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USA Today's Berkowitz & Kreighbaum continue their work on full cost of attendance, review situation at Cincinnati who has the largest COA figure with some student-athletes receiving as much as $7,018, final individual calculation dependent upon academic programs & on- or off-campus living per Senior Assoc. AD/SWA McKinley who added, "We've always known our number was higher" than other schools, article includes a solid breakdown of COA figures for all FBS & selected others - link
Baylor FB student-athlete Ukwuachu found guilty of one count of sexual assault by Waco's 54th State District Court, female involved in 2013 incident was a former Bears Women's Soccer student-athlete, Ukwuachu's former girlfriend from his time at Boise State testified on the domestic violence she experienced, sentence could be two to twenty years, school releases a statement noting that sexual violence contradicts everything it upholds - link
Ed O'Bannon interview with AL.com's Williams, "When you look at all the facts, it's only right that we do win. I refuse to think otherwise." Adds, "I've always felt like win or lose, our biggest thing was at least we'd start a dialogue." On the NLRB ruling, "I thought it was beautiful. I thought it was great." Impressed with former Northwestern FB student-athlete Colter, continues push for student-athletes to have a voice - link
Interesting tweets from San Jose Mercury News reporter Wilner: Stanford AD Muir on plans to establish trust funds if 9th circuit court upholds O'Bannon injunction, "We're not necessarily going to do that." Muir said Stanford focused on supporting SAs during college experience. Cost-of-attendance stipends will be approximately $3,500 - link
Illinois has hired the consulting firm led by former Big 12 Commish Beebe for "risk management services" in an agreement that will run for 11 months & cost $50k, per a proposal Beebe sent to AD Thomas, focus will be to "support your ongoing commitment to prevent, identify and appropriately respond to misconduct," work will begin this month to review policies & train student-athletes, coaches, staff & volunteers - link
A Moscow-Pullman Daily news reporter stands-by his story that Idaho FB HC Petrino screamed at members of the media at practice on Wednesday that included obscenities, in statements yesterday AD Spear wants to be clear that at no point was Petrino restrained from the reporters, "We're taking this opportunity to set the record straight," Petrino apologizes for letting his passion get the better of him, says he never threatened anyone - link, link
Houston details its 'Commitment to Champions' framework that complements preparing student-athletes to be 'Champions for Life', eight initiatives are highlighted by a focus on student-athlete welfare, support of full cost of attendance upgrades, financial & post-graduation preparation program, career development & facility enhancements, all eight reviewed in greater focus in article - link
Ole Miss releases a review from its Fan Experience Survey that was sent to FB season ticket holders after last season, over 3,000 responded leading to changes for the Rebels this year that include new south endzone ribbon boards, a renovated press box & west side suites, three new concession stands & two new restrooms, also in the south endzone, addition of a professional DJ to the game experience & more, Senior Assoc. AD for Marketing & Communications Thompson wants to continue creating a "bucket list" experience - link (article), link (full report)
Watch: Full presser of Cal State Bakersfield Interim AD Siegfried taking the permanent reigns for the Roadrunners, "Saying I'm excited about the future, that's a big time understatement, I am pumped, I am ready...to move us forward and I will tell you we have limitless potential," reviews how he got to this point in his career, including a big shout-out to Troy Senior Assoc. AD for External Affairs Stroud, & his plans for CSUB moving forward - link (both article & presser)
Top spot higher ed developments: USC Upstate Chancellor Moore announces he will step-down, though no departure date has been set (link); Iowa's Prez search process is down to four & names still haven't leaked, identities will be known soon as public forums will take place on campus over the next two weeks (link); Marshall has narrowed its Prez field to six, one sitting Prez is reportedly in the mix, as are some who have served in an Interim capacity before (link)
Mississippi State & its notorious cowbells are going to try & set a new Guinness Book of World Records in early September at a yell event a couple of days before a home FB game against LSU, swag will be given-out to the first 1,000 in attendance, official record of 640 was set in Switzerland, though there's an unverified account of more than 1,000 simultaneously ringing the bells in Michigan - link
More from Illinois as its State Farm Arena project is moving along with Assoc. AD Hood pointing to at least 64% of work being complete, progress is on-schedule & on-budget, "We're going to have one of the nicest arenas in the country. It's going to be outstanding." Construction teams of 230 are shifting 20-hour days six days a week to keep-up a solid pace, MBB hosts Notre Dame on December 2nd for the facility's reopening - link
Rutgers AD Hermann announces plans to build the Fred Hill Training Complex that will serve as a practice venue for Baseball & Softball, groundbreaking will take place on October 24th for the $3m-ish project that will take less than six months to go up, date significant as FB hosts Ohio State, coaches for both sports talk about training & recruiting benefits, more facility projects on the horizon for Hermann - link
Kansas State will name its FB locker room after former stand-out & NFLer Nelson who, along with his wife, "generously pledged a philanthropic gift" to help with Phase III-B completion of the Bill Snyder Family Stadium Master Plan, Nelsons comment on how much K-State athletics & the Manhattan community means to them, monies will specifically go toward renovations in the northeast corner of the facility that will complete a fully enclosed layout - link
Arkansas unveils new 'Student Skyboxes' in the Razorbacks Rooftop area of Razorback Stadium as officially registered university student groups will now be able to reserve space for each FB home game, each of the four Skyboxes can accommodate 150 & will include a tent, carpeted flooring, two big screen TVs with cable, lounge furniture & more, price point is less than $5 per person - link
Miami (OH) Sayler & his team generated a record $28.3m in new gifts & pledges during FY15, introduction of the $80m 'Graduating Champions Campaign' helped with momentum & has already raised $49.3m, major commitments in the past year have helped finalize facility upgrades, annual fund, Miami Red & White Club, accounts for $877,000 of the overall total, a figure up 23% since FY13 - link
Former Louisville Track & Field AC Banker will receive a settlement from the university after the Kentucky Supreme Court reinstated an award from a lawsuit that claimed her dismissal was based on a sexual harassment claim she filed, total amount is $300,000, but the court backed-out $149,000 for attorney fees & another $71,875 as Banker didn't look for employment after the 2008 incident - link
Freedom From Religion Foundation is back & points to South Carolina, Georgia, Auburn & Georgia Tech & the role of chaplains within their athletic departments as unconstitutional, you may recall that FFRF previously went after Clemson stemming from comments made by FB HC Swinney on the role of religion within his program & the recruiting process, Auburn responds that chaplains are common in a number of public institutions & the work is voluntary - link, link, link, link
ESPN Communications leader LaPlaca tweets picture of new pylons the NFL will be using this year that have tiny cameras installed & will help officials better determine in-bounds or out in replay situations, units look like your standard pylon until you notice the tiny black circles about midway up on the sides - link
New Orleans Advocate writer Rabalais goes-in on how full cost of attendance is further diving the 'haves' & the 'have nots' in college athletics, LSU FB student-athletes comment on the development with safety Jefferson noting, "I think our voices are starting to be heard," wide receiver Dupre with more, "This is literally a full-time job, six in the morning to ten at night...I'm looking at all my other friends and they're in California and on vacation...the schools are still making money, they still have a lot of money" - link
On Wednesday, Arizona AD Byrne provided more details on why the Wildcats re-upped with Nike, "The overwhelming response from our student-athletes and coaches was very positive. It was also the right time for us to extend as the original agreement was slated to run until 2019. By reworking the agreement, which will now last until June 30, 2025, we were able to secure a big jump in value immediately." - link
The independent investigation into Michigan State's Softball program that found no wrongdoing by HC Joseph or AC Bograkos surfaces & says a disgruntled parent & student-athlete "had a vendetta" against the coaches, neither of those parties offered feedback in the process as their own legal counsel told them not to, Miller Canfield handled the review & was paid $23,555, report notes that the Spartans athletic department didn't place any boundaries on the investigation - link
ECU AD Compher is once again headed back to Washington D.C. to participate in executive leadership training, this time around the program will be conducted by U.S. Secretary of Defense Carter, second time in seven weeks Compher will have been a part of an exclusive opportunity via the military, says he's found the day-to-day operations of the military to be very applicable to higher ed & athletics, seven-day trip will include interfacing with all five areas of our armed forces - link
New Winthrop Prez Mahony, who has a strong background in sports management, puts figuring out how to boost student attendance for home games on his list of things to do, wants students to be more engaged with what the Eagles have going, points to what sounds like a pretty traditional system of accumulating points for showing up that would be tied to incentives, says previous stop of Kent State was doing it right - link
While concussion news is more commonly on the wire these days, data from the Sports & Fitness Industry Association shows youth participation in football hasn't waned too much over the past five years, in 2009 1.97 kids played the sport versus 1.88m in 2014, participation actually went over the 2m mark in 2012 & 2013, results come from an annual survey of 10k youth age six & over, disturbing trend is the decrease in sports participation overall - link
Forbes staffer Roberts reviews five Hollywood bigwigs whose net worths aren't quite in the upper stratosphere yet, but are getting close, group includes WME-IMG co-CEOs Emanuel & Whitesell who reportedly check in at $440m, Disney boss Iger also detailed & credit with growing the company through acquisitions of Pixar, Star Wars, Marvel & Lucasfilms, net worth pegged at $350m - link
