NCAA ratifies new constitution, paving way to restructuring
2 years, 11 months ago

NCAA ratifies new constitution, paving way to restructuring

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! INDIANAPOLIS — NCAA member schools voted to ratify a new, streamlined constitution Thursday, paving the way for a decentralized approach to governing college sports that will hand more power to schools and conferences. NCAA President Mark Emmert, in his state of college sports address — delivered via video conference to a convention ballroom because he is currently in COVID-19 protocols, called the new constitution more of a “declaration of independence.” Now each of the association’s three divisions will be empowered to govern itself. Notably, the new constitution states: “Student-athletes may not be compensated by a member institution for participating in a sport, but may receive educational and other benefits in accordance with guidelines established by their NCAA division.” Co-chaired by Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey and Ohio University athletic director Julie Cromer, the Division I Transformation Committee begins its work in earnest next week. South Dakota State athletic director Justin Sell, whose school competes in the Summit League for most sports and the Missouri Valley for Championship Subdivision football, said he believes the Power Five can have the leeway they desire while maintaining Division I’s big tent.

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Perfect season has done the unthinkable — turned Indiana into the toast of college football
1 month, 1 week ago

Perfect season has done the unthinkable — turned Indiana into the toast of college football

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! I’m more excited about football than basketball, and I didn’t think I’d ever say that.” For decades, Indiana football was mired in mediocrity or worse — irrelevance. When ESPN broadcaster Joe Buck identified an Indiana alum during a Monday Night Football telecast a couple years back, …

For ACC teams, adding an NFL-like front office is the new norm for transfer-portal recruiting
2 months, 4 weeks ago

For ACC teams, adding an NFL-like front office is the new norm for transfer-portal recruiting

Associated Press  

New Boston College coach Bill O’Brien wanted to build a pro-style approach to handle the growing demands of recruiting in the transfer-portal era. “We’re continuing to grow,” said California coach Justin Wilcox, whose Bears are in their first ACC season. If there’s more investment on the front end, I’ve got to believe the back end is going to look better, …

New Indiana coach relies on familiar blueprint to help Hoosiers recreate a winning formula in 2024
4 months ago

New Indiana coach relies on familiar blueprint to help Hoosiers recreate a winning formula in 2024

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! So when the 63-year-old son of a Hall of Fame coach accepted the Indiana job, hopeful fans immediately began contemplating how Cignetti could extend his 13-year streak of winning seasons as a head coach and 17 straight overall — despite taking over a team picked to …

Coast-to-coast conferences and expanded playoff mark a season of change in college football
4 months ago

Coast-to-coast conferences and expanded playoff mark a season of change in college football

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! College Football Playoff The expanded playoff will be spread over a month beginning Dec. 20-21 and could require the last two teams standing to play an unprecedented 17 games. The 12 playoff teams will be the five conference champions ranked highest by the CFP selection committee, …

SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey: ‘Time to update your expectations for what college athletics can be’
5 months, 1 week ago

SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey: ‘Time to update your expectations for what college athletics can be’

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! DALLAS — Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey unofficially opened the league’s first football season as 16-team league Monday in a massive hotel ballroom in North Texas, a new setting for SEC Media Days at a time when everything about college sports seems to be in flux. …

College Football Playoff delays tweaking 12-team format to decrease spots reserved for league champs
11 months, 2 weeks ago

College Football Playoff delays tweaking 12-team format to decrease spots reserved for league champs

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The College Football Playoff delayed reducing the number of spots reserved for conference champions from six to five in the upcoming 12-team format on Monday, though the change is expected to be in place next season. For now, the playoff format for the next two years …

CFP 1.0 changed college football, not all for better, and was necessary step in postseason evolution
11 months, 3 weeks ago

CFP 1.0 changed college football, not all for better, and was necessary step in postseason evolution

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “I think what’s coming is going to be better, but this worked really well,” said Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick, one of the architects of the 12-team system that goes into effect next season. It’s easy to forget now, but the idea of a playoff …

Column: College football delivers the perfect fiasco to cap the four-team playoff era
1 year ago

Column: College football delivers the perfect fiasco to cap the four-team playoff era

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference got it all wrong when he sent out a defiant statement Sunday claiming “college football deserved better.” Actually, college football got just what it deserved. The 12-team playoff will finally arrive with the 2024 season, but that’s too late …

Column: Football rules, and every other sport will suffer from realignment frenzy
1 year, 4 months ago

Column: Football rules, and every other sport will suffer from realignment frenzy

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! $$$$$$$$$$ No one in a position of authority seems to care that Arizona State’s softball squad, the one that Cunningham plays for, will go from a sensible conference schedule comprised of long-time regional rivals, like UCLA and Stanford, to taking on far-flung Big 12 schools it …

College football conference realignment timeline: 124 years of drama, money and bitterness
1 year, 5 months ago

College football conference realignment timeline: 124 years of drama, money and bitterness

New York Times  

The Western Conference, known today as the Big Ten, was formed in 1896 by the universities of Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Northwestern, Purdue, Wisconsin and Chicago. GO DEEPER Journey back to Sewanee, a founding SEC member that has no regrets Dec. 12, 1948: Nearly a decade after original member Chicago dropped football, the Western Conference becomes the Big Ten again by …

CFP expansion ‘not finished,’ still working toward 12 in ’24
2 years, 2 months ago

CFP expansion ‘not finished,’ still working toward 12 in ’24

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The CFP management committee, comprised of 10 major college football conference commissioners and Notre Dame’s athletic director, met for six hours at an airport hotel to work on a plan to triple the number of playoff teams from four to 12 for the 2024 season. It’s …

College Football Playoff to expand to 12 teams by ’26 season
2 years, 3 months ago

College Football Playoff to expand to 12 teams by ’26 season

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! After 14 1/2 months of haggling over details and questioning motivations, a plan to expand the College Football Playoff to 12 teams was finally approved Friday, setting the stage for a multibillion-dollar tournament as soon as the 2024 season. “This was a very historic day for …

NCAA approves transfer windows and enforcement reforms
2 years, 3 months ago

NCAA approves transfer windows and enforcement reforms

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division I Board of Directors on Wednesday approved the implementation of set time periods when athletes can enter the transfer portal and immediately be eligible to compete at their new schools, along with reforms to the enforcement process. Sport-specific windows will be …

CFP board chair: New format ideally in place by June 2023
2 years, 6 months ago

CFP board chair: New format ideally in place by June 2023

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The CFP management committee, comprised of 10 FBS conference commissioners and Notre Dame’s athletic director, spent the final six months of 2021 trying to come to unanimous agreement on a 12-team plan — but never got there. “Whether or not that comes back and how this …

As leaders lobby, NCAA searches for ways to rein in boosters
2 years, 7 months ago

As leaders lobby, NCAA searches for ways to rein in boosters

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “As we have observed activity emerge that is very different from original ideas around Name, Image and Likeness, it is important we continue to pursue a national NIL structure to support the thousands of opportunities made available for young people through intercollegiate athletics programs across the …

NCAA schools ratify new constitution, paving way to restructuring
2 years, 11 months ago

NCAA schools ratify new constitution, paving way to restructuring

LA Times  

NCAA member schools voted to ratify a new, pared-down constitution Thursday, paving the way for a decentralized approach to governing college sports that will hand more power to schools and conferences. NCAA President Mark Emmert said in his state of college sports address that the new constitution was more of a “declaration of independence” that will allow each of the …

CFP talks stall, dimming hopes of expansion before 2026
2 years, 11 months ago

CFP talks stall, dimming hopes of expansion before 2026

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! INDIANAPOLIS — College Football Playoff expansion talks remain stalled and the possibility of implementing a new format by the 2024 season dimmed Monday after three days of meetings failed to produce an agreement. Hancock said the management committee, comprised of 10 conference commissioners and Notre Dame’s …

Column: Who can stop SEC from swallowing college football?
2 years, 11 months ago

Column: Who can stop SEC from swallowing college football?

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! INDIANAPOLIS — As another season winds down in the frigid heart of Big Ten country, there’s no doubt who runs college football. “If we are going to move off the four-team format, the proposed 12-team model works well and compared to others, works best,” Sankey said …

NCAA rewrites constitution, sets stage for transformation
3 years, 1 month ago

NCAA rewrites constitution, sets stage for transformation

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The next phase of the NCAA’s transformation figures to be more difficult: a reshaping of Division I that will tackle revenue distribution, how rules are made and enforced, access to the most-high profile and lucrative NCAA events — such as the men’s basketball tournament — and …

College Football Playoff expansion talks to continue Dec. 1
3 years, 1 month ago

College Football Playoff expansion talks to continue Dec. 1

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! DALLAS — The administrators in charge of the College Football Playoff plan to meet again on Dec. 1 to continue expansion talks, which need to reach a consensus by the end of the year if a new postseason format is to be implemented for the 2024 …

For CFP to expand by 2024, plans need approval in 4 months
3 years, 2 months ago

For CFP to expand by 2024, plans need approval in 4 months

Associated Press  

ROSEMONT, Ill. — The college sports leaders who run the College Football Playoff have about four months to come to an agreement on a new format if expansion is to be implemented for the 2024 season. “We have time,” CFP Executive Director Bill Hancock said Tuesday after a four-hour meeting with the management committee. So, we have the luxury of …

With college sports in flux, NCAA set to overhaul itself
3 years, 4 months ago

With college sports in flux, NCAA set to overhaul itself

Associated Press  

The NCAA Board of Governors on Friday called for a constitutional convention in November, the first step toward launching dramatic reform in how the sprawling, multibillion-dollar enterprise of college sports is governed for years to come. In the wake of a stinging loss in the Supreme Court and radical changes to the way athletes can be compensated —- and with …

NCAA’s Emmert: It is time to decentralize college sports
3 years, 5 months ago

NCAA’s Emmert: It is time to decentralize college sports

Associated Press  

NCAA President Mark Emmert said Thursday the time is right to consider a decentralized and deregulated version of college sports, shifting power to conferences and campuses and reconsidering how schools are aligned. Emmert said the recent Supreme Court ruling against the NCAA along with the lifting of restrictions on athletes monetizing their fame should be a catalyst to “rethink” what …

NCAA could seek once-radical solutions after high court loss
3 years, 6 months ago

NCAA could seek once-radical solutions after high court loss

Associated Press  

Embedded in Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s scathing rebuke of the NCAA and its rules were a few suggestions on how college sports can be reformed to avoid being sued into oblivion. Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey said the Supreme Court’s opinion in the Alston case provided “clarity.” “What also is clear is the need for continuing evaluation of the …

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