College Sports
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey: Concern about football season 'high to very high'
Andrea Adelson, ESPN
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said Saturday his concern for the football season is "high to very high" and acknowledged, "We are running out of time to correct and get things right." Sankey reiterated that the SEC's deadline to make a decision remains late July, and he said the decisions the Big Ten and Pac-12 have already made do not put pressure on him or the SEC to follow suit.
Pac-12 finances: Record revenue, modest uptick in campus payouts, Scott's compensation, networks expenses and more
Jon Wilner, The San Jose Mercury News
The Pac-12 reported a record $530.4 million in revenue for FY19 and distributed an average of $32.2 million to each campus. The $530.4 in total revenue in FY19 represents a year-over-year increase of 6.7 percent.
Tech reworks debt, asks sports to trim budgets
Don Williams, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
The Texas Tech athletic department has refinanced and restructured debt, cutting $9.425 million from its annual operating budget for fiscal year 2021 that starts in September. Tech's sports teams also have been asked to reduce their operating budgets for the upcoming school year - some by as little as 3% percent, others by as much as 15% to 20%, depending on how easily each can make concessions.
---Morning Consult
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SEC commissioner Greg Sankey: Concern about football season 'high to very high'
Andrea Adelson, ESPN
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said Saturday his concern for the football season is "high to very high" and acknowledged, "We are running out of time to correct and get things right." Sankey reiterated that the SEC's deadline to make a decision remains late July, and he said the decisions the Big Ten and Pac-12 have already made do not put pressure on him or the SEC to follow suit.
Pac-12 finances: Record revenue, modest uptick in campus payouts, Scott's compensation, networks expenses and more
Jon Wilner, The San Jose Mercury News
The Pac-12 reported a record $530.4 million in revenue for FY19 and distributed an average of $32.2 million to each campus. The $530.4 in total revenue in FY19 represents a year-over-year increase of 6.7 percent.
Tech reworks debt, asks sports to trim budgets
Don Williams, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
The Texas Tech athletic department has refinanced and restructured debt, cutting $9.425 million from its annual operating budget for fiscal year 2021 that starts in September. Tech's sports teams also have been asked to reduce their operating budgets for the upcoming school year - some by as little as 3% percent, others by as much as 15% to 20%, depending on how easily each can make concessions.
---Morning Consult
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