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Plaintiff attorneys in the O'Bannon case ask the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reject the NCAA's request for a stay on the injunction that could see FB & MBB student-athletes begin to receive additional compensation as soon as this Saturday, calls the stay "nothing more than a frantic defendant hoping to preserve a profitable anti-competitive scheme for a few more months," NCAA now has seven days to respond, Kentucky Deputy AD Peevy says the Wildcats haven't had formal discussions on how to proceed, Ohio State boss Smith hopes to get some clarity at Big Ten meetings, more - link
Some articles are simply too good & too long to be fairly wrapped-up in a clip & this one certainly applies, it's behind a paywall, though many of you are likely already subscribed, as SportsBusiness Journal's Smith pens a lengthy tribute to former SEC Commish Slive, covers significant revenue growth for the league under Slive's watch, his leadership philosophy, negotiation tactics, pros throughout the industry comment on working with or for Slive, former Mississippi State boss Templeton says Slive was always the smartest guy in the room, so much more - link
Straight from the boss' mouth as Disney CEO Iger says "there's an inevitability" that ESPN will be sold directly to consumers in the future, points to more than five years down the road, but thinks such a move would improve personalization & engagement with viewers, solid chart shows the projected price of ESPN a la carte at escalating subscription percentages, ranges from $66.10 at 10% to $16.53 monthly at 40% to make the same amount of money as the company currently pulls in - link
Backroom networker College AD obtains a list of those who have applied for the open Akron AD job thanks to a FOIA request, includes former Northern Iowa AD Hartzell, Miami (FL) Deputy AD Hernandez, UW-Stevens Point (DIII) AD Montgomery, Little Caesar's Bowl Executive Director Hoffman, Frostburg State (DIII) AD Dell & three internal candidates from the Zips team, call for applications ended last Friday - link
Reports out of Clarksville say a new AD for Austin Peay could be named as soon as next week as all four finalists have visited the APSU campus, each candidate included a message of academics before athletics, as well as a concerted focus on community engagement with SIU Edwardsville Senior Assoc. AD Coomer laying out some specifics on how to reach-out on a weekly basis, UTSA Deputy AD Sarra keyed in on increasing revenues - link
Four-part series on the tenure of Iowa AD Barta continues with its second installment, reviews unwavering commitment Barta has had in FB HC Ferentz even as the Hawkeyes have faltered a bit the past five seasons with a 34-30 cumulative mark, plateau has been met with decreased ticket sales, new deal for Ferentz in 2010 looked well worth it, but is under the microscope now, state Regent Downer says the jury is still out on if the contract was a bad move, Barta indicates his relationship with Ferentz is solid - link
Oregon State AD Stansbury hires Lassiter as Deputy AD for External Operations after a handful of years working together at UCF, unit responsibilities will include marketing, ticket sales, Beaver Sports Properties, licensing, social media, fan experience & more, Stansbury also promotes Vydra to Deputy AD for Administration & shifts Massari to Deputy AD for Capital Projects & Internal Operations - link
Mercer AD Cole promotes Blalock to Deputy AD after 25 years in leadership with the Bears & a 2014-15 slate that saw a Southern Conference-high 263 student-athletes make the Academic Honor Roll, Cole also bumps Gerrity to Senior Assoc. AD as he's helped accelerate fundraising efforts since his arrival in 2012, will add FB operations & communications to his areas of oversight - link
Another behind the SBJ paywall as the Ivy League puts out an RFP on its marketing & multimedia rights, all linear & digital assets are included, former IMG exec McNerney aided Executive Director Harris & Assoc. Executive Director for Communications & External Relations Rodgers on the creation of the RFP, since 2012 has worked with NYC-based Leverage Agency on corporate sponsorships, Harris expects to have a decision made by the end of the year - link
Worth keeping an eye on: China's Composite dropped a startling 8.5% yesterday as the economic downturn continues in the world's most populous country, largest one-day plunge since 2007, impact felt in other stock markets as the Dow Jones lost 128 points, oil prices also decreased to under $48 per barrel, Wall Street also anxious for Federal Reserve meetings that start today & could bring interest rate hikes - link
Boston Mayor Walsh refuses to sign the city's 2024 bid for the Olympics as he won't allow citizens to be on the hook for overruns, essentially ends the process for Beantown, Los Angeles could potentially still submit a bid for the USOC, though it looks like a long shot at this point, other international cities involved include Paris, Rome, Hamburg, Budapest & Toronto - link
San Jose Mercury-News reporter Faraudo takes a look at new academic protocols going in place at Cal that will require 40% of all prospective student-athletes to have a 3.0 in high school as part of the admissions process, that number jumps to 60% in '16 & 80% in '17, FB HC Dykes continues to believe his program can excel under the circumstance, MBB HC Martin says "you know what you're getting into" when you join such a high-caliber institution, current Pacific AD & former Stanford boss Leland believes the Golden Bears can still achieve significant success, more - link
TCU's Frog Club provides numbers on a record-breaking year as it raised $39.2m in cash including $12.1m in scholarship contributions, third straight year all scholarship expenses will be fully-covered by athletics monies, total figure includes gifts for the $72m Daniel-Meyer Coliseum project & $7.5m for enhancements at Baseball, Assoc. AD for Development Donati notes the Horned Frogs have grown its annual fund by 100% in the last five years - link
Nevada CFO Nunn says the Wolf Pack produced a $115,000 surplus from the 2014-15 fiscal year, only the second time in the last six years athletics ended in the black, balance will go towards paying down a $2.2m deficit that had been accumulated since roughly 2007, Nunn expected the figure to be higher, but coaching changes in MBB & Volleyball called for more assets, points to an increased Mountain West distribution & enhanced fundraising as key to the bottom line results, 2015 budget set at $25.8m - link
Another first for the Nebraska staff as the Cornhuskers have added Dr. Todd Stull as their first ever Director of Sports Psychology, role will be to "maximize the performance and well-being of each student-athlete," Stull previously consulted for athletics in a similar capacity, Senior Assoc. AD for Performance & Strategic Research Waterfield believes increased access to Stull will enhance the student-athlete experience - link
UT Rio Grande Valley AD King announces some restructuring of his department that includes the promotion of Blakely to Senior Assoc. AD for External Operations, Manthei to Senior Assoc. AD for Student Services/SWA & Riggs to Asst. AD for Ticket Operations, also edits the structure of his team with by creating three divisions of Business, Capital Projects/Facilities, Development & Ticket Operations (all one), Student-Athlete Experience & Services & External Operations that will all flow up to him - link
ESPN MBB reporter Goodman breaks away from the prep circuit & recruiting scene to update on a personnel move via Twitter, "The SID college hoops carousel has some movement - as Duke's Matt Plizga is headed to Pittsburgh as Assistant AD of Media Relations." - link
Funding of daily fantasy sports continues at an incredible clip as main player DraftKings raises a $300m round, just consider some of those involved in the financing: Fox Sports, Major League Baseball, the NHL & MLS, Legends Hospitality & the Madison Square Garden Company, both DraftKings & FanDuel now carry valuations above $1b, one of the more interesting business stories to watch in all of sports in the coming years - link
Inside Higher Ed's New writes on different approaches to adding medical personnel to the press box to better monitor potential head injuries in FB, differences include some leagues giving the role the ability to stop the game to check on a student-athlete, while others can only radio down to the sidelines, ACC & Pac-12 leaders point to the importance of the spotters already knowing the medical histories of players, even if they can't stop play, more - link
Chronicle of Higher Ed's Wolverton goes in on the pressure sports medicine teams face to clear student-athletes back to action before they were medically ready, reviews study published by the Journal of Athletic Training in which 64% of 900 respondents say they've received pressure directly from student-athletes, 54% say they've experienced it from coaches, included responses from all three NCAA levels, findings called "troubling" - link
Clemson FB HC Swinney is the latest to voice his opinion that Notre Dame should have to join a conference or play 13 games in order to qualify for College FB Playoff consideration, Missouri HC Pinkel had similar comments about league membership last week, ACC scheduling agreement for the Fighting Irish runs through 2025, which coincides closely to the next CFB Playoff contract - link
Michigan's FB ticket sales continue to surge as the Wolverines only have 4,000 tix left in total for its seven-game home slate, only match-ups with BYU & UNLV aren't sold-out yet, all 81 luxury boxes were accounted for by April as UM looks to retake the attendance title from their friends down the road in Columbus after losing it for the first time in 17 years last season - link
Louisiana Monroe AD Wickstrom estimates an expense of $1.2m for the Warhawks to implement full cost of attendance for student-athletes across the board, ULM's annual figure per student-athlete is close to $6,000, Title IX implications are where his department is "hamstrung the most," points to FB & MBB ticket sales, along with fundraising as areas that could help foot the bill, plans to phase-in COA depending on revenues - link
More from Cleveland.com on its look at the financing situation at public DIs in the state of Ohio, this time Youngstown State goes under the microscope, FB expenses are hard to miss as a travel budget of $390,186 matched the other seven Men's sports combined, overall expenses for the Penguins on the gridiron were $3.8m, 70% or $10.1m of the overall budget was subsidized by campus in 2013-14 that works out to $900 per student on campus, lots more - link
Definitely a 'First 4 Out' kind of day brought to you by The Bachelorette finale (don't judge)...get your extra cup of coffee this morning - link
