Any requests? Doing another FOIA-Palooza on Tuesday
Happy to put in requests if there's something specific you guys are interested in
What the hell was LSU thinking?!?
This is staggering to me.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaw/sec/2026/08/25/kate-koval-leaving-lsu-ukraine-russia-war-kim-mulkey/91453569007/
USA TODAYKate Koval of Ukraine leaves LSU after Kim Mulkey signs Russian playerTen days after Kim Mulkey signed a player from Russia, Kate Koval — whose father serves in the Ukrainian military — has left LSU women's basketball.
The Revenue 'Arms Race'
Matt, thanks for the opportunity to share thoughts and questions with you. I'm starting to hear talk amongst some seasoned college Presidents and AD's that the P4 athletic departments are in the early phases of an revenue arms race that cannot be sustained. Gordon Gee was recently on with Karen Weaver saying exactly this statement. How long do you see the escalation of athletic budgets balloon at their current rates? And do you think there would be warning signs of a downturn?
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Friends, I think this is the most Milwaukee-area NIL story possible
Nice to see one of these that doesn't profoundly bum you out. Or maybe that's just me?
https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/marquette/2026/08/19/marquette-freshman-allie-beers-uses-nil-to-capitalize-on-her-last-name/91345318007/
Journal SentinelMarquette freshman volleyball player has hot-selling '6 Beers' jerseyMarquette volleyball player Allie Beers is learning that her last name is a money-making asset in the NIL space of NCAA sports.
Might turn this into a post if I get a few more of these contracts
But in case you were curious, here are some of the flag football coach salaries I'm seeing
UMES: 65K
UT-Arlington: 65K
Waiting on contracts from Eastern Michigan, Nebraska, Norfolk State and Binghamton
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Central Missouri announced D-II's first jersey patch deal. One problem: D-II can't have jersey patches yet.
Central Missouri announced D-II's first jersey patch deal, and it's everything you'd expect from a D-I package:
UCM operates more like some D-I programs than the median D-II school — and it's trying to get in the patch game early.
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Universities are losing control over athletics - or maybe they've already lost control.
As UNC moves toward forming an LLC to handle much of the athletic revenue generating marketing and the Ram's Club (booster organization) is no longer under the Administration's control, where does this end up and what's the impact on college sports as we thought we knew it?
Here's the actual cease and desist letter sent to LSU today:
very interesting how quickly LSU can respond to FOIA when they want to lol
Here's another possible way for PE to worm its way into college athletics
I never thought about it this way, but this sounds like something I should try to report out....
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