Sports Biz

MAILBAG! What's up with jersey patch sales, realignment, the World Cup and more

Behold! Something to read before your long weekend!

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Which program sold the most tickets in FY25?

Plus: what sports beyond football and basketball sold tickets, where has ticket revenue jumped the most, and more:

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Fandom isn't what you buy. It's who you are

Or: why I'm *still* pissed Brazil only tied Morocco

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Women's Flag Football isn't the only sport on the rise

Plus: RED PANDA CONTRACT, Under Armour Woes, and More:

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How much does a halftime show cost? Well, let's look at some contracts

TO THE FOIAMOBILE

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The most interesting new college apparel deal...is at Fairleigh Dickinson

FDU's latest deal isn't with one of the Big Four in the US...and it breaks the mold in more ways than one.

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Behold, a cautious Hot Take: I think "NIL" is basically dead

Athletes will still sign marketing deals. But I suspect the market is shifting enough that the NIL Industrial Complex will need to evolve, contract, or something more drastic

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The latest "must have" in the arms race to grow college sports revenue? Real estate

Everybody wants to be the Atlanta Braves.

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Sure looks like most schools don't want the Big 12 Private Capital money

Plus: When schools need to cut spending...what gets cut first?

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What the Duke/Amazon/ESPN/B1G story means, and doesn't mean

Is Amazon's three-game basketball package with Duke the start of a new trend? An exotic one-off? A proxy battle between broadcast giants? Something else?

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My big question about the Learfield/TPG sale

No, this doesn't mean PRIVATE EQUITY IS COMING FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL. It's already here. But what about the math?

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Here's who has announced college jersey patch deals...so far

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Here's who spent the most and least on FY25 women's volleyball budgets

What it takes to make the NCAA Tournament, whose budgets changed the most, and more:

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Here's what it costs to make a run in March Madness

We crunched the budget numbers for over 200 MBB programs. Here's what we learned:

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Inside one plan to build the next great college sports revenue stream...in Twitch

The LinkU is launching a new program to help athletes, and schools, turbocharge their Twitch audiences

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Introducing NIL Agency Tycoon 95!

In the newest free game from Extra Points, YOU get to build an agency.

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‘You're going to be a question on Jeopardy’: Looking back on Sarah Fuller’s NIL legacy

Five years after Fuller's historic kick at Vanderbilt, she sat down with Extra Points to reflect on that moment, the changes that have hit college sports since and her place in the NIL landscape.

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