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| Florida State expected to hire Louisville's Vince Tyra as next Director of Athletics Curt Weiler, Tallahassee Democrat Florida State is set to make Louisville's Vince Tyra its new director of athletics. Tyra, who has been Louisville's Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics/Director of Athletics since 2017, was allowed out of his contract during a special U of L Board of Trustees meeting that was called Wednesday afternoon. CFP expansion top of mind for FBS leaders Sports Business Journal The ACC's Jim Phillips believes college football is still searching for the right model, and number of teams, for the CFP. Among his concerns: "Existing contracts. What happens to the bowl system? Not everybody can make the playoff and so the bowl system is worth making sure we hold on to." NCAA president bemoans trust issues between conferences and a lack of federal NIL policy, wants CFP expansion Adam Rittenberg, ESPN NCAA president Mark Emmert said trust and collegiality within college athletics is suffering after the recent round of conference realignment and other developments within the industry. Emmert said relations between leagues and individuals are "worse today" than at any time during his 11-year tenure. Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby says shifting early signing period being discussed amid coaching carousel Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said Wednesday there have been preliminary discussions with the NCAA's football oversight committee and in coaching circles about possibly changing the early signing period for recruiting. Bowlsby, a former chair of the oversight committee, said the American Football Coaches Association also has started talking about shifting the signing period, which began in 2017 and allows prospects to sign with schools in mid-December rather than on the first Wednesday in February. GSE to launch NIL representation division Austin Karp, Sports Business Journal GSE Worldwide is digging deeper into college sports, as the agency is announcing the creation of a dedicated division that focus on negotiating NIL deals. GSE Worldwide Senior Exec VP Russ Spielman said "managing everyone's expectations" was a key lesson from this first fall with NIL. WWE Selects 15 College Athletes for First NIL Program Class Joe Otterson, Variety The sports entertainment giant has selected 15 college athletes to take part in the inaugural version of the Next in Line program as they call it, with the class encompassing participants in sports like track and field, basketball, amateur wrestling, and football. Among those taking part are A.J. Ferrari, the wrestler from Oklahoma State, as well as Haley and Hanna Cavinder, basketball players from Fresno State. |
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