Extra Points

Learn how college sports really works. Extra Points covers the business, policy and off-the-field stories changing college sports.

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Our third sport-specific financial report is out today! It's all about D-I women's basketball — which programs spent the most (and the least) and on what, which made the most, which were most efficient ... and much, much more. https://t.co/Wwh9KWgATQ

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While in Provo last week, @MattBrownEP visited the Missionary Training Center, reporting a story that may help you understand how missions fit in with being an LDS athlete — and sharing some of his personal experiences there. https://t.co/ewVNKGA7M4

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Over the weekend, @MattBrownEP traveled to the BYU-Notre Dame game. He wrote about the experience, about BYU football's rise and about why this October matchup mattered so much. https://t.co/KJBUTy2x3d

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Is the EA College Football franchise in trouble? At risk of going away in the near future? @MattBrownEP made some calls to try to answer those questions. https://t.co/N3Wxy5fnvR

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We're BACK with the third edition of the Extra Points Bowl. Check out today's newsletter for all the details! https://t.co/umoTPGH7TK

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You're probably used to hearing from us about Division I athletics budgets — but what about Division II? Spurred by some recent news out of Central Missouri, @MattBrownEP FOIA'd more than 100 D-II budgets, and some of what he learned may surprise you! https://t.co/3zhSnGk70T

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We turned things over today to https://t.co/x4dcnjzfDY's @mattstahl97, who shared a lot of interesting information — and raised some smart questions — about how climate change is affecting college football. https://t.co/VLTri06EHU

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And in case you missed it, here's last week's Division I softball report: https://t.co/hW4jMAoMDy

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Next up in our series of sport-specific financial reports, we're zooming in on Division I college baseball, giving you a ton of unique, in-depth analysis in today's newsletter. https://t.co/DrwiwewDJK

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Who'd benefit most from the Protect College Sports Act as it stands right now? Who'd lose? https://t.co/ku3BVOOXTU

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It's a MAILBAG! Today, @MattBrownEP answered reader questions on everything from flag football to weird FOIAs and more. https://t.co/2ngMvTYBot

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A Louisiana regent suggested a few of the state's FBS programs should drop to FCS in order to reduce deficit spending. But @MattBrownEP isn't convinced a move like that would actually bring meaningful savings. Today's newsletter: https://t.co/K52miz6lpR

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The Protect College Sports Act would take a stab at slowing down conference realignment, especially among the Power 4. Outside the Power 4, however, realignment conversations are going strong. Here's what we've been hearing lately ... https://t.co/LmCBDaBmLZ

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We’ve been experimenting with ways to turn the data in the Extra Points Library into analysis a reporter, athletic director, coach or researcher could easily use. That spurred us to create sport-specific reports we're going to release in the coming weeks and months — beginning today, with softball.

Here's everything we’ve learned about national spending trends, the relationship between types of spending and on-field success, where spending is increasing, what national budget distributions look like ... and more. https://t.co/vYWjF3ITZx

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There's a lot to unpack in the Protect College Sports Act, which passed the Senate last night. @MattBrownEP zoomed in on one issue in particular: college athlete insurance policies. https://t.co/mmcbygCi3S

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Thanks to a web publishing glitch and a lot of digging through documents by the Louisiana Illuminator, we now know some concrete details about athlete payroll at a few schools. Today's newsletter: https://t.co/MIgaNXjjfP

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Who watches TV on a TV anymore? That question helped spark today's newsletter, about college sports TV ratings, how they're calculated and the value (or lack thereof) in year-over-year comparisons. https://t.co/iDIwpNyQVH

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The Protect College Sports Act is a bad bill — in large part because it, as written, will not do the things its advocates say it will. Today's newsletter: https://t.co/r6ZizpQnei

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The Athletic recently reported a smart piece looking at estimated payroll obligations for Power 4 football programs. In today's newsletter, @MattBrownEP used that as a jumping-off point, sharing thoughts and takeaways: https://t.co/RiDaO6lpSo

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In today's newsletter, we're looking at a dispute between an SEC coach and the conference over ineligible players ... from 80 years ago! Everything old is new again, and Mississippi State professor Jim Watkins is here with an interesting history lesson: https://t.co/tiWPLeuIcK