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#10: Memphis AD Ed Scott says one thing he's noticed is that some people on the staff were “always waiting for the next shoe to drop. So if something is good, they’re not asking how you keep it going, they’re asking when is it going to stop? I don’t live my life that way. So I finally said in some meetings, ‘Look, I need believers. If you’re not going to believe in what we’re doing, you might as well leave.’” He goes on to tell the Daily Memphian’s Geoff Calkins that “my goal – I want to make sure this is clear to you and everybody else – my goal is to be a Top 25 athletic program in America. Right now, based on my last count, there’s seven programs that have football and men’s basketball in the Top 25. We’re the only one in the Group of Five. The Big 12 had one in Iowa State, there were zero in the ACC and then the other five were between the Big Ten and the SEC.” Scott also opens up about the fatal heart attack Tigers Senior Assoc. AD for Student-Athlete Welfare Marlon Dechausay suffered in Maui in November. He didn’t attend the Tigers last game and was instead at the hospital at Dechausay’s bedside. “I felt as a leader that it was my responsibility to be there with my people the same way I would have wanted them to do for me. We’re going to win games, we’re going to lose games, you guys are going to write about them. But we’re talking about a man’s life who has 17- and 13-year-old boys that I had to spend time with, and a wife who is missing her partner. So it told me what was really important — the people.” (link)
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#9: Auburn Deputy Executive AD Rich McGlynn will begin in a new role as Chief of Staff to the President, starting February 1. (link)
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#8: Vanderbilt officially dedicated its new Huber Center last Friday, the brand-new basketball facility made possible by the lead gift from George and Cathy Huber. This is the first non-renovation project completed as part of the Vandy United campaign, which began in 2021. The facility houses the men’s practice court and offices on the first floor and the women’s on the third. The second level of the building has a weight room, athletic training center and other shared amenities. Photos inside. (link)
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#7: Houston has named New Mexico Asst. VP/Deputy AD David Williams as Senior Deputy AD. (link)
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#6: Lafayette faculty members passed a vote of no confidence in President Nicole Hurd by a count of 102-86. In the motion, some faculty members indicated that Hurd has "failed in her presidential duty and violated the principles of shared governance in several ways,” including the December 7, 2024, Strategic Plan Approval Update co-authored with Board of Trustees Chair Robert E. Sell. Faculty members say Hurd misrepresented the faculty's rejection of the proposed strategic plan and therefore forfeited the trust and confidence of the faculty. (link, link)
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#5: Oh to be a fly in the room at the South Carolina Board of Trustees meeting. One board member wondered how the Gamecocks will split the $20.5M rev share cap, "because I bet our illegitimate cousins in the northwest corner are gonna put $20.5 million towards football and nothing else.” AD Jeremiah Donati explained how the fair market value process will work after July 1, with $600 being the threshold before a clearinghouse process is triggered, and board member Dan Adams remarked: “We just competed for a linebacker. We were gonna offer $400K and Mississippi took him for $800K.” (link)
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#4: The Horizon League suspended Oakland Men’s Basketball HC Greg Kampe for its game against Green Bay for “engaging with an official in a manner that violated League Operating Violations and is unacceptable” during the recent matchup with Robert Morris. The league adds: “Related, a significant officiating error occurred near the end of the game. The responsible game official will no longer work Horizon League games.” (link)
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#3: Former Vermont Administrative Assistant to the AD, Sophia Boyages, says that the school is using her logo design without compensation, a logo that she designed independent of any involvement from the school or athletic department, according to her May 2024 complaint filed with the Vermont District Court. Boyages is arguing that the University was not entitled to her design, as her contract did not include an intellectual property clause, though she designed it in hopes of a promotion or compensation. She is seeking monetary relief for the alleged infringement. UVM registered a color version of the logo on Sept. 17, 2024, with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Boyages registered her design, referred to as “SophCat” in the lawsuit, with the United States Copyright Office on Dec. 15, 2023. Vermont spent $145,650 on a new primary logo and brand positioning in 2024. The lawsuit is ongoing. (link)
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#2: Saint Louis AD Chris May comments on the fight that broke out in the stands and delayed the end of SLU’s men’s basketball matchup with VCU by several minutes earlier this week: “We've got a campus group investigating, looking into it, and that's not what college basketball is all about. We’re going through, we’ve got people taking information in from fans, but the big picture is protocols are being changed and we're going to ensure that that won't happen again and we'll have a great night Friday night.” (link); Video of the tussle. (link)
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#1: Deloitte has released a white paper titled The New Era of College Athletics: Securing a sustainable financial future through revenue generation and expense management. The paper advises athletic departments to take a three-pronged approach to identifying and capturing new revenue streams, starting with assessing the current state of the athletic department. “Build a baseline understanding of current strategic, operational, and financial health, benchmarked against leading practices to inform the athletic department’s financial and operating goals. The comprehensive assessment should provide a clear understanding of the current landscape and identify areas for improvement and growth.” Second, plan for the future. “Forecast and scenario plan for known and potential expenditures and revenue over the next five years. This should include detailed financial categories specific to athletics,” such as team health, academic services, team travel and recruiting costs. “By considering these specific financial categories, athletic departments can create more accurate and actionable financial plans that address the unique needs and challenges of collegiate athletics.” Finally, chart a path forward: “Develop a strategic plan that prioritizes increasing revenue and reduces costs through the identification of sustainable opportunities for growth, centering the experience of current and future student-athletes, faculty, staff and fans.” Recommended revenue-generation activities could include developing a creative NIL strategy, exploring naming rights partnerships and setting clear objectives, among others. Expense management strategies could include updating the budget model, eliminating redundancies, establishing or refining governance structures and more. Full paper. (link)
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