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  1. New USC AD Mike Bohn, "Everything is on the table." Also note that even with their third highest fundraising year, UCLA Athletics still ran a $18.9M deficit
  2. Cleveland ESPN affiliate long time Browns reporter over calling Baker Mayfield a derogatory term for little people. Grossi left the Plain Dealer eight years ago after some Tweets regarding then owner Randy Lerner.
  3. He really must be upset that High Noon was cancelled yesterday as Pablo was with his wife as she delivered their first child.
  4. I wonder if this, along with a potential Knights contribution, will aid in UNLV hockey going from ACHA club to NCAA Division 1
  5. The travel costs alone would crush an already tenuous budget in a school with a total enrollment of under 2,500. They would be 450 miles to the closest member school. Maryland-Eastern Shore and Daytona Beach are 680 and 830 miles away respectively
  6. Apparently, he contractually must stay on, but it seems that the transaction was around $250M.
  7. Tampa mayor Jane Castor and Hillsborough County commissioner meets with Rays/Sternberg for 2.5 hours on Monday.
  8. Unlikely Hampton has the third largest endowment and NC A&T is sixth among HBCUs. NC A&T also has the largest enrollment on HBCUs, is growing, and seems to have the most support from the NC Legislature. NC A&T has also been touting cost savings since most Big South opponents would be a 4 or less hour bus ride. Plus, South Carolina State may close due to small enrollment (they are under 1,000) and Bethune-Cookman is in accreditation jeopardy. MEAC may just go down to eight via attrition.
  9. Last week, BYU signed a new agreement with ESPN to have their home games there through the 2026 season. It also provides them with access to ESPN owned bowl games in the even years, as in the odd years, they will play in the Independence Bowl, if eligible.
  10. There's just one MAC school who is even close to qualify academically: The University at Buffalo. They are an AAU member (like 13 of B1G's 14 members), award terminal degrees in both medicine and law, and garner research dollars with a R1 Carnegie classification, but they ain't getting in. With the population shifts, many of the MAC have declining enrollment due to the declining in state populations. NIU has a 20% lower enrollment since 2013 and 6,000 less from 2009 and nearly every Ohio school is in the same boat with Akron who cut 80 degree programs (18%) and offered buyout to half of the faculty last year. No need for a third Indiana school not named Notre Dame and for they're tied to the ACC contractually for years.
  11. https://www.tampabay.com/news/st-petersburg/2020/01/30/hardball-rays-threaten-to-block-redevelopment-of-tropicana-field/ snip
  12. Penn National Gaming buys 36% share of Barstool They're basically a gambling conduit for Millennials, Gen-Y and Gen-Alpha when they become of age.
  13. A retractable roof or multi-use NFL stadium typically has a turf laid down in segments and taped which can easily picked up. College venues are laid down and sewn together since they don't need to change any.
  14. They will likely be visible since green paint does not match the actual grass.
  15. Speaking of Simmons, I thought you were going to post about the The Ringer Union taking to Twitter complaining that Bill hasn't said anything about the possibly sale to Spotify and the fate of their jobs. The old man in me thinks this is such a passive-aggressive move that would even make Kevin Durant proud. So very Millennial of them. And Molly Lambert, who never worked for The Ringer, just Grantland didn't help the cause. Per The Big Lead:
  16. In one of these XFL threads I linked to the report which the athletic department presented to the Board of Regents with their stadium rental pricing to be approved. It was only $37.5K per day plus expenses. The U of H football Twitter also has shots of the project, and it looks like midfield and the ten yard space where the AAC logo and the donor's name on the field has been taken up.
  17. Neither UA not Adidas had an "AAF deal". AAF has their on-field and sideline apparel deal with Starter. Having the AAF shut down after eight weeks cost Starter some $$$, probably enough not to dive back in with an XFL bid. More importantly, Under Armour's earnings have been disappointing since 2016, to the point that founder Kevin Plank stepped down as CEO last year. They are cutting spending and are under investigation for accounting fraud.
  18. From today's scrimmages/TV dry run. I wonder if XFL is going pay to be tarp off Upper Decks since they won't be sold
  19. It is difficult to copy/paste post quotes from a page you may link to as well
  20. Exactly. And unless they lay grass in Houston, it ain't gonna change either.
  21. Bill Simmons may sell The Ringer to Spotify Apparently, podcasts generate $15M in revenue annually for The Ringer.
  22. On Sunday night, Mike Rhyner, who started Dallas' first all-sports station in D/FW (KTCK/The Ticket) in 1994 the week of the second Cowboys/Bills Super Bowl, retired. He released his announcement via his daughter's YouTube page. Will Cain did a very nice shout-out/appreciation.
  23. Sports media nepotism train keeps rolling along. Adam Schefter's 11 year old daughter, Dylan, to have a segment on FS1's Big East basketball coverage.
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