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82% of DI schools opted into the House settlement. Appears they view athletics as bringing a positive return to the university, even with the cost of paying the athletes. The benefits athletic programs bring to a university aren’t captured by athletic department P&L statements.

This is a great example of how DI schools that don’t play FBS 🏈 have a huge opportunity in 🏀. UT-Chattanooga’s men’s 🏀 payroll is almost $2.7M. That’s on par with P4 teams, b/c so much of their cap is going to 🏈 . How long do we think P4 schools go along with this?

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Matthews Arena, the oldest active NCAA DI basketball venue (1910) — and the original home of both the Bruins and the Celtics — is closing its doors. The new multipurpose arena will be built on the same site, and the process is expected to take 30 months — reopening for the

Pete has it right. With the CSC backtracking on its “valid business purpose” guidance, collective deals will continue as part of player compensation packages & part of recruiting. Team payrolls essentially just grew. Schools that got rid of collectives, time to bring ‘em back.

The statement is missing some info, so I added it here in parentheses.🫡 “Pay-for-play will not be permitted (unless paid for by schools), and every NIL deal done with a student-athlete must be a legitimate NIL deal, not pay-for-play in disguise (except for deals with schools).”

HoopsHD is back as we have a fascinating interview with one of our favorite coaches in the game -- Oakland Men's Basketball head coach Greg Kampe Check it out right here! hoopshd.com/2025/08/11/the…

Legendary Oakland HC Greg Kampe was his usual amazing self and was kind enough to spend a full hour with us on a special Hoops HD panel episode. Christmas sweaters, scheduling, 2005 Summit League Title Game, paying players, and many other topics are covered in vast depth. Enjoy!

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HurleyMania Hoops HD David Griggs Just look at this schedule!!! Tuesday night 7 PM on ESPNU was GLORIOUS!!!!! espnpressroom.com/us/press-relea…

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New conference tournament format just dropped, courtesy of the Horizon League

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