Sports News---NIL issues at Georgia and LSU, Athletic, Team Travel

TNmavol · Nov 23, 2021

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College Football Teams Are Traveling Farther Than Ever For Road Games
FiveThirtyEight

MEDIA

The Athletic Searches Far and Wide for New Subscribers as It Seeks a Sale
Gerry Smith and Lucas Shaw, Bloomberg
The Athletic, which currently has 1.2 million subscribers, is looking for new ways to keep growing in a rapidly evolving sports media landscape. The hunt for paying digital subscribers has grown even more fierce online, with everyone from newsletter upstarts like Substack Inc. to established incumbents like The Washington Post to newcomers like Defector Media, a sport and culture outlet started by former Deadspin employees, constantly beseeching readers to pay up for access to their content.

Where does NASCAR sit in the viewer landscape? On ratings, streaming and upcoming TV rights negotiations
Jordan Bianchi, The Athletic
Brian Herbst, NASCAR's senior vice president of media and productions, spoke about a number of topics: ratings, NASCAR's relationship with Fox Sports and NBC Sports, future negotiations, whether a Cup Series race could exclusively be aired on a streaming platform, why NASCAR feels it is one of the most stable sports leagues on television and why it's well-positioned to see a growth in viewership in 2022.

COLLEGE SPORTS

Georgia, LSU NIL Deals Spark Fights Over Media and Privacy Rights
Daniel Libit, Sportico
A pair of public records lawsuits have been filed against two SEC powers that refused requests to disclose their athletes' NIL contracts. The latest legal action came last week, when the Athens Banner-Herald went to court against the University of Georgia Athletic Association, which denied copies of the NIL disclosure forms Bulldogs athletes are required to fill out.

Snapdragon Grabs Naming Rights For New San Diego State Stadium
Don Muret, VenuesNow
Snapdragon, a brand of semiconductors used to power smart phones and a division of wireless technology giant Qualcomm, will hold the naming rights to San Diego State University's new football stadium. No public announcement has been made and it's unclear whether a deal has been signed, but an image circulating locally and viewed by VenuesNow shows a rendering with Snapdragon Stadium branding on the facility's exterior wall.

Gould named Pac-12 Deputy Commish; Zaninovich adds responsibilities
Michael Smith, Sports Business Journal
Teresa Gould has been named Deputy Commissioner of the Pac-12 Conference as part of a senior staff reorganization by new Commissioner George Kliavkoff. Jamie Zaninovich, who already carried the title of Deputy Commissioner & COO, will take on additional responsibilities as well, Kliavkoff said.

Scarano announces he's retiring as UNH athletic director
Roger Brown, New Hampshire Union Leader
Marty Scarano announced Monday that 2021-22 will be the final school year he serves as the University of New Hampshire's athletic director. In a statement released by the school, Scarano said he plans to retire after serving as UNH's athletic director for 22 years.

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Bluetick88 · Nov 23, 2021