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The Harvard Crimson on the beat again, reports university Men's Cross Country student-athletes also produced annual analysis of its female counterparts that included sexually explicit language. The practice has regularly occurred before a dance between the two teams, though current captain Price says "team culture has since shifted and the 2016 spreadsheet does not contain any lewd comments." Price emailed to teammates over the weekend urging them to come forward with any additional information, "We don’t want the school to find this, without us first bringing it to them. The problem with the Men’s Soccer team was they tried to hide their stuff." No official comment from the school yet. (link)

Cincinnati AD Bohn on FB HC Tuberville's inappropriate exchange with a fan while exiting the Nippert Stadium playing field on Saturday night after losing to BYU, "Coach Tuberville was put in a no-win situation in front of his team last night which resulted in an out of character response from him. He expressed frustrations from an emotional game. Our team, led by our seniors, is fully engaged with coach and his staff right to the finish." (link)

Put a reminder on your calendar tomorrow morning as this interview sounds really interesting. Longtime Kentucky reporter Combs recorded a podcast with notable mover & shaker Host on his career in & around college athletics. Here are a couple of tweets from Combs, "Did you know ACC once invited UK to join the conference in early 1990s? All 8 ACC schools had endorsed the idea through Duke AD Tom Butters. Did you know SEC was set to add Florida State (instead of South Carolina) during SEC expansion in 1992, but Coach Bobby Bowden nixed it? Bobby Bowden's reason to turning down SEC for ACC, according to Host? Bowden reportedly said he could wins titles in ACC, but not SEC." (link, link, link, link)

Kennesaw State FB student-athlete Terry took a seat for the National Anthem on Saturday before the Owls faced Clark Atlanta (DII). Terry chose not to speak to the media about his stance, but AD Williams offered, "It’s a very personal situation to him. […] We encourage our athletes to follow protocol and stand for the national anthem, but we always want to talk about what’s going on in the world. It’s the power of diversity and the power of different thoughts. We can’t make this negative. This is what makes America what it is. A dialogue is necessary with our student-athletes. It’s part of higher education." (link)

Washington State Prez Schultz announced a review into the process that led to the suspension of FB student-athlete Barber that's been hot on the wire of late. But, stops short of lifting Barber's ban. A plan has been worked out to allow Barber to complete his coursework off campus & graduate in December. Vocal opponent & state rep Baumgartner, before "storming out of the room" during Schultz's address, "I still don’t think you guys are listening. If you don’t fix this, I (expletive) will." More. (link); Additional moves in Pullman include an upgraded $3M budget for enhancements to the Cougars Soccer field to improve access & restrooms. (link)

With a number of recent breaches in South Korea, the ACT has closed all 32 testing locations in the country for the remainder of the year & will administer the exam at only one location overseen by officials from the States. "Moving to a single testing venue directly monitored by ACT staff members will allow ACT to have greater oversight on the testing process, improving test security and fairness." (link)

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USF AD Harlan announces plans to add Women's Rowing to the Bulls portfolio with a program to launch potentially as soon as 2018 that will be housed at the school's Sarasota-Manatee campus. Harlan: "We don’t dip our toes into things. If we are going to get into something, we are going to win." Trustee Shinn: "We are now recruiting a coach. We hope to get many of our athletes from the local area. We want to be nationally competitive and a top-10 team. We will be competing with New England schools and Stanford." (link)

New Nebraska WBB HC Williams details why it was essential for her entire South Dakota staff to join her in Lincoln, "It’s very rare to find a situation where you have such cohesiveness and a staff that gets along so well and understands each other and complements each other well. That’s a unique thing, so when you find that, to be able to hold on to that is a blessing." Williams says one of her very first conversations with Cornhuskers' AD Eichorst included her request to bring her entire staff with her, "...he was very supportive about the fact that it looks like this whole thing works and what’s the chances that they could all come?'" Each of the three ACs have the exact same salary, $140K, & none hold any special titles like Asst. HC. More. (link)

The News & Observer's Jacobs writes on the recent rash of unsportsmanlike penalties called on ACC FB HCs & wonders if more should be administered to send a stronger message to gridiron leaders. Notes how former Maryland HC Ross & Clemson peer Ford were both ejected from a 1986 match-up for inappropriate actions towards referees & you may remember that the "Ol' Ball Coach" was suspended for Duke's 1988 seasons finale for his comments the previous wee concerning a holding call. Jacobs also looks at the $20K fine for Florida State boss Fisher in the context of his high pay rate for the current campaign. (link)

Apparel industry expert & NPD Group analyst Powell offers some insight on Nike's troubles via a handful of tweets. "Fashion cycles come and go. As recently as 2011, sales of performance basketball were negative and had been negative from 2005-2011. Nike has lowered prices on several BB styles and sales have remained negative, so this trend is not a price issue but a fashion issue. […] Nike completely missed this shift in fashion from perf. BB and has not responded quickly enough to pivot to retro and lifestyle running. Nike will have to wait until the fashion spinner comes back to performance basketball and that could be a while. In H1 2015, Perf BB sales were up in the mid teens, H2 down mid singles, H1 2016 -20%. I've never seen a category hit the brakes this hard." (link - scroll down)

Last night's Athletic Director U. featured a rundown of Showtime's new documentary, "ONE & DONE/BEN SIMMONS," that was all over the news last week. Showtime followed Simmons throughout his final high school years, along with his single season at LSU. Great context on the Simmons family situation offered as they moved to Baton Rouge a couple of months into last school year. Simmons with a number of negative thoughts toward the NCAA, sister Emily's pre-existing role with Rich Paul's Klutch Sports Group explored, missed classes, media obligations & lots more as the former Tigers star officially exited college ball just days after his team was eliminated from the SEC Tourney. (link)

Free eBook, "Fan Engagement Study for NCAA Division I" is a 34-page research report on how NCAA fans use digital channels to follow their favorite schools. The eBook and an accompanying infographic, "Sports Apps vs. Other Apps," cover the various ways that sports fans follow their favorite schools today, from game attendance to mobile apps. It is based on a 2016 research study of 550 college sports fans. (link)

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Baylor: Brenda Tracy on the developments in Waco from Saturday that included shirts being sold outside McLane Stadium with #CAB (Coach Art Briles), "All this stuff keeps coming out and these people just keep defending that man (Briles) — at the expense of all these victims and survivors — and I don’t get it. I don’t understand why nobody is standing up and saying something about it. … You know that this is being organized. Why would you do this? […] I think about how much they must be struggling — and how shameful it is of Baylor in this football season to not even care what these victims are going through. I’m so angry with them. … You’re making sure their lives are destroyed. People treat us (rape survivors) like we’re not even human, like we don’t even matter. […] Why can’t Baylor end the season for this? To me, this is egregious behavior. This is not OK on any level. You cannot tell me that those assistant coaches and players didn’t know what they were doing." (link); NewsOK.com's Tramel, "The defiant actions of various Baylor coaches, players and fans to continually celebrate Art Briles, and Baylor's inability to squelch such defiance, calls into question whether this university belongs in the Big 12." (link)

We're now a year removed from the threatened boycott of competition by Missouri FB that led to all sorts of change in Columbia & really around the nation, as well. Interim Chancellor Foley's office says the focus remains on moving forward. HC Odom also sticks to the script, "There's a lot more to being a student-athlete than Saturday afternoons from 3pm to 6:30pm, and I've got to get it right in every area. That's what I'm trying to do every day." (link)

Former Florida FB HC & current South Carolina boss Muschamp set to return to Gainesville this weekend as the Gamecocks visit the Gators. Says he holds no grudges against former UF AD Foley for his departure from the program two years ago, "In this profession, if you don’t win enough games, you get fired. That’s part of it. […] Anybody who knows me, they know this game is really important to me because of our players and the University of South Carolina. That’s No. 1, and that’s the way it’s going to be for me. I know that’s boring and you don’t want to hear that, but that’s how I feel." (link)

From Harvard Business Journal: "Why the Problem with Learning Is Unlearning." Author & Shift Thinking Founder/CEO Bonchek offers a three-part approach to unlearning: First, you have to recognize that the old mental model is no longer relative or effective; Second, you need to find or create a new model that can better achieve your goals; Third, you need to ingrain new mental habits. Benchek writes specifically on the application of unlearning to marketing & organizational design, quotes Einstein, "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." (link)

Around Higher Ed: Alabama State Prez Boyd has been placed on leave stemming from a "lack of confidence" from the Board. (link); Another candidate for Tennessee's open Chancellor seat will be in Knoxville today & it's Interim Cincinnati Prez Davenport. (link); Penn State Prez Barron to his campus after a record-high $2.4M fine handed down from the U.S. Department of Education, "Clery Act compliance cannot be an end itself, but part of a broader culture of compliance." (link); New Missouri System Prez Choi will be paid $530K annually with another $80K in deferred compensation & housing. New Central Arkansas boss Davis gets $347K. (link, link); Arizona has reached its $1.5B capital campaign goal two years ahead of schedule. (link)

Also noticed: TCU has moved over 4,300 MBB season tickets, flying past last year's 3,700 & setting a new sales record. (link); South Carolina MBB season sales up 9.6% & WBB up 8.1%. (link); ESPN College GameDay will be in Seattle next weekend for Washington-USC. (link); Former Vanderbilt FB student-athlete Vandenberg was sentenced to 17 years in prison for a 2013 rape. (link); Kentucky AD Barnhart will hire a new Women's Soccer HC after parting ways with former boss Lipsitz who went 89-61-19 in eight seasons, including 5-9-4 this year. (link); SI's Deitsch will have a full piece today or tomorrow on his visit to Baton Rouge on Saturday night, lauds the CBS crew for not airing a shot of a sleeping (or passed out) female LSU student in the stands in Death Valley. (link); Speaking of the LSU-Alabama game, there was 37 minutes & 59 seconds worth of commercials within the broadcast for a game that lasted 3 hours & 8 minutes. (link); More FB HC bonus monies covered by USA Today's Berkowitz. Wyoming & New Mexico noted. (link)

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Assistant Athletic Director for Ticket Operations (University of Arkansas / Fayetteville, AR): The Asst Athletic Dir for Ticket Ops oversees the staff and day to day operations of the Athletic ticket office and box office for all athletic events. To apply: http://jobs.uark.edu/postings/17136. More details HERE.

General Managers & Account Executives (Peak Sports / Multiple Cities, USA): These positions are responsible for, yet not limited to, overseeing and executing the advertising, sponsorship, and corporate relationship building on behalf of the university. More details HERE.

Associate Vice President/Executive Director of Athletics (University of San Diego / San Diego, CA): The Athletic Director will lead and oversee all aspects of the athletic department, and ensure that it continues to uphold the values and mission of the University of San Diego. More details HERE.

Director, Corporate Partnership Services-External Relations (Stanford Athletics / Stanford, CA): Position will manage day-to-day sponsorship engagement activities and provide outstanding client service to Team Stanford elite level corporate sponsors. More details HERE.

Assistant Director of Athletic Giving for Athletics (Elon University / Elon, NC): Elon University is seeking a dynamic individual to serve as Assistant Director of Annual Giving for Athletics. More information can be found at https://elon.peopleadmin.com/postings/3835. More details HERE.

Director of Ticket Operations (Elon University / Elon, NC): The main job responsibility is to plan, organize and implement all activity related to box office, game day and season ticket sales for football, women’s basketball, men’s basketball and baseball. More details HERE.

Associate Athletics Director for Compliance and Student Services (IUPUI / Indianapolis, IN): Oversees IUPUI’s compliance with NCAA and Summit League legislation, and institutional policies. Ensures compliance monitoring systems operate effectively, assess eligibility of student athletes. More details HERE.

Business Manager (Boston University / Boston, MA): Oversees the athletic department budget, its business office and full-time staff members. Responsible for forecasting, revenue-generation strategies, and all income, expense and fundraising accounts. More details HERE.

Director – Business Development, Corporate Sponsorship Sales - University of North Carolina (Tar Heel Sports Properties - Learfield / Chapel Hill, NC): This role will build a high volume of new business and implement high-level corporate marketing partnerships, while also maintaining relationships with corporate partners and the athletic department. More details HERE.

Assistant Athletic Director for Major Gifts (Texas State University / San Marcos, TX): This position is responsible for strategically planning and implementing major and annual giving fundraising efforts by identifying, cultivating, and soliciting alumni and other key constituents. More details HERE.

Director of Athletics (Administrator III) / Student Affairs (California State University - San Bernardino - CSU) / San Bernardino, CA): Reporting to the VP for Student Affairs, the Athletics Dir is a member of the Div of Student Affairs Sr Mgmt Team and a larger leadership team. Please visit hrd.csusb.edu for more information. More details HERE.

Assistant Director of Development (Michigan State University, Spartan Fund / East Lansing, MI): Adding a talented fundraiser to an already dynamic Spartan Fund team. Focus will be on donors/prospects between annual and major gifts. Have to be a self starter and ready to get after it! More details HERE.

Development Associate (Stanford University / Stanford, CA): This position will provide support to the Buck/Cardinal Club fundraising program and activities while working with front-line fundraising staff, donors and volunteers. Job Code: 72771. More details HERE.

Assistant Athletic Director - Sport Administration (The University of Delaware / Newark, DE): All facets of sports administration for UD's 21 varsity athletics programs. Lead the creation, execution & metrics of success for varsity program’s vision planning strategy & ongoing assessments. More details HERE.

Director of Facilities and Game Operations (Texas State University / San Marcos, TX): This position will coordinate operations of events held in athletic facilities and assist in the management, administration and supervision of Texas State athletic facilities and game operations. More details HERE.

Assistant Director of Ticketing & Analytics (Georgia Tech Athletics / Atlanta, GA): Manage data collection, analyze and present results to the appropriate athletic department staff to help direct marketing and ticketing decision making processes. More details HERE.

Director of Compliance (UCP IV - Program Assistant II) (University of Connecticut Division of Athletics / Storrs, CT): The University of Connecticut is accepting applications and nominations for the position of Director of Compliance. This individual will report to the Sr. Assoc. Director of Athletics for Compliance. More details HERE.

Assistant Athletic Director for External Relations (University of North Carolina at Asheville / Asheville, NC): The position reports to the Director of Athletics and manages all aspects of External Relations for the Athletics Department. Primary responsibilities include: Managing media relations/communications, social media/digital strategies, video production, advancement functions including International Management Group (IMG), marketing, promotions, and ticket sales and service. More details HERE.

Dir. of Athletic Bands/Assoc. Dir. of Bands (Rutgers University / New Brunswick, NJ): The Music Dept. of the Mason Gross School & Div. of Athletics at Rutgers Univ. invites applications for a candidate to develop a comprehensive marching band program in the “Big Ten Conference”. More details HERE.

Compliance Coordinator (Cal State University, Los Angeles / Los Angeles, CA): Seeking a Compliance Coordinator for Athletics. A bachelor’s degree required. A completed online Cal State LA employment app. required. For complete job announcement, please visit our website. More details HERE.

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