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Athletic Director Simulator 4000, or how I found out ESPN reads Extra Points

Plus! Notes on new coach contracts, the FOIA-mobile, and more ...

Matt Brown

Behold! I have updated stadium alcohol sales data from October!

Is Nebraska still selling more booze than anybody else? What about Ole Miss? Or Oregon?

Matt Brown

GUEST POST: You’ve got (tortilla) mail: Inside an athletics department's inboxes

What we can learn from the way Texas Tech dealt with Tortilla Toss Trouble

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Here's how some mid-majors are spending their House settlement money

To the FOIA-mobile!

Matt Brown

My follow-up questions about beer data-palooza

The more I FOIA, the more questions I have!

Matt Brown

Forget "competitive harm." Just release the NIL files.

Keeping House data private doesn't help anybody ... except probably agents.

Matt Brown

CORRECTION: Who is selling the most booze at football games this year? We FOIA'd to find out.

SURPRISE! It actually ISN'T Wisconsin

Matt Brown

Wait, what the hell is happening in Louisiana?

Huey Long appears to be back from the dead. And boy does he hate Scott Woodward?

Matt Brown

Here's what everybody spent on their golf teams in FY24

We've got the operating budgets for just about every public school in men's golf.

Matt Brown

Would you like to play WHO'S THAT COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM?!?

I made you guys another game. Plus, more notes from the FOIA-Mobile.

Matt Brown

This is what an FBS reclassification application looks like

We FOIAed Sacramento State's formal application so we could understand what the process actually requires.

Matt Brown

How many Uncrustables does it take to run a Big Ten football program?

Time to empty the ol' FOIA notebook ...

Matt Brown

How to talk about college football budgets without sounding like a dumbass

Everybody wants to talk about budgets when its time to hire (or fire) a coach. Here's how to be accurate when you do it:

Matt Brown

What non-football or basketball sports made the most from selling tickets? I crunched the numbers

And the answer may surprise you! Or at least, it surprised ME.

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Here are all the FY24 FOOTBALL operating budgets

You asked, so I made the spreadsheet.

Matt Brown

Here's the REAL reason why athletic department budgets keep going up

Yes, revenue sharing means everybody needs more revenue. But that's not the actual major issue

Matt Brown

Swipe right: The challenges and nightmares of college basketball scheduling

The tangled web of buying and scheduling games is becoming more complicated with collectives, NIL and revenue sharing.

Matt Brown

An Extra Points Investigation: Is $25 million a lot of money?

Even to the University of Michigan? Let's put this into context.

Matt Brown

Here's what everybody spent on their Women's Volleyball teams in FY24

To the FOIA-Mobile!

Matt Brown

Here's what colleges spent on men's soccer last year

Does money equal championships in college soccer? Well, it certainly doesn't hurt.

Matt Brown

How does D-II differ from D-I? Let's look at the contracts

Here's what the financial data says about D-II and D-I

Matt Brown

Here's how much NCAA Tournament teams spent on Men's and Women's basketball

Thanks to the FOIA-mobile and NCAA financial reporting.

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Here's how much everybody spent to make the College Baseball and Softball Tournaments

We looked up the sport-specific budgets for everybody in both tournaments

Matt Brown

Let's learn how to file Open Records Requests today

TO THE FOIA-MOBILE

Matt Brown

The Numbers Behind the Madness

On budget caps, AD bonuses and shoe deals.

Matt Brown

FOIA Fun

Athletic Director Simulator 4000, or how I found out ESPN reads Extra Points

Behold! I have updated stadium alcohol sales data from October!

GUEST POST: You’ve got (tortilla) mail: Inside an athletics department's inboxes

Here's how some mid-majors are spending their House settlement money

My follow-up questions about beer data-palooza

Forget "competitive harm." Just release the NIL files.

CORRECTION: Who is selling the most booze at football games this year? We FOIA'd to find out.

Wait, what the hell is happening in Louisiana?

Here's what everybody spent on their golf teams in FY24

Would you like to play WHO'S THAT COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM?!?

This is what an FBS reclassification application looks like

How many Uncrustables does it take to run a Big Ten football program?

How to talk about college football budgets without sounding like a dumbass

What non-football or basketball sports made the most from selling tickets? I crunched the numbers

Here are all the FY24 FOOTBALL operating budgets

Here's the REAL reason why athletic department budgets keep going up

Swipe right: The challenges and nightmares of college basketball scheduling

An Extra Points Investigation: Is $25 million a lot of money?

Here's what everybody spent on their Women's Volleyball teams in FY24

Here's what colleges spent on men's soccer last year

How does D-II differ from D-I? Let's look at the contracts

Here's how much NCAA Tournament teams spent on Men's and Women's basketball

Here's how much everybody spent to make the College Baseball and Softball Tournaments

Let's learn how to file Open Records Requests today

The Numbers Behind the Madness

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