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#10: Stanford Softball set an NCAA record for single game attendance with 13,207 in the stands for its matchup with Cal that was played in Stanford Stadium. (link)
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#9: U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilken has issued a response to the amended House settlement submitted after this month’s hearing, writing in part: “The Court finds a decision by Defendants and NCAA member schools to begin implementing the roster limits before the Court granted final approval of the settlement agreement is not a valid reason for approval of the agreement in its current form despite the harm discussed above. Any disruption that may occur is a problem of Defendants’ and NCAA member schools’ own making. The fact that the Court granted preliminary approval of the settlement agreement should not have been interpreted as an indication that it was certain that the Court would grant final approval. […] The court will delay denial of final approval to permit the parties to attempt to modify the settlement agreement so that members of the Injunctive Relief Settlement Class will not be harmed by the immediate implementation of the roster limits provisions. One way of achieving that could be to modify the settlement agreement to ensure that no members of the Injunctive Relief Settlement Class who have or had a roster spot will lose it as a result of the immediate implementation of the settlement agreement.” Wilken calls for the parties to meet with a mediator within 14 days about potential changes to the settlement. (link)
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#8: Stanford leads the way in the Learfield Directors’ Cup winter standings with 904 points, followed by North Carolina (896.75), Ohio State (794.75), Penn State (750), Wisconsin (693.70), Michigan (652), USC (642), Nebraska (638.75), Texas (623.50) and BYU (602.50) in the top 10. The Big Ten leads all conferences with nine members in the top 25, followed by the SEC (8), ACC (6) and Big 12 (2). Full standings. (link)
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#7: Former San Jose State Women’s Volleyball student-athlete Blaire Fleming spoke to The New York Times Magazine’s Jason Zengerle about the challenges of last season as part of a wide-ranging article into the situation: “Do I think I’m the last? No. There’s going to be people in the future, whether it’s 10 years from now, five years from now, 20 years from now, there are going to be trans people in sports. They’re going to be there.” Lots more. (link)
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#6: San Diego unveiled its new $35M Basketball Performance Center, which features a full-length court with a viewing terrace, an additional shooting court, sport-specific strength and conditioning room, sports medicine and hydrotherapy facilities, team locker rooms and lounges, a film room, and men’s and women’s basketball staff offices. Men’s Basketball HC Steve Lavin: “In a sense, this is a re-launch. We’re in a revolutionary era in college athletics, and it’s the first time since I’ve been here where we’ve had alignment with roster space, funding with NIL and revenue-share, and a state-of-the-art facility. When you put those three together — with USD’s tradition, being a world-class academic institution, and our location in San Diego — it’s a pretty difficult situation to not be impressed with if you’re a student-athlete or parents of a prospect. So, it does lift us. It elevates our programs, respectively, in terms of the competitive landscape that we’re in.” (link)
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#5: Interesting nuggets from Kentucky’s official release on the athletic department’s transition to Champions Blue LLC. Cats President Eli Capilouto: “We believe this is an innovative approach — a new structure and governance model that thoughtfully contemplates how we strengthen Athletics, protect and promote the University and open up new opportunities for growth.” Leadership structure: “The Champions Blue Board, a public entity, will meet regularly to advise President Capilouto and UK Director of Athletics Mitch Barnhart on strategic directions and opportunities for revenue growth. Opportunities could include developments such as expanded premium seating and fan amenities in Kroger Field or public-private partnerships to develop revenue-generating ventures.” The full UK Board of Trustees will formalize the move with a vote today. (link)
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#4: The NCAA Board of Directors eliminated several rules related to amateurism contingent on approval of the House settlement. In addition to modifying rules to allow institutions to provide direct financial benefits to student-athletes, the board eliminated “team scholarship limits for institutions” and will allow “institutions that provide student-athletes with settlement-related benefits to provide any amount of an athletics scholarship (up to cost of attendance) to any student-athlete included on a team's submitted roster.” Additionally, the amended rules allow institutions to provide student-athletes with settlement-related benefits on an annual basis, provided the school does not exceed the value of its benefit pool for that year. They also codify “the calculation of the benefit pool/cap pursuant to the settlement and establishes annual reporting and attestation requirements.” Furthermore, the board approved a measure to designate an “enforcement entity that will be developed and operated by the defendant conferences, to enforce all NCAA bylaws established to implement the terms of the House settlement, including compliance with the new roster limits, the provision of direct financial benefits to student-athletes consistent with the new benefits pool, and meeting requirements for third-party NIL agreements entered into with associated individuals or entities.” Full rundown via Yahoo’s Ross Dellenger. (link)
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#3: The NCAA is partnering with Genius Sports to sell live data from all NCAA championships to Genius through 2032, per Sportico's Eben Novy-Williams, who adds: “Genius is not paying an additional fee for the sportsbook rights, according to someone familiar with the details. The two sides will continue under the revenue share laid out in their original 2018 agreement, said the person, who was granted anonymity because the details are private.” Deal details: “Under this expanded agreement, Genius will establish an Authorized Gaming License (AGL), under which sportsbooks can access official NCAA feeds and logos. The operators in that program will also agree to limit ‘risky bet types,’ the announcement says, though it is not specific on what it considers risky. […] Under the new Genius deal, the NCAA’s LiveStats platform will remain free for member schools, and the company will use its AI platform, GeniusIQ, to enhance the feed’s real-time analytics, coaching insights and fan-facing uses. It also includes integrity services that monitor betting patterns for potential fraud.” (link)
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#2: Stanford found a creative solution for playing its home softball games while the Cardinal’s new $50M stadium is being built. HC Jessica Allister tells ESPN’s Kyle Bonagura that "my initial thoughts were, 'Alright, they're building you a $50M stadium, there's going to be some bumps and bruises along the way, so that's okay.’ And then my next thought was this is somebody's senior year and this is also 25% of most of the student-athletes' Stanford experience on our campus, and we need to find a way to make sure that it can be as good as it possibly can be." Allister dismissed solutions that included playing games on another campus, and Cardinal Assoc. AD for Facilities and Housing Dan Levine explains: "You need a public address, you need some sort of bleachers. It'd be really nice if you have a scoreboard, video board, all these pieces. And we were looking all over campus, how could this work? We looked at some of our smaller facilities and as we were talking, I remember being on Google Maps and looking at the size of the softball field and saying, 'I think we might be able to drop it in the [football] stadium.'" Allister recalls AD Bernard Muir saying: “‘Jess, we've got it. You're playing in the football stadium. … Think about it. You got the grass, we've got the stands, we have the scoreboard, we've got the music, we've got the concessions, the bathrooms, everything for the game day experience is there, the lights. They need new sod anyway, we'll skin it, put it in an infield, build it out, play in the football stadium.” Check out the setup inside. (link)
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#1: Arkansas State AD Jeff Purinton is exiting Jonesboro to take a role with Learfield, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel. 247Sports’ AStateNation had the original report on Purinton's resignation. (link, link)
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