College Sports Spending Sets Records in Post-COVID, NIL Era: Data Viz
Big-time college athletics departments are spending—and bringing in—more than ever, despite recent fears that the COVID-19 pandemic and more marketing rights for…
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Three-Peats, Prospects and College Soccer’s NWSL Pipeline
Happy Wednesday, SporticoU readers, and thanks for spending part of your day with us. The college football season has concluded since we last spoke, and I’m sure…
Sporticast: Smell of Success, Good Ice and Back-to-Back National Titles
On the latest Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams speak with Georgia athletic director Josh Brooks about the business behind college football…
Georgia’s Rout of TCU in CFP Title Game Draws Record-Low Ratings
In what amounts to an entirely predictable turn of events, viewers of the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday night didn’t hesitate to bail out on…
Georgia Reaps Rewards of Big Football Recruiting Spend: Data Viz
Georgia football head coach Kirby Smart initially cited “culture” and “hard work” in a press conference on Sunday, when he was asked how his program has managed to…
Sporticast: The Economics of College Football’s Biggest Bowl Games
On the latest Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams discuss some of the biggest sports business stories of the week, including the end of the…
CFP Expansion Expected to Increase Value of Other Bowl Games
The College Football Playoff recently announced it would be expanding from four to 12 teams for the 2024 season. The additional game inventory is expected to generate…
NFL Thanksgiving and Black Friday Soccer Shatter TV Ratings Records
The broadcast networks have had plenty of reasons to be thankful during the holiday break, as football (both varieties) helped shatter a cornucopia of ratings…
Fox Tucks in for a Quarter-Billion-Dollar Thanksgiving Sports Feast
Doomsayers, take heed: The events of the next four days may force you to reconsider your end-is-nigh read on the state of linear television. As Fox Sports gets set to…
Fox Hunts College Football Bargains as Big 12 Buys Time
By now you’ve undoubtedly read the news about how Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark had made good on his promise to deliver a media-rights extension for the conference…
Sporticast: Big 12 Frontruns Rival Pac-12 to Media Riches / NHL Valuations Grow
On the latest Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams discuss some of the biggest sports business stories of the week, including the Big 12’s new…
Big 12 Inks $2.28 Billion Rights Extension With ESPN, Fox
The impending defection of Texas and Oklahoma from the Big 12 hasn’t hampered its media objectives, as the conference has re-upped its rights deal with Disney and Fox…
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