Fri, Sep 03, 2010
Twelve Division III institutions have banded together to form a men’s volleyball conference in anticipation of legislation being approved at the 2011 NCAA Convention that establishes a Division III Men’s Volleyball Championship that would debut in spring 2012.
Thu, Sep 02, 2010
The Big South Conference Council of Chief Executive Officers has unanimously approved a four-year associate football membership extension with Stony Brook University. Stony Brook first joined the League as a football member in 2008 and its membership will extend through the 2015 season.
Wed, Sep 01, 2010
The number of minorities holding head coaching positions at the 119 FBS schools has increased from 8 last year to 15 this year. The total number of minority head football coaches at any of the three divisional levels within the NCAA is 33.
Sun, Aug 29, 2010
Some 29 Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) coaches opted into the focus group. It includes 16 BCS-level coaches, five of whose teams are in the preseason top 15 of the coaches poll.
Sat, Aug 28, 2010
After 38 years of service, Tom Jernstedt will be leaving the NCAA. The University of Oregon alumnus has held practically every leadership job with the NCAA.
Fri, Aug 27, 2010
Luke DeCock of the Raleigh News & Observer writes about North Carolina's Butch Davis and how the latest scandal to feather the Tarheels has many feeling blue.
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
As a result of the NCAA violations committed by USC, voters made up of the Football Writers Association have decided to strip the school of its 2004 national championship award. The trophy will not be awarded to another school.
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
The Salt Lake Tribune has published the WAC's actual resolution regarding negotiations with BYU. The carousel continues.
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
In an e-mail Tuesday to university faculty, University of Nevada President Milton Glick said he believes Nevada does not “have any obligation to pay any penalty to the WAC.” This position differs from WAC's view that the conference is owed $5 million.
Wed, Aug 25, 2010
Often coaches get a grace period when they take a new job. According to the Associated Press, not these guys.
Wed, Aug 25, 2010
The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that Utah State is trying to recapture an invitation to join the MWC. The school had turned down an invitation to join believing that Fresno State and Nevada would do the same.
Wed, Sep 01, 2010
Dallasnews.com contributor, Mac Engel, writes about the expected attendance at this weekend's TCU-Oregon State game and why the numbers could be disappointing.
Tue, Aug 31, 2010
How quickly things change. J. Brady McCollough of the Kansas City Star chronicles the sudden fall from grace of Mark Mangino, Mike Leach and Jim Leavitt.
Tue, Aug 31, 2010
In a sign of the times, Kansas has hired the former police chief of Lawrence as the Director of Security for the KU athletic department.
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
The Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC), a division of IMG Worldwide, announced its annual list of top-selling institutions and manufacturers. The rankings represented royalties reported July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010 on all collegiate merchandise sold.
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
For the first time in a decade Duke has sold out of its season football ticket allotment. Part of this success flows from the progress made under Coach David Cutcliffe and part of it is a home game against defending national champion Alabama.
Thu, Sep 02, 2010
MACON, Ga. – The Atlantic Sun Conference announced its partnership with General Shale Brick will extend through the 2010-11 athletic year.
Wed, Sep 01, 2010
UPS has become the official package delivery and logistics sponsor of the Southeastern Conference and all SEC Championship events. The contract, which was negotiated through IMG College, will run through June 2013.
Wed, Sep 01, 2010
StubHub has reached a multiyear agreement with Paciolan to enable integration of the ticketing company's powerful technology and service capabilities into the StubHub platform. Florida State and Purdue will be the first programs to leverage the StubHub and Paciolan combined offering for the upcoming NCAA college football season.
Sun, Aug 29, 2010
The four-year, five-game Deal with ESPN and the Orange Bowl Committee Includes 2013 Discover BCS National Championship Game.
Sun, Aug 29, 2010
With the acquisition of ISP the college marketing sector is largely controlled by IMG. Approximately 75% of the retail sales of college merchandise is generated by schools now under contract with IMG College.
Sun, Aug 29, 2010
Billings, MT - The Rocky Mountain College football team has new road and home uniforms this season thanks to a former student.
Sat, Aug 28, 2010
Dreams, Inc. a leader in the licensed sports products industry, announced that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire Collegiate Marketing Services (CMS) of Overland Park, Kan. CMS has managed the retail, game day and online merchandise operations for The University of Texas Athletics program since 2005.
Sat, Aug 28, 2010
Saint Joseph's University has entered into a partnership with New Era Tickets to handle Internet and telephone ticket sales for Hawk men's and women's basketball games beginning with the 2010-11 season, it was announced by director of athletics Don DiJulia. New Era, owned by Comcast-Spectacor, offers state-of-the art ticketing services to college sports programs.
Sat, Aug 28, 2010
The Michigan State Athletics Department announced Thursday, Aug. 26 a sponsorship with PNC Bank. The agreement includes designating PNC as the official bank of MSU Athletics and providing the bank with exclusive, in-venue signage for the financial services category at Spartan Stadium, the Breslin Center and Munn Ice Arena.
Sun, Aug 29, 2010
One of the University of Kentucky's all-time leading scorers in basketball has been sentenced to eight years in prison for his involvement in a ticket scam, the Associated Press reported.
Thu, Sep 02, 2010
No doubt about it, universities are paying closer attention to online venting, Blair Kerkhoff of McClatchy Newspapers reports.
Sun, Aug 29, 2010
In the battle over who delivers the New York television market UConn has struck a blow by signing a three year deal with Sports Net New York. The deal promises to deliver over 300 hours of UConn sports coverage including football and basketball games.
Sun, Aug 29, 2010
CoSIDA lists the Top Ten social media trends and among those are social fatigue and the rise of Bing. The inexpensive cost of social media is becoming a threat to the high cost of traditional media.
Fri, Aug 27, 2010
Arkansas’ radio broadcasts won’t be available in Spanish this season, ending a three-year run. (No further content.)
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
ESPN has prohibited football and basketball sideline reporter Jenn Brown from becoming national spokesperson for MillerCoors' Icehouse beer.
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
The Big South Conference and ESPN have reached a new three-year television deal, which will expand the number of Big South events on the ESPN family of networks.
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
Believing NBC's commercial breaks were too long and therefore disruptive to his offense, Notre Dame's Brian Kelly has convinced NBC to take shorter breaks. USA Today reported that five shorter breaks rather than four longer breaks is Kelly's preference.
Tue, Aug 24, 2010
Don Walker of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports on the Big East Conference and its chances of launching a successful television network.
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
A project that took nearly 15 months to complete brings Northern Colorado Athletics to the forefront of the Big Sky Conference.
Wed, Aug 25, 2010
TCU AD Chris Del Conte was tasked with a $105 million renovation of the west and north sides of Amon G. Carter Stadium. It would be the stadium’s first facelift since the upper deck was added in 1956, but he needed to raise $90 million in less than a year to make it happen.
Fri, Sep 03, 2010
University of New Orleans Chancellor Tim Ryan told USA Today that the move to Division III was inevitable even if Katrina had not hit. He predicts that more schools will follow suit simply because the institutional subsidy required by a Division I athletics program has grown too large.
Fri, Sep 03, 2010
Using Florida as the focus, Joe Drape and Katie Thomas of the New York Times News Service provide an interesting perspective on success in sports other than football and basketball, examples of the corresponding infusion of significant cash into those programs, and the role of the Director's Cup in measuring the collective achievements of the athletics department and in the compensation of the athletics director.
Fri, Sep 03, 2010
Many people saw the similarity between BYU's move to football independence and Notre Dame's long-standing commitment to football independence. The Bleacher Report, however, notes that BYU's goal may not be just national in scope, but world-wide distribution through BYUtv, which is already in 150 countries.
Fri, Sep 03, 2010
The SEC announced an agreement with MascotWear, by Infinity Headwear and Apparel, Inc., as the official mascot wear of the SEC and all SEC Championship events. MascotWear, which focuses on collegiate mascot inspired apparel, features an array of products such as infant and youth full-bodied Halloween costumes, hooded fashion tops, towels, bathrobes, sleepwear, and rainwear.
Fri, Sep 03, 2010
Strange as it may seem the Wall Street Journal has compiled an outstanding database with comparative information on all FBS football programs.
Fri, Sep 03, 2010
The Orange County Register asked USC's new AD, Pat Haden, if USC should follow BYU's lead and Haden answered honestly by saying all options should be explored.
Fri, Sep 03, 2010
Kirk Ferentz has agreed to a contract extension through the 2020 season that will make him the highest paid coach in the Big Ten. His compensation will be in excess of $3.5 million per year.
Fri, Sep 03, 2010
Brigham Young University, which will begin competing as a football independent in the 2011 season, announced a new 8-year deal with ESPN to televise Cougar football on the sports leader’s family of networks. ESPN has agreed that any BYU games it doesn’t select may be televised live on BYUtv.
Thu, Sep 02, 2010
The Big Ten football division alignments will include a division featuring Illinois, Indiana, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue and Wisconsin, and a division featuring Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska and Northwestern. Each school will play the other five schools within its division and will also face three teams from the other division, including one cross-division matchup guaranteed on an annual basis.
Thu, Sep 02, 2010
All-time highs in national television appearances and games televised, as well as a record-tying number of overall TV appearances, highlight the 2010-11 Atlantic Coast Conference basketball schedule.
Thu, Sep 02, 2010
Colorado Springs, CO - The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) has named Anaconda Sports as its Official Sporting Goods Supplier for a three year period effective Sept. 1, 2010.
Thu, Sep 02, 2010
Under Armour's founder Kevin Plank tells the New York Times that he believes that sales from women's apparel will someday exceed men's sales. UA is looking to gain a bigger market share in women's apparel.
Thu, Sep 02, 2010
Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich heard the rumblings four years ago when he led the push to expand Cardinal Stadium. Even though the program was in the midst of a record-breaking season in which it eventually won the Big East title and the Orange Bowl, Jurich knew some wondered if there really was a need to spend millions upgrading a stadium that was less than a decade old at the time.
Thu, Sep 02, 2010
The annual ritual of debating which college football team owns the New York market is examined by the New York Times. Pretenders to the throne include, Rutgers, Syracuse, UConn, Army and Notre Dame. Big Ten membership questions could be influenced by the answer to this question.
Thu, Sep 02, 2010
As evidence that unreasonable expectations continue to grow commensurate with unwarranted coaching salaries, the Star-Ledger outlines 10 reasons why it is time for Rutgers to win the Big East title.
Thu, Sep 02, 2010
Brigham Young University will leave the Mountain West Conference for the 2011-12 season, go independent in football and join the West Coast Conference in all other sports. BYU had until Wednesday to notify the MWC if it was going to leave for the 2011-12 season.
Thu, Sep 02, 2010
A College Sports Council study shows that there are more tennis teams for women (311) than for men (258) in Division I. But the percentage of schools sponsoring women's teams has fallen from 96 percent in 1996 to 93 percent in 2009, and the percentage of Division I schools sponsoring men's teams has declined from 92 percent to 77.5 percent during the same span. The figures unleashed a Title IX argument between the CSC, NCAA and the Women's Sports Foundation.
Wed, Sep 01, 2010
Forbes has an excellent article that discusses both North Carolina's current NCAA investigation and what UNC's former President William Friday calls the commercialization of college sports.
Tue, Aug 31, 2010
The Birmingham News has an excellent column suggesting that the new trend in coaching contracts will be the insertion of a non-compete clause preventing coaches from leaving to go to rival schools. The enforceability of such clauses rests with the reasonableness of the restriction.
Tue, Aug 31, 2010
Western Athletic Conference Commissioner Karl Benson announced that Fresno State and the University of Nevada must pay $5 million each for failing to abide to a corporate resolution they both agreed to earlier this month that called for both to remain members of the WAC through June 30, 2016. Both schools were notified with a “demand for payment” letter and have 60 days from that date to make payment. The two schools are also required to compete in the WAC during the 2010-11 season and the 2011-12 season.
Mon, Aug 30, 2010
The News Observer reported that former University of North Carolina President William Friday said collegiate sports were a vibrant part of the American university scene 20 years ago but have become an entertainment industry manipulated by television with a dangerous win-at-all-costs culture. UNC is under investigation for NCAA rules violations in its football program.
Mon, Aug 30, 2010
A $65 million expansion has pushed capacity to 101,821 and made the University of Alabama's Bryant-Denny Stadium the nation's fifth-largest stadium. The South end zone work added 9,683 seats, including 36 luxury boxes.
Mon, Aug 30, 2010
The New York Times points out the growing pattern of professional stadiums getting into the business of hosting college games. Boise State will play Virginia Tech at FedEx Field in Maryland in a more or less neutral site game. The economics make sense for both teams and the facility.
Tue, Aug 10, 2010
North Carolina Governor Beverley Perdue signed a capital project bill authorizing UNCC to borrow $40 million to build a football stadium and field house so that the school can be playing football in 2013..
Wed, Sep 01, 2010
CIAA member Saint Paul's College has hired Bianca Warren as Director of Sports Information.
Wed, Sep 01, 2010
The Colonial Athletic Association announced the promotion of three staff members in recognition of their outstanding service to the conference.
Wed, Sep 01, 2010
Stephanie O'Callaghan, a four-year diver at the University of Michigan, has been selected as the head coach for the men's and women's diving teams at St. Bonaventure.
Tue, Aug 31, 2010
Charlotte, NC - The Big South Conference announced today the promotion of Mark Bryant to Director of Multimedia Development and Nancy Perkins to Director of Administration and Finance.
Tue, Aug 31, 2010
Petersburg, VA - Virginia State University has announced the hiring of Jason Jackson as the new Men’s & Women’s Cross-Country and Track & Field Head Coach. Jackson takes over a program that placed third in the 2009 CIAA Cross-Country Championship but won the Championship in 2008.
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
Texas Tech athletic director Gerald Myers has announced his retirement, effective May 31, 2011, according to a statement released by the university.
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
Laura Campbell, a 2003 graduate of American University, a member of the Patriot League, will return to her alma mater to coach the Eagles women's lacrosse team.
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
Big Rapids, MI - Perk Weisenburger, a Michigan native, has been tabbed Ferris State University’s next Athletics Director. Ferris State is an NCAA Division II school and a member of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
Over the years Virginia Tech has benefited greatly from the stable leadership of football coach Frank Beamer and AD Jim Weaver. Both are slated to work together through 2015. Weaver is coming off of back surgery and suffers from Parkinson's, but he indicated that he intends to work until he turns 70.
Wed, Aug 25, 2010
Summit League Commissioner Tom Douple has announced the recent hiring of Matthew Boyer to the position of Assistant Director of Compliance and Administration.
Wed, Aug 25, 2010
Patriot League Executive Director Carolyn Schlie Femovich announced the hiring of Jimmy Johnson as the Patriot League Coordinator of Multimedia Services/Media Relations.
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
The Big Ten will not announce the conference realignment until mid-September, but different pieces of the puzzle are starting to leak out, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer website.
Wed, Aug 25, 2010
A newly released NCAA report shows that just 14 of the 120 Football Bowl Subdivision schools made money from campus athletics in the 2009 fiscal year, down from 25 the year before. The NCAA's Jim Isch commenting on revenue and expense trends revealed in the latest NCAA report noted that "the top end ... still does not have to rely on institutional subsidies. But those that do are falling further behind."
Thu, Aug 19, 2010
Bryant-Jon Anteola and Daniel Lyght of the Fresno Bee describe the move by Fresno State to the Mountain West Conference at the same time that Nevada was reportedly announcing its move there as well.
Thu, Aug 19, 2010
A new report from the National Collegiate Athletics Association shows that Division I athletic programs are spending more money than they earn and are becoming increasingly reliant on their colleges and universities for financial support.
Wed, Aug 18, 2010
Rachel Bachman of The Oregonian describes on Oregonlive.com how the cost of football tickets in many conferences have increased and how certain big games command significant face value prices notwithstanding the difficult economic times facing the country.
Sat, Aug 14, 2010
Georgia has hired Florida Associate AD Greg McGarity as its new athletic director replacing Damon Evans. McGarity was a finalist for the job in 2004 as well.
Fri, Aug 13, 2010
USA Today reported that 23 programs are currently under investigation by the NCAA and the list includes many top 25 programs.
Fri, Aug 06, 2010
West Virginia announced that the NCAA has sent to it a list of five potential major rules violations that began under Rich Rodriguez's watch and continued for two years under his successor, Bill Stewart. The violations are similar to what occurred under Rodriguez at Michigan.
Wed, Aug 04, 2010
Understanding a coach's won-lost record is really not good enough according to the NCAA. Starting this week the academic record of coaches in a handful of sports will be available via a new NCAA database.
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