Just a reminder of OUR side: 🇺🇸

No matter which side of these protests you're on, the USA wants safe & secure Israelis and safe & secure Palestinians, with neither side's civilians suffering

Nobody's working harder for a ceasefire - against impossible odds - than OUR country 🇺🇸

AVG. BASEBALL FANS ⚾️🎓
By Conference - 2024 Season

Here's the update on most of the big baseball confs' avg. attendance so far this season

Aside from poor USC not having a stadium as they build a new Dedeaux Field, any big surprises?

Lots of teams dwarf the pro minor leagues!

MOST BASEBALL FANS ⚾️🎓

Check out the Top 25 biggest avg. college baseball crowds:

'It just means more' in the #SEC , with 9 of the Top 10

In a data laugh, Mississippi State Baseball + LSU Baseball are TIED with a current avg. of exactly 10,808 each, so we'll have to see how the season ends!

WHO ARE THE 'NEXT 18 BEST?' TEAMS?
2016-23 TV Viewership 🏈📺

In Jan, we looked at how the Top 18 teams account for 50%+ of CFB viewership... so, who are the next 18 best?

We're going to dig into more data on this over the next week, but here's a neat look at who the NEXT 'Top…

You can actually drown in the irony of #UCLA 's vile pro-Israel folks attacking anti-genocide protesters with literal bombs

Our U.S. colleges should NOT be in chaos on behalf of either Hamas terrorists OR the Israeli war criminals

We need to clear 'encampments' off campuses now

POWER CONFS vs. G5 CONFS 🏆💰
FY23 Athletic Revenue & Budget, per Sportico

Lots of new talk about the A4 'Power' confs vs. the G5+

Here's how each A4 conf compares to its regional G5 match. There's a LOT to unpack, and let's hear your thoughts...

Note how much overlap there…

TOTAL NFL DRAFT PICKS 🏈
By Forward-Aligned FBS Conference

With the 2024 #NFLDraft complete, here's how many came from each FBS conf's ongoing members:

The consolidation of talent from just three main confs is remarkable, especially after going beyond just the first-round stars

At this point, it's sadly time for #USC to expel the agitators who are wreaking havoc on campus during exams & wrecked its graduation ceremony

Yes, both Israeli + Hamas leaders all belong in The Hague for war crimes, but our private USC campus cannot remain under protestor siege

DIRECTORS' CUP UPDATE: 🎓🏆
YTD Realigned Conf Totals

Check out how new conf members would be contributing to the current LEARFIELD Directors' Cup standings:

There's more nuance to how they calc their conf standings, but this shows how much athletic gravitas will be shifting this Summer

CONSOLIDATION OF TALENT:
2024 1st Round - #NFLDraft

Check out how new realignments for this season have consolidated the 1st Round picks from last night to just the Top 3 confs:

#SEC , #B1G , + #ACC 's forward-aligned teams had 91% of the picks, with only 1 each from 3 others

7 of the Top 15 NFL Draft picks were from a conference so poorly run that it no longer exists.

🤦‍♂️ lolz... You can't even make this stuff up...