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The Salt Lake City Tribune continues churning out good stuff, this one on the Pac-12's effort of consolidating sponsorship rights & how Utah plays into that picture with a $2.679m expiring deal with IMG College, per Utes AD Hill, "We'll have some options. We'll have a chance to figure out what works best." League Commish Scott continues to say the new option will allow schools to retain most of their value & that it's a next logical step in generating more revenue - link
A number of high-ranking Akron faculty members wonder why changes for the Zips FB program aren't being considered as an option to right the school's financial crunch, Faculty Senate chair Rich, "(the) fact of the matter is that intercollegiate athletics is a significant part of the budget, and the largest part of that is football." University spokesman Hill reiterates that FB's alignment won't be impacted, more - link 
In legal proceedings that seem never-ending, more documents have been unsealed in the case involving former North Carolina FB student-athlete Hawkins & his push to get Carolina players to sign with an agent he was working for, a couple of new names surface who received improper benefits from Hawkins, envelopes of cash & memorabilia signings were two forms of payment - link
Creighton AD Rasmussen notes how his department's move to the Big East has given it a new benchmark, "it's to be more like a Power Five conference than a non-Power Five conference," even more bullish on the league than when the Bluejays first accepted an invitation & thinks early results show the seven priority sports can easily hold their own within the new peer group, points to remaining uncertainties for all of DI with a number of pending lawsuits - link
Tulsa World columnist Klein compares the current Big 12 to its predecessor, the Big Eight, & thinks the former could learn a thing or two about cooperation & the common bond that was shared in the conference's old setup, back in the day healthy discussion resolved issues, Klein believes certain members try to push their owns agendas onto others these days - link
SB Nation's Rutgers outlet with a piece on how the Scarlet Knights are moving forward under AD Hermann, really more of a follow-up look on the Forbes article earlier in the month on basically the same topic, Forbes contributor Belzer with more thoughts on the situation including, "Julie is different, she makes people uncomfortable. That's why people don't like her." Also believes that's one reason why she's getting results, upside for the department is significant - link
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Louisville Swim HC Albiero is also coaching the U.S. team at the Pan American Games in Toronto & one medal count he's keeping a close eye on are those won by his own Cardinals student-athletes, a total that is now up to six & if it were a country would rank 15th overall at the Games, talks about his initial vision with UofL when he got the job, but now is a 'lifer', "I'll be there as long as Tom is there and wants me there." - link
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ACC FB Media Days begin today from the Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina & a couple of issues to watch are what Florida State HC Fisher has to say about a number of high-profile off-season arrests for his Seminoles, if Commish Swofford has any big announcements other than possibly commenting on hot national topics like freshmen ineligibility, satellite FB camps & an early signing date for FB, more - link 
Same FB Media Days scheduled for the Big 12 from Dallas as CBSSports.com's Dodd notes potential expansion as the topic that everyone wants to hear about, "Everyone needs to take an Advil PM on this one and calm down." The move to a 'One True Champion' is likely to be discussed, tenure of Texas AD Patterson & how Baylor & TCU have moved ahead of Texas & Oklahoma are more storylines - link
AL.com on what UAB & South Alabama could learn from other schools who have recently built on-campus FB stadiums, profiles Tulane's new Yulman Stadium as Deputy AD Burke notes multiple benefits including creating a demand for tix with the right-sized venue, at the other end of the spectrum, currently, is Akron's build of InfoCision Stadium in 2009, Jaguars AD Erdmann talks about his team's process, naming rights could be key - link
As you likely know, recent UAB Men's Golf graduate Dunne amazingly sits atop the British Open leader board headed into today's final round, Blazers HC Murray is caddying for Dunne this week at St. Andrews & he notes the amazing experience the pair has had thus far, Dunne finished fifth at the NCAA Championships this year, would be the first amateur to win the event since 1930, more - link
Handy little reference as we all await the start of the college FB season, Sports Media Watch with a comprehensive listing of all DI games currently scheduled for a national TV network starting with North Carolina-South Carolina & FIU-UCF at 6p EST on Thursday, September 3rd as an eight-game slate will open the first day of the 2015 campaign - link
Late last week CBSSports.com's Fornelli wrote on the five FBS programs that are never taken seriously enough going into a season, Mississippi State comes in at #5, BYU at #4 as Fornelli points to the Cougars strong history, Georgia Tech at #3 though they will likely be picked to win the ACC Coastal, Kansas State at #2 as HC Snyder has won at least 10 games eight times in his 17-year tenure, Missouri tops the list as the Tigers go for their third straight SEC East crown this season - link
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Google continues work on Bluetooth low energy (BLE) beacons to compete in the even-advancing niche of geo-location, one significant advantage could be BLE beacons connecting to your phone without having to have a specific app open that is necessary for Apple's iBeacon, one can only assume the process will be tied to the web in an effort to improve user experience, but also leverage for businesses - link
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UCF FB student-athlete Williams is ok after being shot twice in the arm during the early hours of Saturday while out on the town, Interim AD & FB HC O'Leary is aware of the incident & is gathering more information, Orlando Police Public Information Officer Hopkins says no one knows where the gun shots came from, so he's not sure if Williams was the target, but says alcohol & guns aren't a good mix - link
Missed earlier in the week & more around William Morris Endeavor-IMG as Silver Lake Managing Partner Durban said from Aspen that the company will make a profit this year after losing some in past years, says co-CEO's Emanuel & Whitesell have moved their outfit forward by "winning a thousand small battles with a ton of grit," Silver Lake orginally obtained 31% of William Morris back in 2012 - link
Western Kentucky AD Stewart comments on the upcoming departure of Conference USA Commish Banowsky, notes how much respect he had for the Commissioner, says he has a really strong support staff, "Ultimately I think what needs to happen is just to hire someone that understands our world that we live in, not just within Conference USA, but also someone that is respected and connected nationally." - link
U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights started an investigation into sexual violence at Tennessee late last month, Chancellor Cheek confirmed to university staff & students that an individual had filed a complaint with the federal government on a response to sexual assault report, no further comments from Cheek other than stating full cooperation, as of last week 121 post-secondary institutions were under investigation - link
Akron's Men's Soccer HC Embick will get a three-year contract extension as soon as the school's Board of Trustees approve the move, Embick has led the Zips to a 30-10-3 mark in the past two seasons during which they've won the MAC regular season & tourney crowns in both years, prior to being named HC had been a key part of the staff since 2007 - link
Around higher education: The battle for prospective student-athletes is always fierce, but so is the competition for top-shelf research talent as USC & UC-San Diego are headed to court to resolve the recruitment of top Alzheimer's expert Aisen with $100m in grants projected to be in the balance (link); Amid a tough state budget situation, Cal State Presidents & other executives may still get a 2% pay increase (link); As Iowa continues to search for a new Prez, the university has also hired Goren & Associates to a $145k communications consulting contract to help with the recent departure of VP of Strategic Communications Brennan (link)
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