Volleyball regularly draws 5000+ in attendance limited by the arena. Team makes the NCAA tournament and top 20. Desires attention. Women's Hockey is limited in total national teams and draws around 2000. Would be nice to support but volleyball is bigger and likely more important...
Scary thought. Could be Tuesday for many schools such as Minnesota and Wisconsin since Spring Semester starts then. Someone could enroll and play basketball or hockey immediately. I think there is a late fee to enroll once the semester starts but it is very small ($50?). Football would be...
I think the problem is that the school cannot be part of a NIL contract. If they are they might be viewed as an employer. The current system needs a separation between team, player, and NIL supplier
I suspect football, basketball, hockey, and other major sports with NIL and potential payment issues will want to have a general manager to handle money issues.
I think it is two different issues for Nebraska and Wisconsin. For Nebraska it is likely more related to roster size and the 105 limit next year. I read the they had around 150 on their roster last year with a lot of walk-on players. Next year they can only have 105 total. The coach likely...
Perhaps related to wanting to get a degree from a top 10 University academically. I saw some reports she will need to sit out this year and will then still have two years eligibility left. Seems like something other than just softball.
Major plus that is not to Texas, Oklahoma, or a...
The Michigan State coach was 19 wins, 41 losses in Big Ten play over 3 seasons. That is solid reason to move on from a coach
In contrast the last two years the Gophers are 12-8 and 13-7 in conference or 25 wins, 15 losses in the last two years. In 2022 we were 15-5 so the last three years 40...
I saw a rumor that MB Lourdes Myers (Purdue) who just entered the portal might be heading to Minnesota (boyfriend related). I just saw that Michigan State is changing/firing their head coach which likely means players available.