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#10: Oral Roberts has selected SJ Tuohy, Executive Director of the UCF-focused The Kingdom NIL, as its new Deputy AD. Simon Pflum, The Kingdom’s Director of Athlete Management, will succeed Tuohy. (link, link)
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#9: Pepperdine AD Tanner Gardner talks about the impact of the new Mountain at Mullin Park Arena and says: “Schools used to negatively recruit against us. You don’t want to go to Pepperdine. They only have one gym. You won’t even have time to practice. You can’t get baskets up outside of practice.’ They can’t do that anymore. … The Mountain, in and of itself, is transformational. It’s a piece of a bigger story about how we’re really working to transform Pepperdine Athletics from what’s already a really good program into a program that’s great and sustains that greatness.” It remains to be seen what will become of Firestone Fieldhouse, which has served as home for several Waves indoor teams since 1972, but Gardner notes: “You think about a historic facility, a Firestone Fieldhouse, that is just not that big moving to what will be a state-of-the-art facility, this difference cannot be more stark. Pepperdine sets the standard in many areas, and we will be setting the standard arenas once The Mountain opens.” Gardner goes on to point out that “from a naming perspective, we’ll have an ability to host a lot of really neat events there, which, at many colleges, are great sources of revenue. Hosting concerts, hosting speakers, hosting conferences, these are all great sources of revenue and great sources of publicity for Pepperdine.” The Mountain is slated to open by late 2026. (link)
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#8: The ACC has a new championship trophy for the first time since the 2014-15 academic year. Have a look. (link)
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#7: Le Moyne selects Vanderbilt Executive Assoc. AD for Business, Operations, & Facilities/Chief Business Officer Phil Brown as its new Asst. VP for Athletics, starting January 1. President Linda LeMura: “Beyond his impressive knowledge of the changing landscape of college athletics, Phil demonstrates a strong commitment to the focus on academics for our student-athletes. It was clear throughout the interview process that he recognizes the importance of the student athlete model with 'student' always coming first. He also understands and embraces Le Moyne's strong tradition of service to others, which is a hallmark of Jesuit education. His overall knowledge and varied background will serve him well in this role.” (link)
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#6: Georgia Southern AD Jared Benko will depart after more than four years in the chair to become the new Executive Deputy AD at Auburn, per Yahoo's Ross Dellenger who adds Benko will "focus on AU's transition to the rev-share era. He’s not the first to make the G5 AD-to-P4 deputy move. He's unlikely to be the last." (link); Georgia Southern is expected to move quickly and promote COO Chris Davis to succeed outgoing AD Jared Benko, per CollegeAD. (link); ESPN’s Pete Thamel confirms, adding: “Georgia Southern is finalizing a five-year deal to make COO Chris Davis the school's new athletic director.” (link)
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#5: As athletic departments prepare themselves for a post-House settlement landscape, Yahoo’s Ross Dellenger reports some schools have “eliminated roster spots and, for some, scholarship offers that they were once promised. Meanwhile, several dozen current college athletes are being notified that they are no longer part of their teams – some of the notifications arriving after the fall semester even began.” Dellenger indicates the new roster caps will result in “thousands of lost roster spots for mostly walk-on athletes and those on partial scholarship — a consequence that, while previously reported by Yahoo Sports, has now sparked outrage from hundreds of parents of athletes or prospective athletes whose spots have been or will soon be eliminated. Nearly 20,000 parents and athletes are members of a Facebook page related to the issue, and they are mobilizing in what is now a public fight against the new policies, said Tom Wiegand, an attorney with MoloLamken, a national firm based in New York, Washington D.C. and Chicago. The firm is in the process of authoring an objection to the settlement over the roster limits.” Dellenger goes on to report that “at one SEC school, eight track and field runners were cut or pushed out over the summer. One power conference program released all of their 2025 men’s swimming commitments. And in football, it is estimated that more than 1,500 walk-on players — roughly 20-30 per team — will see their spots cut. In all, the 68 power conference schools are expected to eliminate at least 3,000 roster positions as administrators work to adhere to new roster limitations, reallocate resources from lower-tier to revenue-generating sports, and balance men and women opportunities to comply with the federal Title IX law.” College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America Executive Director Samantha Barany: “Someone might say we are taking better care of our student-athletes with the settlement. I’d say we are taking better care of a percentage of our student-athletes.” Lots more. (link)
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#4: The NCAA has distributed to members its Q&A regarding the House settlement. Yahoo’s Ross Dellenger: “Nothing really significantly new here, but this item is notable. All athletes – even those playing at schools that opt out of the revenue sharing - will need to report their NIL deals of $600 or more to the school or the new third-party clearinghouse entity.” (link)
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#3: Ever seen an AD surf after a win? Now you have as Hawaii’s Craig Angelos did, sort of, after last Saturday's Football win over Nevada. (link)
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#2: Shield Lockers has created 15 exact replicas of Colorado Football HC Deion Sanders’ office locker and is selling them for $125K apiece. A portion of the proceeds will support the 5430 Alliance NIL Collective. Have a look. (link)
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#1: BYU AD Tom Holmoe dons the black hat as Aladdin’s Jafar for Halloween this year, continuing his tradition of amazing costumes. Check him out. (link)
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