Breaking: Folarin Balogun will be available to play in USA's Round of 16 match against Belgium on Monday, FIFA announced.
The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has suspended the red card issued to the USA striker during their Round of 32 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina.
DI Cabinet statement regarding Age-Based Eligibility Rule:
"In April, while the Age-Based Eligibility Rule was still under consideration, the NCAA Division I Board of Directors, informed by the Division I Cabinet and by DI student-athlete leaders made clear that its intent was for any rule change to apply going forward, and not retroactively to student-athletes whose eligibility is or will be completed by the spring of 2026 to avoid the impact retroactive application would have on other student-athletes. The cabinet’s unanimous decision and the NCAA Division I Student-Athlete Advocacy Committee's unanimous support for the change represents our considered judgment about what is best for college sports.
Student-athletes who will exhaust their eligibility this year have received the full period of eligibility permitted by NCAA bylaws and the life-changing benefits college sports provides. Giving those student-athletes another season would destabilize rosters just ahead of the coming season by disrupting settled expectations of countless student-athletes regarding their expected roster spots and playing time next year, including incoming freshmen who are eager to participate in the life-changing experience of college athletics.
The Division I Cabinet, which includes representatives from all autonomy conferences, was unanimous in its decision and while we are aware of lawsuits challenging this policy decision, we do not intend to change course."
Cody Campbell reveals his true colors by referring to himself (“I” and “my”) 13 times in a twelve-paragraph letter that should have been one paragraph from someone who wasn’t complicit in creating the biggest college sports shit show in recent memory.
A few quick thoughts on Brendan Sorsby leaving college football for what he hopes will be the NFL holding a supplemental draft:
* Sorsby’s surprising win of a temporary injunction from a county judge in Texas had the perverse effect of rallying the college sports community against him and Texas Tech. It was a Pyrrhic victory that may have caused him and Texas tech more harm than good.
* Texas Tech facing a federal lawsuit by the Big 12 was a game-changer. At the end of the day, Texas Tech and other Big 12 member schools contractually assent to the Big 12’s right to punish schools. That’s really hard to get around. The conference is in the driver's seat.
* The NCAA wisely used Sorsby’s win of an injunction to advance its legislative goals. I’m not sure the Cruz-Cantwell bill will become law, but it seemed to gain more momentum when Sorsby won the injunction.
* Will an NFL team draft a player who bet against his own team, placed thousands of other sports bets, and has a gambling addiction and anxiety disorder? If you ran an NFL team, would you want him as your QB?
The #Braves today returned C Drake Baldwin from his rehabilitation assignment and reinstated him from the injured list, and outrighted C Austin Wynns to Triple-A Gwinnett.