Arkansas Ranks Near Bottom in SEC Tennis Spending
FWIW, Arkansas reported spending about $2.35 million on tennis (M+W) last season. That would be 14th out of 15 public schools in the SEC...but only school is spending more than 4 million. The gap isnt THAT big. (Data via Extra Points Library) https://t.co/zLZgM5vTwV
NCAA Lobbying Window Closed, Must Wait for New Congress
this thing ain't happening. time for the fancypants NCAA/P4 lobbying team to either focus on new efforts from the senate, or give up until the next congress is sworn in. there was a political window to probably accomplish what the...
College Game Guarantees Revealed: Pay Rates by Sport
good morning I've FOIA'd over 1,000 college game contracts, across multiple sports. Here's what I learned about how game guarentees differ (whats the going rate for WBB games? or softball?), who pays the most, and more:
Leaving Email Sacrifices Audience Control, Substack Mirrors Facebook
The stuff here about email metrics IS true (bad news for ad-dependent email biz) but the idea that the solution for small publishers is to move to another platform where they DONT control the audience is gaslighting. Today’s substack App...
Seeking Your Questions on College Sports Scheduling Guarantees
I've got like, 1,000+ game contracts now across FB, MBB, WBB, softball, baseball and WVB to work on a EP newsletter about game gaurentees. Is there anything else anybody is curious about re: college sports scheduling? I'll try to...
NCAA Budgets Hide Individual Coach Salaries; We Archive Contracts
An NCAA MFRS Report budget document will say how much a school spent on coaching salaries in a given FY, but won't always break that down by coach. We have (most) head coach contracts in PDF form in the Library,...
Gymnastics Expenses Surpass Revenues, According to Data
I do, but it's not easy to spit those out in newsletter format. But those tables are easy to produce in the Extra Points Library: https://t.co/abtb281rM5 I will say: reported expenses outpace revenues in gymnastics.
Gymnastics: Only College Sport Paying Women More Than Men
Gymnastics is the rare college sport where programs are spending substantially more money on the women's programs than the men's. In today's (free) Extra Points, we broke down all the budgets in both sports:
Big West Actively Seeks New Member Institutions
“Yes, we are actively continuing to look at opportunities and institutions that want to join the Big West, particularly those within the existing or, possibly, an expanded Big West footprint.” https://t.co/NOzE2UQq53
Private Equity's College Sports Deal: Profit Mystery, Not Hype
blogged about the learfield sale, which I don't think warrants a OH MY GOD PRIVATE EQUITY IS COMING TO COLLEGE SPORTS type reaction but I do kinda wonder how this becomes profitable for everybody https://t.co/q2bQ1lNVca
FSU, Clemson Rank Low with Under $100M Revenue
I'm talking about the sport-specific total revenue figures both schools reported to the NCAA. because I'm feeling generous, here's what that chart looks like (via EPL) FSU and Clemson are 22 and 23 on this list. Each under 100M https://t.co/GfKDou5XPN
College Football Revenues Far Below $100M Myth
Guys, Clemson and FSU football don’t generate 100M in revenue….total. There are SEC schools that barely clear that figure. The only way those roster numbers happen in this system is if a billionaire decides to just flush away a fortune....
Media Rights Shift Drives UCSB’s WCC Move and Mid-Major Realignment
blogged about why UCSB joined the WCC, how the media rights calculus for expansion has changed, and what it means for the future for mid-major realignment you can read it by clicking on the link after this tweet
Extra Points Library 2.0 Adds 11k+ Contracts and Analytics
Introducing a massive update to our college sports data tool: Extra Points Library 2.0 With more than 11,000+ contracts/budgets, historical attendance data, custom analytics and more: https://t.co/FGtIFGBtnW
Free Tracker for All College Jersey Sponsorship Announcements
Good morning we made a tracker for all the college jersey sponsorship announcements its free https://t.co/EtV07ubVEc
Current List of Schools Announcing Jersey Patch Partners
These are the schools I have so far in my notes as having announced jersey patch partners. Am I forgetting anybody? I know of a lot more who are WORKING on this, but I'm just tracking announcements atm https://t.co/rZMLfwmz4y
Schools Classify New Facilities as Operating Expenses
Since...whenever schools decided to list that spending as part of their "Facilities, Maintenance and Operations" line item on their operating expenses? Here are the receipts: https://t.co/g5zVFNnHuN
Nebraska Leads Big Ten in Early Women's Flag Football Push
This, via @KyleRowland, is a smart look at the Big Ten's potential ambitions in women's flag football, and why Nebraska decided to jump out ahead of all the other P4 programs and get their team started NOW: https://t.co/c02R4wdaaw
Top Ten Women's Volleyball Budgets Revealed for FY25
Here were the top ten WVB OPERATING BUDGETS (non-NIL) from FY25 (the 2024 season), according to the zillions of FOIAs we filed. https://t.co/NoSQmmfBoW The full data, and context, can be found here: https://t.co/k2fPbxTZE7
Seeking Ideal Publication Partners for a $16 Bundle
VERY HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION lets say that instead of paying nine bucks a month to read Extra Points, you could pay ~16ish and also get 1 or 2 other publications/paywalled podcasts. If that was possible, who would want...
Michigan's $14.4M Budget Reflects 2025, Not Current Season
As a reminder, Michigan's $14.4M operational budget for MBB is from FISCAL YEAR 2025. That would be LAST basketball season, not this one. Michigan was a 5 seed that lost in the Sweet 16 during that season. We won't get...
MMR Revenue Targets New College Sports Money, yet Viability Unclear
I think @HowieLongShort is right in that MMR rev is the most obvious target for new college sports $...but I wonder if the math pencils out for many leagues to try and consolidate MMR rights... https://t.co/75mBDWQppr
Trump's Waning Popularity Undermines College Sports EO Compliance
Wrote a big ol' thing this morning about how I don't think we can talk about Trump's college sports EO without talking about how the guy is *way less popular* than he was a year ago, which matters when it...
ADs Recommend Leadership Books, Bonhoeffer Sparks Reflection
okay, what do we think of the leadership book recommendations from ADs, via @D1ticker? I like where Micah Potter's head is at, (Cal Baptist) but after reading about Bonhoeffer, I dunno if I want to go back to writing about MMR...
AI, Values, and Trust: Rebuilding College Sports Media
Wrote a little bit this morning about AI in media and college sports administration...as well as values, service, and how to get fans (and readers) to trust you again. https://t.co/3aG47EVBNr
Skeptical Mother‑in‑law Turns
When I first started Extra Points, my mother in law asked “why would anybody pay to read what you have to say?”, leading to my wife and other family members constantly trying to tell her that actually, “Matt is a...