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#10: Spartans Wire’s Cory Linsner is the latest Michigan State journalist to provide perspective on potential AD candidates in East Lansing: North Carolina AD Bubba Cunningham, Florida State AD Michael Alford, Pittsburgh AD Allen Greene, San Jose State AD Jeff Konya, UCLA’s Martin Jarmond, Eastern Michigan AD Scott Wetherbee, Western Michigan’s Dan Bartholomae, MSU Senior Advisor to the President on Strategy and Operational Excellence Howard Balk, as well as Men’s Basketball HC Tom Izzo or former Spartans FB HC Mark Dantonio. (link)
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#9: The Missouri Valley Football Conference and Summit League have agreed to a joint management model that will see MVC Commissioner Jeff Jackson succeed MVFC Commissioner Patty Viverito at the end of this academic year, Summit League Commissioner Josh Fenton serve as Executive Advisor for the MVFC, and the league hire a new COO. North Dakota President/MVFC President's Chair Andy Armacost: “This restructuring ensures the continued success and stability of the MVFC. By streamlining our management and enhancing collaboration among member institutions across three conferences – the Summit League, the Missouri Valley Conference, and the Horizon League – we are positioning ourselves for sustained growth and continued national prominence.” (link)
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#8: Michigan President Santa Ono reveals he is the sole finalist for the presidency at Florida and says “once the appointment is approved by their Board of Governors, I expect to assume that role later this summer.” (link)
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#7: A new Division I governance model is being shared with executives, according to Yahoo’s Ross Dellenger, who explains the “ proposed model streamlines NCAA committees – shrinks them, eliminates some, etc. - but, most notably, grants the four power conferences 51% & as much as 65% weighted voting privileges.” (link)
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#6: The 18-team field was announced for the 2025 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse championship, with Cornell, Maryland, Princeton and Ohio State the top-four seeds. Action got underway on Wednesday, with final rounds at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA, on May 24-26. (link)
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#5: Is that Mariano Rivera coming out of the bullpen? Nope, it’s Metallica at Virginia Tech’s Lane Stadium. Looks like it was One great time. Here’s hoping the stage didn’t cause the turf to become Blackened because Nothing Else Matters. Check out the scene. (link, link)
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#4: Northwestern offers an aerial view of the progress being made with the Ryan Field restoration. Have a look. (link)
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#3: The Wall Street Journal’s Josh Dawsey, Rachel Bachman & Laine Higgins report the Trump administration “is considering an executive order that could increase scrutiny of the explosion in payments to college athletes since 2021.” The report follows a meeting President Trump had on Thursday in Alabama that included former Alabama FB HC Nick Saban: More from the WSJ trio: “Trump said he agreed with Saban and would look at crafting an executive order, people familiar with the meeting said. Trump told aides to begin studying what an order could say, the people said. Saban didn’t propose ending NIL but ‘reforming’ it, according to a person with direct knowledge of the meeting. He described how it was causing an uneven playing field, the people said, with an arms race among powerhouse schools.” (link)
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#2: Check out the latest Michie Stadium renovation photo from Army West Point. (link) |
#1: Former Alabama Football HC Nick Saban and Texas Tech University System Board of Trustees Chair/Double Eagle Energy Holdings CEO Cody Campbell will help lead President Donald Trump’s presidential commission on college athletics, per Yahoo’s Ross Dellenger. (link); The Athletic’s Ralph Russo cites a source who says Trump is expected to be “very engaged” with the commission. Former LEAD1 CEO Tom McMillen also weighs in: “I give President Trump a lot of credit. This is a time to bring the best minds in college sports together, in higher education, and figure a model out. He’s always had a big interest in sports. It really fits his kind of whole M.O.” McMillen adds that a commission on college sports could help lead to long-term reform without interrupting what is already in motion. “Not gonna be overnight, but it could be very, very symbolic and very significant for higher ed and college sports, and for America.” (link)
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