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Top stories from today's Evening Standard:

➤ Purdue + WIU AD moves
➤ Senate Commerce Committee hearing recap
➤ NC State-Virginia FB relocating from Brazil
➤ BYU's Santiago talks rev share/jersey patches
➤ @tmcclelland on Gateway Project

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"I've been able to be a part of a few athletic departments that had really successful Olympic sports, particularly on the women's side of things. Saw the real value in that, right?"

@RUAthletics AD @ZinnKeli believes women's and Olympic sports have a certain value and can serve as a brand statement when it comes to Scarlet Knight athletics:

"There's a significant brand value and momentum that's taken place in recent years relative to women's sports, so you'll see us lean into that here and thrilled with the opportunity to do so."

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Top stories from this morning's D1.ticker:

➤ Big Ten & SEC push back on Protect College Sports Act
➤ @GregSankey on conference liability
➤ Saint Mary’s President Roger Thompson on tourney expansion & more
➤ https://t.co/aI2chkRhHf surges

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Top stories from today's Evening Standard:

➤ “Everyone mad is a sign that it has a chance.”
➤ @NewmarkUNC on his transition year
➤ @ZinnKeli talks Scarlet Knight Enterprises
➤ More @Big12Conference news & notes
➤ EA CFB 27 cover athletes

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Never too early to talk postseason.🏟️

@ACUsports AD @ZackLassiter regals what it would take to have home @NCAA_FCS playoff games in Abilene: "Like as the record would show, we don't lose very often at Wildcat Stadium, right? Each of the last two seasons have ended with us on the road. And so we are looking at all the things that the FCS committee values when assigning seeds in the playoff."

Plus: "We may have loved playing games against FBS teams, I think they create great exposure for our university. I think they financially make a lot of sense. I think our kids enjoy playing in them. The reality is we were playing more of those games than the other top FCS programs were."

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Top stories from this morning's D1.ticker:

➤ VT backs Hokie Ventures with $15.2M
➤ Wright State search update
➤ Minnesota AD Mark Coyle on finances & hockey
➤ @wrenbaker talks PE & facilities
➤ @AGreeneIV the limits of outspending peers

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Top stories from today's Evening Standard:

➤ @ChrisKingAD steps down
➤ @MiamiHurricanes' next steps
➤ @Big12Conference's Yormark weighs in
➤ Steinbrecher's "State of the MAC" address
➤ Sorsby has his day in court

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Reel in the agents? 🔱

@GrahamRossini (@TheSunDevils) not only touched on the momentum that's been buzzing around Tempe but also the urgent need to regulate predatory NIL agents: "We've got to get our arms around two primary issues. One would be having agents certified and registered, having a cap on commission, making sure that we're all dealing with reputable characters in that space that are looking out for the best interests of their client."

Rossini: "We've had instances on our campus where athletes have said, 'I want to stay. I want to be a part of my program. I want to be a part of this university. I value my degree from ASU, but my agent's making me transfer. My agent's using me as a means to an end elsewhere.'"

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Top stories from this weekend:

➤ More from @tedcruz on Protect College Sports Act
➤ @OU_President, A10's Bernadette McGlade & more talk industry issues
➤ @ADJenniferCohen on fundraising success & NIL in LA
➤ Utah & Otro transition begins
➤ Latest on Sorsby

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Monday: https://t.co/npyCkKsiGT

Sunday: https://t.co/ZfMLkqGoH0

Saturday: https://t.co/cxZobLZxFA

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Top stories from today's Evening Standard:

➤ @Big12Conference live from Frisco
➤ @SEC and @bigten buzz
➤ Would CFP expansion make enough in MMR market to justify?
➤ TTU's McGuire responds to Coach Sark
➤ Lacrosse + Softball viewership

Read more: https://t.co/dtjM6uepYO

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Well hello, Metro Conference 👋🤝

@MAACSports + @TTellitocci tackled the rebrand process with future clarity in mind: "The goal of this project was to establish a bold and clear identity that eliminated longstanding confusion surrounding the Conference’s name"

With @JoeBosackCo, collaboration was a cornerstone: "Over the past year, our committee engaged in a thoughtful and collaborative process grounded in feedback from campus leaders, student athletes, coaches, administrators, and conference stakeholders."

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Top stories from this morning's D1.ticker:

➤ @tedcruz talks Protect College Sports Act
➤ @DondePlowman: Adapt or die
➤ South Alabama AD search update
➤ @FDUKnights intro AD Jason Young
➤ @TroyDannen on the flaw preventing industry reform

Read more: https://t.co/Q7kU1iQuv9

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Top stories from today's Evening Standard:

➤ Hello Metro Conference
➤ @BIGEAST & Virginia Tech search updates
➤ Yormark on Big 12's international opportunities
➤ Auditor outlines “significant risks” with Utah’s Otro Capital deal
➤ @NCAASoftball Championship's continued growth

Read more: https://t.co/le2Yfza0JJ

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🏟️🔝 #SMTT

@jmcclain_USM of @USMGoldenEagles takes pride in what the Golden Eagles have built up: "Part of me gets a little bit perturbed when people want to focus on how much money we don't have, but they don't really see how much we have strategically invested over the last six or seven years."

McClain also touches on what's evaluated in the NCAA Baseball Selection Committee: "Usually when you get down to the last few teams, they all have flaws, right? ... You just have to watch a lot of ball games to try to get a feel for what's happening and what you see with your eyes."

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Top stories from this morning's D1.ticker:

➤ Latest from SEC meetings
➤ Big 12's Brett Yormark on a 10-game FB schedule & Redbird funds
➤ @GloNevarez on industry changes & the MWC's DTC streaming
➤ @TT_Army_AD talks commercial innovation

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Top stories from today's Evening Standard:

➤ Protect College Sports Act agreement reached
➤ UNO taps Giorlando as AD
➤ Seeley's state of @theCSCommission
➤ @hockey_east's Metcalf frustrated
➤ Could the WCWS stay in OKC past 2035?

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"That's why it's so important that we're playing by the same rules as we're talking about what can come from the school from a rev-share point and what can be done from over the cap."

@UGAAthletics leader @Brooks_UGA believes that the Bulldogs will stay financially competitive in this era of college athletics in an interview with @Dawgs247:

"But as I mentioned yesterday, the other [thing that] is true with the first battle is the ones that aren't even reporting the deals."

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Top stories from this morning's D1.ticker:

➤ Cantwell-Cruz Senate bill incoming
➤ Is collective bargaining here?
➤ UGA President Jere Morehead, AD Josh Brooks & Texas A&M AD Trev Alberts from Destin
➤ Texas Tech to appeal Sorsby decision

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Top stories from today's Evening Standard:

➤ @KSTATEADGT's future
➤ Big 12's Power 4 revenue deficit
➤ @RHiggins_USF on "uncertified agents”
➤ @NCAA denies Sorsby's reinstatement for eligibility
➤ Majority of SEC ADs support larger CFP

Read more: https://t.co/IOvrtYcOkz

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It's Mountaineers vs Cavaliers in Charlotte. 🏈🏔️⚔️

But why?

@wrenbaker of @WVUSports explains the opportunities that open up with playing neutral site contests: "But if you’re given the opportunity to play the right opponent, the financials make sense and it’s in a place where you’re trying to engage donors and alums … the Charlotte area, for instance, is always a place where we do really well, so that’s a place where we’ve really tried to plant a flag in terms of being there."

"Then the other aspect that plays into that now is NIL opportunities. Some of those games present an NIL opportunity for the athletes on your roster and as you’re trying to grow that above-cap revenue, that’s part of the conversation as well."

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