Daniel Libit

(Un)covering sports for @Sportico | Will sue for public records | Email: [email protected] | Signal: @daniellibit.60

[Daniel Libit @DanielLibit]

EXCLUSIVE: As Sherrone Moore sat in jail last December, @UMich quickly packed up and shipped the fired head football coach’s office belongings. @Sportico FOIA’d the inventory of the 46 boxes, which included a wedding ring and smelling salts. Read 👇

https://t.co/BsvDcIyVFs

[David Covucci @DavidCovucci]

The CFP describes itself as a non-entity, a pass-through that only implements the desires of its members, college football's conferences.

So why in the heck has it spent $5 million lobbying Congress?

https://t.co/VjVrMo4r50

[Nolan Rogalski @NolanRogalski]

For @testudotimes, @JudeWilkenfeld and I were outside Jones-Hill House trying to get players to comment. An athletics staffer took pictures of us, and a police dispatch was called for suspicious activity; a cop and 2 cop cars pulled up, and officers ID’d us and asked us to leave.

[Matt Norlander @MattNorlander]

A @CBSSports exclusive w/ @Isaac__Trotter: The most comprehensive investigation into CBB's NIL/money market to date.

We contacted more than 100 sources across the industry to find out who's spending the most, the least, and everyone in between.
https://t.co/lgmFMy98io

[Jon Loesche @jloesche88]

Newest for @FOS

New records obtained by FOS show Saving College Sports communicating with influential conservative political figures, a DraftKings executive, university leaders, and conference commissioners.

https://t.co/tG5lh8kM8y

[Dan Moore @DmoWriter]

Someone should write a book about this!

(Cough cough SPORTS TOWN coming Sep 2027)

[Richard Deitsch @richarddeitsch]

JOB ALERT: So here's an interesting job for someone.

Disney recently posted an opening for a general counsel with overall responsibility for legal matters affecting ESPN. Reports to the Chief Legal and Global Affairs Officer of The Walt Disney Company.

The hiring range for the position in Connecticut and New York — $475,000 to $600,000 annually.

Details: https://t.co/2zpKm4hi9R

[Curry Hicks Sage @CurryHicksSage]

#SearchSZN adjacent piece from @Sportico

[Daniel Libit @DanielLibit]

#ponyupgate

[Daniel Libit @DanielLibit]

NEW: Tax returns reviewed by @Sportico show @SMUMustangs paid more than $12 million in 2024 to hire men’s basketball coach Andy Enfield away from @USC and buy out his predecessor. Enfield enters Year 3 facing mounting pressure to justify that expense. 👇

https://t.co/khmyEYdm2k

[Avi Asher-Schapiro @AASchapiro]

NEW:

Lindsey Graham & Jim Clyburn were under FBI investigation, as part of a potentially explosive corruption probe in S Carolina.

Then Trump purged the anti-corruption teams at DOJ & the case died.

My latest w/@WilliamTurton @mtredden @kirstenberg

https://t.co/Mj9UXM40gc

[College Basketball Content @CBBcontent]

𝗪𝗢𝗪: SMU paid $12M+ to hire head coach Andy Enfield away from USC in 2024, per @Sportico.

Enfield has a 44-25 record in two years with the Mustangs and made the tournament this past season.

[Andrew S @AndrewSHoops2]

Losing in the play-in didn’t help and the loss of BJ Edwards at the timing of that didn’t help. Feels like tournament is a must and maybe even winning a game

[Brian Rauf @brauf33]

Interesting hot seat situation in Dallas

[Eben Novy-Williams @novy_williams]

“It’s like a car. I’d rather drive a Rolls-Royce than a Tesla that has all these tricks and buttons.”

Here's @germanotes on the behind-the-scenes jockeying for sports' final sponsor-free realm: championship rings.
https://t.co/B7HGN746Nt

[Scott Soshnick @soshnick]

🏀As the NBA prepares to tip off another season, let's examine how the league generated $14.5 billion in revenue last season. From the keyboard of @kbadenhausen

How the NBA Made $14.5 Billion in Revenue Last Season https://t.co/mMRH6N2gYJ via @sportico

[Daniel Libit @DanielLibit]

NEW: Tax returns reviewed by @Sportico show @SMUMustangs paid more than $12 million in 2024 to hire men’s basketball coach Andy Enfield away from @USC and buy out his predecessor. Enfield enters Year 3 facing mounting pressure to justify that expense. 👇

https://t.co/khmyEYdm2k

[Ryan Kartje @RyanKartje]

They paid WHAT?

[Daniel Libit @DanielLibit]

NEW: Tax returns reviewed by @Sportico show @SMUMustangs paid more than $12 million in 2024 to hire men’s basketball coach Andy Enfield away from @USC and buy out his predecessor. Enfield enters Year 3 facing mounting pressure to justify that expense. 👇

https://t.co/khmyEYdm2k

[Michael McCann @McCannSportsLaw]

A tale of two economic systems.

When the topic is college athletes’ compensation, it’s out of control and chaos and needs congressional intervention.

When the topic is college coaches’ salaries, it’s the market at work & can’t restrain it.

Good topic covered by @novy_williams:

[✏️Jacob Feldman @JacobFeldman4]

The Brewers were in a 6-year playoff drought when they sold Timeless Tickets for $1K, promising a seat for any home game—even a World Series clash.

Fans held onto hope for over a decade. But now some feel the Brewers didn't fully live up to the deal...

https://t.co/SwrjiP9kIY

[Daniel Libit @DanielLibit]

This is roughly the equivalent of the median-net-worth American being fined a nickel.

[Daily Mail Sport @MailSport]

Cristiano Ronaldo will miss NO games and is handed a measly £215 fine - which will take the £488,000-a-day superstar just 38 SECONDS to pay off - for walking out of Portugal camp https://t.co/L7elRxJo87