College Football Charter Flights Haven’t Caught Many COVID Breaks
While COVID-19’s decimation of domestic travel has forced airlines to dramatically cut fares to lure commercial passengers, college athletic departments have not seen…
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Notre Dame: We Won’t Be in New EA Video Game Until Our Players Are
Notre Dame says it will not participate in the upcoming EA Sports college football video game until its athletes are allowed to share in the upside, the first major…
UCLA’s New Nike Contract Pays Less Than Half of Prior Deal With Under Armour
UCLA’s new Nike deal will pay the university less than half of what the school was owed per year under its prior agreement with Under Armour, further evidence of a wider…
EA Sports’ College Football Reboot Ducks NCAA Athlete Pay Complications
Video game publisher EA Sports is getting back in the college football business after an almost decade-long hiatus. The company, which also makes Madden NFL, announced…
Georgia Tech Doubles Down on Innovation Amid $10 Million COVID Deficit
2020 gave college athletic departments just a taste of the financial hit COVID-19 would bring, as financial reports from the 2019-20 fiscal year that ended in June only…
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Entain, EPIC Partner to Help NCAA Athletes Navigate New Sports Betting Pressures
Entain’s U.S.-based non-profit is partnering with EPIC Risk Management to educate college students, and athletes in particular, about the potential dangers associated…
NCAA Says It Lost $800 Million in Revenue From Canceled March Madness
The NCAA says it lost more than $800 million in revenue from the cancellation of the men’s basketball tournament last year. Revenue for the college sports governing body…
Larry Scott Out as Pac-12 Commissioner as Pandemic Year Caps Tenure
Larry Scott will leave his post as commissioner of the Pac-12 Conference at the end of June, ending a 10-year run in which the league added two schools and achieved…
The Senior Bowl Is Happening, And Sponsors Are Flocking
The 2021 Reese’s Senior Bowl added a trio of national sponsors to its partner arsenal, already more than 40 brands deep, doubling its highest level of sponsorship and…
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Fairleigh Dickinson is Adding Sports to Trim Athletics Deficit
The COVID-19 pandemic has led some of the country’s richest schools, and its most successful athletic departments, to eliminate sports as a cost-cutting measure. One New…
Tennessee’s For-Cause Firing of Pruitt May Invite Legal Challenge
In a move that could spark litigation, Tennessee fired head football coach Jeremy Pruitt “for cause” on Monday. The move not only removes a coach whose team has…
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Fanatics, EA Sponsor Virtual NFLPA Collegiate Bowl for Draft Prospects
The 2021 Collegiate Bowl was canceled in December, but the NFLPA pulled together a virtual iteration of the 10th annual event to take place Jan. 13 and 14 for invited…
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