Sports News---Peyton, NIL, SEC Schedule

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NFL sources said former quarterback Peyton Manning has spoken with at least two groups interested in acquiring the Denver Broncos franchise should it come to market about a potential role as minority investor and in management of the team. While the team is not currently for sale and there is no timetable for it to become available, many owners and league executives reportedly believe the team could change hands by next year. (CBS Sports) Two unidentified NFL agents who work for different firms reportedly said that players they represent have asked them for help procuring fake COVID-19 vaccine cards, and one speculated that 10 percent to 15 percent of players in the league have done so. An NFL spokesperson said that the league addressed the issue of fake vaccine cards with both the NFL Players Association and leadership from each of the league's 32 clubs, adding that no club has reported any instances of players attempting to use fake vaccine cards. (Defector) Louisiana State University became the second Power Five athletic department to sign a sponsorship agreement with a sports betting operator, making Caesars Entertainment Inc. its exclusive gaming and sportsbook partner under a multiyear, seven-figure deal that includes naming rights for the new Caesars Sportsbook Skyline Club at Tiger Stadium, as well as signage throughout the school's football, basketball and baseball venues. Caesars also receives broadcast and digital sponsorship rights, including an exclusive presence on the department's mobile app. (Action Network)

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SEC could tweak scheduling philosophy once Texas, Oklahoma arrive in 2025 Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel SEC commissioner Greg Sankey, who was in attendance for Saturday's Alabama-Florida game, said the league is studying ways to alleviate those scheduling quirks, especially with the addition of Texas and Oklahoma set for July 1, 2025. Increasing the size of the league's membership could open the door for more matchups like the one that took place in Gainesville. Mountain West commissioner pushes back against possible poaching from AAC Mark Zeigler, The San Diego Union-Tribune Thompson wouldn't say which two are most apt to entertain the AAC's advances, but several sources inside and outside the conference confirmed they are Air Force and Colorado State - and not San Diego State or Boise State, which seem content to stay in the Mountain West and wait for another round of power conference expansion, most likely with the Big 12. Campus Mayhem: The new NIL marketplace is already influencing recruiting tactics and changing the stakes for schools Michael Smith, Sports Business Journal What the NCAA and many college leaders had hoped to avoid - players choosing a school based on income potential or being paid for their performance - is already happening just 11 weeks into the NIL era. This is the new competitive battleground in collegiate recruiting. Kessler updates case seeking reparations for past restraints on NIL, share of TV revenue Liz Mullen, Sports Business Journal College student athletes are seeking a share of television and other revenue, including money they would have received in payments for use of their name, image and likeness over the past four years, in a blockbuster case slowly advancing in federal court in Northern California. As college athletes all over the country are cashing in on new NIL rights, Jeffrey Kessler, a leading athlete rights attorney, has joined the case, House v. NCAA, which seeks reparations for the past restraints on NIL.

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