Brendan Bell

Christian • JD Candidate at @SMULawSchool • John 15:5

[Ross Dellenger @RossDellenger]

The wildest 24 hours yet for college sports unfolded here on Capitol Hill yesterday: Wednesday night negotiations between heavyweight leagues and US senators that failed to reach a compromise; a two-thirds vote in committee; and more sharp words from powerful lawmakers

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[David Teel @ByDavidTeel]

#Hokies' AD search committee has conducted initial interviews via Zoom and will soon commence in-person conversations with finalists, likely in metropolitan Washington, D.C.

https://t.co/X7Baeiz2Xz

[Brendan Bell @_bbell5]

⬇️This is directly out of MLB’s statement. While the real reason for this proposal is to save owners money, it’s only being offered because of the growth of college baseball and the quality of coaching and development the modern player receives. This will be interesting to follow

[Jacob Rudner @JacobRudner]

College head coaches, assistants, recruiting coordinators and league administrators offered their reactions to MLB’s proposal to radically change the amateur draft process to @BaseballAmerica:

https://t.co/quqTVWF8w8

[JJ Cooper @jjcoop36]

Here's a video up @BaseballAmerica's YouTube channel in which I explained the main points of MLB's new draft(s) proposal.

https://t.co/6NQdQg82y8

[Jeff Passan @JeffPassan]

MLB today proposed an overhauled domestic amateur-entry system that removes high school players from the draft, makes college players eligible after sophomore year, shortens the draft from 20 to 12 rounds, and cuts bonus pool from current $358.7M to $200M, sources tell ESPN.

[Ross Dellenger @RossDellenger]

The Protect College Sports Act passes the Senate Commerce Committee, 19-9, and now may head to the Senate floor.

[Brendan Bell @_bbell5]

Long before Johnson led multiple Sooners teams to the MCWS finals or led strong pitching staffs under Augie Garrido at Texas, he regularly drove 90
minutes from Corsicana to Dallas to give lessons (often unpaid) to a young Clayton Kershaw.

He’s a great coach and baseball man

[Graham Coffey @GrahamCoffeyDC]

On Oklahoma…

I enjoyed being around their fans and team in Omaha, and loved how they were enjoying the ride. Listening to Skip Johnson talk about his team in pressers made it easy to understand why they play hard and loose, and he talks about quality traits in his opponents with a sincerity that is uncommon

Takes a hell of a coach to turn those early struggles into an asset that has let OU play with a nothing to lose type of energy. OU-UNC will be must see TV.

[Pete Thamel @PeteThamel]

NEWS: Here’s the new deal for J Batt at Kentucky. He’ll average $3 million per year over six years. The school will also pay his Michigan State buyout, per the contract. This puts him in top-tier of AD payment in SEC and nationally.

[Ross Dellenger @RossDellenger]

QB Brendan Sorsby's attorneys have filed a voluntary motion to dismiss his case in Texas court, stating that Texas Tech informed him on Monday that he could not play for the Red Raiders this season.

[Virginia Tech Baseball @HokiesBaseball]

𝘽𝙚𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙥 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙗 🧪

@VTCoachSzefc is excited to welcome Josh Reynolds into the role of director of pitching performance / baseball analytics at Virginia Tech

🗞️ https://t.co/3icm1nyZmK

#Hokies 🦃⚾️

[💫🅰️♈️🆔 @ADavidHaleJoint]

Much has been made of the turnover at the AD spot in the ACC but just in the last 24 months, GT, VT, Clemson, Wake, Virginia, Cuse, BC, Lou, NCSU, SMU, Miami, UNC, Cal and Stanford have all had a change at president/chancellor.

Duke’s Vincent Price is only holdover from pre-Covid.

Duke & FSU are only ACC schools w/same AD & president on the job for more than 3 years.

[Brendan Bell @_bbell5]

The biggest takeaway from this situation is all the lessons that we can glean. From the current reality of sports gambling, the NCAA’s governing authority, the law’s impact on college sports, athletic department PR management, NIL, and the transfer portal, we’ve learned a lot

[Pete Thamel @PeteThamel]

Here's the full ESPN story on Brendan Sorsby leaving college football to apply for the NFL Supplemental Draft, with reporting from @MikeReiss and @max_olson. https://t.co/tfkgeUBlSL

[Brandon Marcello @bmarcello]

NEWS: The section of the Protect College Sports Act the SEC and Big Ten pushed against isn't changing.

The Cruz-Cantwell substitute heading into Thursday's markup keeps the TV-revenue pooling and billion-dollar conference merger ban intact, per documents reviewed by @CBSSports

[Pete Thamel @PeteThamel]

Sources: Texas Tech transfer quarterback Brendan Sorsby plans to enter the NFL Supplemental Draft. Amid the legal wrangling over his NCAA eligibility after admitting he bet on sports, he intends to head to the NFL.

[Ross Dellenger @RossDellenger]

NEWS: The Big 12 has filed a legal complaint in federal court against Texas Tech & the Texas AG, seeking declaratory judgement and a preliminary injunction to enforce its bylaws and potentially sanction the school for its plans to play Brendan Sorsby.

https://t.co/cjFs4SSoQn

[Tyler (T.J.) Endebrock @tjendebrock]

This parallels the D2 coaches and why so many go on to succeed at the D1 level, when given the chance.

Love it.

[Pete Nakos @PeteNakos]

Sources tell @On3 that Kentucky is working to hire Michigan State’s J Batt as its next athletic director.

Deal is not finalized but Wildcats are pushing to get this done. One of the top fundraisers in college sports.

https://t.co/uQeMtxHuOk

[Shotgun Spratling @ShotgunSpr]

SOURCES: #USC baseball hiring rising star Keith Zuniga as new pitching coach

https://t.co/QgiRIYPBYq

[Charleston Baseball @CofCBaseball]

He's back.

Welcome home, @CoachMonteLee!

Details: https://t.co/i8cDGpCieb

#TheCollege 🌴⚾️

[Brendan Bell @_bbell5]

Lemonis was in a position to be very selective with the next job he took. While Schnall leaving is obviously a tough pill to swallow for Coastal, it’s rare you can replace him with a national champion. Will be exciting to see a refreshed and motivated Lemonis in Conway

[Coastal Carolina Baseball @CoastalBaseball]

Got our guy 👌

More info ➡️ https://t.co/RPiywMXhvy