It’s a tricky discussion because NIL is the right solution for the vast majority of college athletes. Nobody was ever going to pay cross country runners or field hockey players big money, but it seems fair that they can use their position as athletes to make a bit of money on the side through...
On game days, Montana’s stadium holds enough people for it to be as populated as the seventh largest town in the entire state. I was there for the FCS semifinals two years ago and that place was rocking.
I’m guessing the guidance was written to make sure schools don’t circumvent title IX by cutting scholarships and paying players directly. Theoretically, before this guidance, a school could cut most of their football and basketball scholarships, pay players directly, and could then drastically...
If Collins didn’t follow Russo to Michigan St, why would he follow Hetherman to Miami? I would assume that Collins is more inclined to stick with PJ, unless Miami offers a massive raise.
Let me tell ya- I was in Missoula for the Montana-NDSU game last year, and that stadium was as loud as any game I’ve ever been to at the Bank- and I was at the Penn State game in 2019. “JV” or not, it’s an entertaining product.
They don’t have the brand to start the season ranked and there were two years that they got into the rankings and immediately had a bad loss to an unranked team that ended up dragging down their ranking for the rest of the season.