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Parker Executive Search responds to assertion by Minnesota Prez Kaler that it should have known about former AD Teague's gender discrimination or sexual harassment issues at VCU, in a letter obtained by USA Today, Parker attorney Robbins notes how the filing of a complaint by former Rams WBB HC Cunningham didn't occur until after Teague was at Minnesota & was not based on sexual harassment, but instead on fair treatment along Title IX guidelines, letter notes how VCU's complaint process is highly confidential, in closing on Kaler's comments, "This has the potential of causing significant harm to the business and reputation of Parker Executive Search." - link
Michigan State AD Hollis touches on a number of topics during a Q&A, MBB vs. USC in the original Olympic stadium in Athens, Greece is the event he still wants to figure out how to pull off, thinks often about leaving the Spartans in better shape than how he found it with long walks as part of his thinking process, doesn't quite answer the question of who will be left last in East Lansing between himself, MBB HC Izzo & FB HC Dantonio, also talks industry uncertainties, budget & lots more - link
USC FB HC Sarkisian apologizes for his unruly behavior at Saturday night's annual 'Salute to Troy' event where he dropped some expletives within an address to donors & fans, alcohol may have played a role, AD Haden, "I expressed my disappointment in the way he represented himself and the University...While the details of our conversation will remain between us, I am confident he heard my message loud and clear." - link
CBSSports.com's Dodd reports Big 12 leaders will discuss the SEC policy of no longer accepting transfer student-athletes who were dismissed from their previous school because of "serious misconduct," Commish Bowlsby, "It may be a little too raw right now to do anything much with it. I think there may be an ongoing conversation." ADs were already set to meet today & tomorrow, one source indicates that there's always more to the story for individual transfers - link
Class attendance policy changes at Ole Miss could impact student-athletes, during one session of a class during the first two weeks of school attendance will be recorded per federal guidelines, roll call may be unannounced, if a student is absent on the day of the attendance recording an email will be sent notifying he/she of the situation with requirement of connecting with the instructor on subsequent days, not following-through, if absent, could lead to automatic drops - link, link
Sports Illustrated's Deitsch's weekly media column includes a panel of top CFB writers commenting on various topics, Arizona HC Rodriguez & Notre Dame boss Kelly noted as two who would make great broadcasting analysts, most say the Playoff games on New Year's Eve will see a ratings dip, reporter Staples calls Georgia's Felton the "best sports information director in the business," group doesn't think much will change with the move of Rece Davis to ESPN College GameDay - link
Under Armour rolls-out its first major branding campaign that will be seen from coast to coast & features professional stand-outs Curry, Brady & Spieth, dubbed 'Rule Yourself' & plays off Malcolm Gladwell's framework that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to master a skill, Brady's involvement in DeflateGate doesn't have an impact, Droga5 handled production of TV spots, SVP of Brand Marketing Lofton, "Getting training right is big for us and is so critical to our total company success." - link
New Southern Utah AD Butikofer likes using 'carrots' to entice supporters to donate & points to the Thunderbirds having the smallest budget in the Big Sky by $2m as a possibly rallying cry, during his time at Arizona State wasn't afraid to note how Washington State was raising more money at one juncture, "A lot of people didn't know that, and a lot of people took significant pride in changing that reality," also, "People give to people...you have to create that connection," more - link
Continuing on the theme of secrecy around FB practices: Michigan held a FB practice on Saturday night for students-only that came with a no-phones policy, beat writer Shaw noted in a tweet that violators would be asked to leave, during the sessions HC Harbaugh asked for as much noise as possible from the 400 who attended - link, link
Xavier opens its new 8,000-square foot Kevin & Georgette Crawford Student-Athlete Academic Center, location within the Cintas Center & the tripling of computers dedicated to academics should provide an upgraded student-athlete experience, both Crawfords notable for their founding of businesses as Kevin is also a former Musketeers letter-winner, AD Christopher talks about the efficiency of the new digs - link
North Florida is seeing surging merchandise sales after the Ospreys made the NCAA MBB Tournament for the first time last season, Business Services division notes merchandise increased from $1.01m in 2014 to $1.48m in 2015, a 46.8% bump, Director Burnett, "The accelerated rate of increase was no doubt based on the basketball team's success." Jacksonville U. Biz School Dean Capener, "It makes a very big impact in their...awareness among folks who are already looking at Southeastern colleges and universities" - link
Former Cal Assoc. AD for Revenue & Business Strategy Terwilliger promoted to Chief Revenue Officer of the Cal Alumni Association (CAA) where he'll oversee the entity's revenue-generation efforts, joined the CAA back in 2013 as Senior Director of Business Development & credited with increasing revenues by 30%, key departments under his purview will be Business Development, Cal Discoveries Travel & Alumni House Rentals - link
The Verge's Nanni deep on predicting the next 35 years for college FB, starts with Phase I that sees a major court case by 2019 that will shake-up the industry, next Phase could see a number of schools decide to discontinue FB given the rising costs & competitiveness to keep pace, four super conferences in place by 2025 with concussions fears reducing the number of prospective student-athletes, by 2030 these leagues could retain their own TV rights, all the way to 2050 when the NFL establishes partnerships with college programs - link
Understanding the over-the-top (OTT) TV landscape: Apple TV slipped to fourth place on the most-sold streaming devices of 2014 list, Roku, Google and Amazon, in that order, topped the list. An estimated 20% of U.S. households own at least one streaming box. A new and improved version of Apple TV will be released in San Fran next month - link
The Post and Courier's Brenner writes on how Clemson hasn't let its budget size impact the level of success achieved by its FB program, though it has increased from $67.8m in 2011-12 to $89.1m in 2015-16, opponents in the last three bowl games were in the $129m to $146m range, one area the Tigers haven't been afraid to invest heavily in is ACs, AD Radakovich, "What makes you the most money? What are you choosing to invest in? We've chosen to invest in this particular program because it could gather us the greatest return," also talks importance of balance & facility upgrades - link
In his latest 'Battle Plan,' Alabama AD Battle, "While we continue to face many challenges, some old and some new, I am constantly reminded of the great responsibility we have to live up to the tenants of our Mission: To recruit and develop student-athletes to compete at the highest levels in intercollegiate athletics, to educate and prepare our student-athletes to compete at the highest levels in life after graduation, and to accomplish them both with honor and integrity. Those are high ideals, but they are attainable." - link
Interesting ESPN piece from reporter Miller on the transition TCU & Utah worked through as they moved from the Mountain West to the Big 12 & Pac-12 respectively, FB HCs Patterson & Whittingham both urged patience early on & went 2-7 in conference play in 2013 only to rebound with strong campaigns last year, Patterson needed his team to get bigger, for Whittingham it was about getting faster, Utes AD Hill, "It's a scary time if you're not in a 'Big 5' conference...The gap is wide," Horned Frogs boss Del Conte says the Big 12 is in no hurry to expand - link
Beer: Eastern Kentucky rolled-out its new Touchdown Terrace late last week that will include beer sales at its three Saturday home games on a trial basis, Prez Benson notes the decision came after significant deliberation & research, thinks the addition will reduce binge drinking, release notes other schools in the state, namely Louisville, serve alcohol at FB games, AD Lochmueller, "we need to value the sentiments of our customers" - link
As you may have already seen or read about, former NFL stand-out Carter urged rookies to make sure there was a 'fall guy' in their crew at an NFL Symposium last year, "Because all you guys aren't going to do the right stuff. I need to teach you how to get around all this stuff, too. If you have a crew, one of them fools need to know that they're going to jail." Carter apologizes via social media with the league & ESPN also releasing comments - link
Following-up on the fall-out surrounding a massive $100m gift at Portland State as Prez Wiewel updated his 14-member Board of Trustees on exactly what happened, potential donor has been identified as former student Fitzpatrick who contacted the PSU Foundation earlier in the month & asked for the donation to be kept anonymous with a presser planned for last Tuesday, although the monies haven't been donated yet, conversations will continue, further vetting key to avoid the situation in the future - link
