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| College Football Playoff subcommittee presents expansion ideas to as many as 16 teams Heather Dinich, ESPN While continuing to reiterate its support for the current four-team format, the College Football Playoff management committee this week was presented with possibilities for future expansion, including options ranging from six to 16 teams, the CFP announced on Friday after two days of virtual meetings. A working group within the CFP management committee, which comprises the 10 FBS commissioners plus Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick, discussed "some 63 possibilities for change," according to a news release from the CFP. LSU Tigers banning RB Derrius Guice, firing longtime law firm Heather Dinich, ESPN LSU, which is struggling to recover from an ongoing sexual harassment scandal that involved allegations against former coach Les Miles, is in the process of banning star running back Derrius Guice indefinitely from the athletics program, a school spokesman confirmed to ESPN on Friday. The university is also cutting ties with its longtime law firm, Taylor Porter. Kim Mulkey is new LSU women's basketball coach, leaving Baylor in blockbuster hire Scott Rabalais, The Baton Rouge Advocate Kim Mulkey, the south Louisiana native who rose from small-town high school star to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, is set to be LSU's next women's basketball coach. The 58-year-old Mulkey comes to LSU after 21 seasons at Baylor. Spirits high for new vodka college sponsorship pact Michael Smith, Sports Business Journal GameDay Vodka, a brand that launched last July, has signed a comprehensive marketing agreement with Learfield IMG College for official sponsorships at Florida, Florida State, Texas A&M and Texas Tech. The agreement marks the first multischool, multiyear sponsorship to come out of Learfield IMG College's national sales office in spirits. NCAA's Collision Course With State NIL Laws: Four Scenarios Michael McCann, Sportico Barring judicial or legislative intervention, Florida, Alabama, New Mexico and Mississippi will be the first to have active NIL laws on the books. Several other states' governors have signed NIL statutes that will take effect later this year or at the beginning of 2022, while still other state legislatures are advancing NIL bills. SURVEY ICYMI: Which Safety Protocols Will Make Fans Most Comfortable in Return to Live Events? (Ma's answer----WINNING ---makes me feel real comfortable 👵  )A Morning Consult survey of 2,200 U.S. adults and 1,000 health care workers found that some policies health care professionals name as most effective are also the policies that will make consumers feel the safest, a positive sign for consumer-facing companies. Find out which measures scored highest. Ma |
