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#10: Texas Tech AD Kirby Hocutt explains how the Red Raiders will approach revenue-sharing agreements with student-athletes: "We've worked on NIL contracts that we will award to the designated student-athletes, so a football player that is on our roster next year more than likely will have an NIL contract with us that is inclusive of tuition, room, board and then whatever NIL amount that is determined appropriate. So we will administer those contracts internally, administratively and work with our coaches on managing the amount of revenue share that they have to award, helping them monitor that." Red Raiders Deputy AD Jonathan Botros adds: "It'll be similar to our financial-aid process as it relates to coaches making decisions on financial aid for student-athletes. They can also make decisions as it relates to an NIL licensing and endorsement agreement value, and then we just take over as far as the administration as it relates to executing the contract for the student-athletes — storing it, making sure payments are made, things like that." As far as The Matador Club collective is concerned, Botros explains: "If The Matador Club does cease to exist as it stands currently, there'll be that fork in the road where it's critically important for us to continue to receive the support from fans and donors to the Red Raider Club now to support revenue sharing. And then the other piece of it will be to create opportunities for our student-athletes for true NIL." Hocutt goes on to say that the department is “still talking about options for us to help engagement in [the NIL] space — if it's building out something internally or if it's an outside agency that we partner with. We have not finalized any decision there, but would anticipate there would be opportunities that present themselves to certain athletes." (link)
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#9: Michigan State has named Minnesota AHC/former Spartans student-athlete Kristen Kelsay as its new Volleyball HC. (link)
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#8: CougFan.com’s Barry Bolton indicates Washington State will reduce its Football scholarship allotment from 85 to 79 with the aim of realizing an annualized savings of over $300K. Cougars radio analyst & former standout quarterback Alex Brink passed along the news to Bolton, adds: “They can't compete like that, there is just no way. It doesn't work … You have schools that can go to 105 if they want … and we're at 79? There is literally just no way that you can compete. I was just stunned.” An unnamed “prominent booster” tells Bolton: “If you want to know why he (former HC Jake Dickert) left, it's the pennywise and pound foolish nonsense, like dropping to 79, that Kirk Schulz and the Board of Regents are cramming down throats. [...] the Board of Regents has no idea the football program is one of the single-greatest assets at our university so they’re going to starve it rather than make bold decisions that require critical thinking skills.” (link)
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#7: Sportico’s Michael McCann further unpacks Vanderbilt QB Diego Pavia’s preliminary injunction against the NCAA and spells out that litigation in the future “could include athletes eyeing seven-year collegiate careers, where they play the first two years in JUCO and then five years in DI. Some could sue to gain even longer collegiate careers, with athletes using university graduate programs to play college sports well into their 20s or even beyond. At the other end of the spectrum, younger players could challenge the NCAA’s initial eligibility guidelines. … College athletes can now credibly argue the denial of playing eligibility and accompanying NIL deals deprives them of market-based opportunities ordinarily protected by antitrust law. NCAA eligibility rules are vulnerable to antitrust scrutiny because they reflect agreements by competing businesses (i.e., NCAA member institutions) to restrain opportunities for a labor market that increasingly resembles pro athletes.” Complicating matters further, NCAA rules require it to treat all members and student-athletes equally. “Yet now the NCAA is compelled to treat Pavia better than other former JUCO players. That problematic dynamic could lead the NCAA to announce other players sharing the same eligibility situation as Pavia can keep playing too. … Lastly, there’s the possibility of athletes denied NCAA eligibility due to rules set by the NCAA Eligibility Center…challenging rules on account of lost NIL opportunities and denial of play in a commercialized college sports landscape. Former George Mason Deputy AD Kevin McNamee suggested this to me on X and it’s a great point. An attorney could adapt Pavia’s arguments to fit a challenge to initial eligibility rules, which include assorted academic requirements.” More from McCann. (link)
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#6: Louisiana AD Bryan Maggard has made a change in leadership with Men’s Basketball as 15-year HC Bob Marlin has been let go. (link)
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#5: ESPN unveiled its graphics package for this year’s College Football Playoff presentation. Have a look. (link)
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#4: Stanford leads the Learfield Directors’ Cup fall standings with 413 points, followed by North Carolina (397.50), Virginia (293.50), Wisconsin (269) and Wake Forest (264). The final fall standings will be published on Thursday, January 23. (link)
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#3: USA Today’s Steve Berkowitz continues updating on the latest from the House case: “Lawyers for 10 current or former female athletes who objected to preliminary approval of settlement of House and related cases (approval that eventually was granted by federal judge) have made new filing tonight concerning the settlement's roster limits. Further signal regarding these attorneys' -- and their current/former athlete clients' -- unhappiness with settlement, as it stands. Specifically this has to do with wording of a proposed Q&A document that would directed toward college athletes and made publicly available. But in bigger picture, this may signal a new line of objection to final approval of settlement.” Berkowitz includes screen shots of the filing. (link)
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#2: The NCAA Board of Directors has voted to appeal the Diego Pavia court ruling but is also granting a waiver for junior college players in a similar position as Pavia, paving the way for the extension of the careers of hundreds of former junior college players. A statement from the board adds that DI leaders are “committed to advancing [player eligibility] discussions during January governance meetings.” (link)
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#1: Washington State President Kirk Schulz was told by the WSU Board of Regents last month to find $2M in institutional support for athletics, according to JohnCanzano.com’s eponymous publisher, who cites a source as saying: “That didn’t happen.” Canzano has since spoken with several WSU leaders, including Schulz, Cougars AD Anne McCoy and multiple regents about the departure of Football HC Jake Dickert and the leadership dynamic at WSU and Schulz says: “If I had a money printing press in my office — this would be no problem.” Canzano notes Schulz “eventually found the $2M in support. That’s not the issue. But Schulz failed to inform McCoy, his AD, that new money was coming. McCoy confirmed that she first learned about the money in an email exchange with the regents on Sunday, several days after Dickert was introduced at Wake Forest. The email, obtained by JohnCanzano.com, reveals that it might not be just $2 million, either. There was another $4 million potentially on the table for athletics in ‘matching funds’ and, perhaps, a gift from the university’s fundraising foundation.” McCoy says the Cougs “would have absolutely used the funds for football.” Meanwhile, there is growing tension between Schulz and the board, per Canzano, who explains that part of the issue stems from board members being frustrated that they had to push Schulz to join Oregon State in suing the Pac-12 last year. Additionally, Schulz’s relationship with Dickert became “petty and personal” and Schulz was displeased that Dickert and regents were in contact. Canzano also reports that during a sitdown meeting this season, Schulz said to Dickert: “I don’t mind being the president known for ‘right-sizing’ the football program.” He subsequently told Canzano: “No one likes hearing that we don’t have the money to do something — and the job of communicating that falls on the president.” Lots more. (link)
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