with as many people as possible in his first seven weeks in Carbondale, working on filling-out his staff & thinks the Salukis fan base in anxious to get back to its winning ways, wants to nail the fan experience & says even though they might be the only game in town, he doesn't want it to be too expensive, thinks everyone in the Missouri Valley is looking for the right combination to achieve success - link
Austin Peay welcomed its fourth & final AD candidate to Clarksville yesterday in UTSA Deputy AD Sarra who says he's continually been told the Governors are "a diamond in the rough," believes APSU has the potential to be at the top of the Ohio Valley Conference, thinks it's neat that former AD van der Merwe is still on campus & would help with the leadership transition, becoming an AD at a spot like Austin Peay is the right next step for his career - link
Sign of the future? The NBA announces plans to offer live streaming for any game next season, in or out of market, for $6.99, fans of specific teams can buy a season-long package for $119.99, League Pass option of every match-up stays at $199.99, no current plans to sell certain segments of games, such as just the fourth quarter, through social media channels, though it could be a play in the future - link
The NBA also moved forward yesterday on continuing to grow its international presence with a regular season match-up between the Toronto Raptors & Orlando Magic in London's O2 arena in January of next year, marks the sixth time the league will play a regular season tilt in the city, the first of which was played in 2011 - link
Kentucky's renovation of Commonwealth Stadium has 44 days to go & there's still work to be done, $120m project still scheduled to be complete by FB's season-opener on September 5th, Senior Assoc. AD for Capital Projects Pear says small stuff may be left after the Wildcats kick-off, but all involved are pushing hard to meet deadlines, new blue chair backs in some seating sections, as well as a new exterior are striking additions, piece includes video & photos - link
With notable personnel moves all over the news, Awful Announcing's Yoder argues ESPN is moving forward with a strategy that no personality is bigger than the network itself, which marks a distinct change in direction for Prez Skipper as he previously ponied-up large deals for big names, as you've likely heard Bill Simmons is headed to HBO for a weekly show with his digital talents yet to land & Colin Cowherd will exit for FOX Sports - link, link, link
Chronicle of Higher Education piece on the increased competition for college leaders to recruit & enroll top students amid budget challenges includes comments from Arkansas Senior Assoc. AD for Administration & Governance Fagg, notes how things have changed over the years & says the Razorbacks commonly use the term 'student well being' when considering how decisions could impact student-athletes, more - link
Despite comments earlier in the off-season that he thought about retiring after last season, South Carolina FB HC Spurrier emphasized yesterday that he plans to be in Columbia for a number of years to come, goes third person, "I just want our fans to know that we're going to have a good team and that it's our enemies saying these things about Spurrier being washed up and we're not going to be heard from again." - link
Montana AD Haslam says the additional $55k his department will receive from the NCAA won't move the needle on providing full cost of attendance, an expense item that could cost up to $700k, instead will use the monies to strengthen its academic approach, including summer school opportunities for some student-athletes, COA not in the cards right now for the Grizzlies - link
Notorious Tennessee booster Adams died at the age of 77 yesterday after a lifetime of skirting & stepping over the line when it came to supporting his Vols, remembered for popular watch parties at his Memphis home with 30 large-screen TVs & for his involvement in the Albert Means saga with Alabama, once said, "I knew the NCAA rules, I just didn't care for them." - link
Mobile advertising continues to get more sophisticated & UberMedia's Local Visit Optimization (LVO) system claims to help restaurants & retail locations increase visits by 300%, first an ad is shown to highly targeted potential customers, then as consumers start to visit the location the campaign optimizes in real time & displays the ad to more potential buyers who fit the visit trends, beta results have doubled visits for some outlets - link
Soon-to-be-released biography on Alabama FB HC Saban includes juice on conversations between Saban's agent, Jimmy Sexton, Texas booster Hall & former Texas Rangers owner Hicks on the possibility of the Longhorns hiring Saban away from the Crimson Tide a couple of years ago, comments from UT AD Patterson include telling Sexton not to come to Austin to chat if he was just trying to get Saban a raise & extension at Bama, more - link
Current Texas FB HC Strong was asked about his relationship with AD Patterson as the latter has been the subject of news the past couple of weeks, "Steve has been great for me and he's been really good. Everything I've asked for he's done it for me and he's done an unbelievable job. There's always some sort of drama or something going on. We've just got to understand this - it's his first year into it. We saw the unbelievable job DeLoss Dodds did and Steve will do the same." - link
Cleveland.com with a long look at costs for athletics at Ohio's 10 DI institutions other than Ohio State, increased spending at the six MAC schools in the state is up 24% over the last five years, a figure that is double the bumps for tuition, room & board for general students, over the 10 schools receive a 64% budget subsidy, Kent State AD Nielsen notes university funding reaching its limits, Ohio boss Shaus argues support for athletics is a small investment for a large return, Cleveland State's Parry notes the importance of student fees, more - link
Another day, another report of record-setting fundraising as this time it's SMU's Mustang Club as annual giving jumped by 60% & a new mark was set for the seventh consecutive year, total contributions top $13.3m that includes $5.3m in unrestricted gifts, overall number of donors up by nearly 1,000, since AD Hart arrived at SMU in 2012, fundraising has advanced from $8.4m to over $13m - link
Learfield Sports adds Iadevaia as VP for Financial Planning & Analysis to its Plano headquarters, newly created role will see Iadevaia responsible for expanding business analytics across the company's multiple operational areas, brings experience from financial consulting firm Riveron, as well as time at Dean Foods' Morningstar division, Frito-Lay & American Airlines - link
Florida A&M leaders discuss issues surrounding the Rattlers athletic department with CFO Cassidy detailing the $8.71m 2015-16 budget & pointing to new AD Overton as having some exciting ideas to help improve the financial situation, previous deficits are still of concern to many BoT members, as are some lingering NCAA violations, Prez Mangum says increased giving to athletics is one key - link
More important developments didn't quite make today's email & can be found on Twitter as part of the 'First 4 Out' - link
