Okay, I'll bite. What's soccer?
10.03.2026 20:42
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Okay, I'll bite. What's soccer?
this is a good question that
a) I do not think I can address via open records requests and
b) is outside the scope of what I could communicate in a single bluesky skeet
I don't have data from Florida or Georgia Tech yet and need a few more days to crunch all the math, but in terms of "who generated the most revenue in FY25", we're mostly looking at SEC baseball, Neb and Wis VBall, B1G + ASU hockey, and Penn State wrestling.
I BELIEVE this is usually a PT/contract role within the university faculties department. The job title I've seen is "ice technician", and the salary is a few thousand a season. Don't think I have any contracts with outside firms on file for this service, but I could try to get some today, one sec
one thing that even sometimes surprises ME when doing this kind of work is that *most* salaries of folks working in college sports are not very high. I make more than some D1 head coaches (not many football, of course), and you probably do too. Support staff are often paid like crap.
mmhmmmmm
This is what I have offhand
ooh ooh I already know this one!
So I need to help teach a college class in a few minutes, and then I'm going put my head down and file a bunch of FOIAs for an hour
I AM TAKING REQUESTS THIS MORNING, so if there's nerd stuff you'd like to learn more about, I'll take those requests through 11:00 AM CT.
Yup, We might be able to get some school-specific outbound stuff, but we'd be more likely to be successful if a school was hitting up a lobbying firm, not a direct White House rep
The Ohio State University is expected to close ranks and replace him with his hard-line son, further straining an already highly volatile situation in a region that has seen constant conflict over the past several decades
lmao some poor undergrad at Ohio State had to call me TODAY of all days to ask for money
I bet she is not having her best day of work ever.
His what now
Sssshhh I’m trying to scale
It is 70 degrees outside and sunny. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO BLOG IN THESE CONDITIONS. I CAN'T REMAIN IN MY BASEMENT IN TIMES LIKE THIS
red state state flagship issues + the wexner/epstein stuff + having to also be a visable NCAA/B1G leader + ohio state being so fucking big = potentially impossible job
Sure. CBS Sports and Flo bid on these all the time.
I will happily defer to the @rooster.info, who has forgotten more about Ohio political weirdness than I'll ever know...but Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel feels more like a "temporary unity solution" than a long-term thing. I was imagining somebody more like a Rob Portman type.
Ted Carter sucked but its depressing to think about what the candidate pool is going to look like for Ohio State, given who governs the university right now. I'd be pretty surprised if the next school president isn't an Ohio politican, rather than a traditional higher education professional
mmmhmmmmmm
The SoCon is sticking with ESPN:
www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/202...
This is a good read imo.
re: JUST PLAY FOR FREE comments,
After I wrote the Miami OH FOIA story, I got a ton of feedback from people asking WHY DIDN'T MIAMI JUST PLAY BIG SCHOOLS FOR FREE?
And that led to this. HERE IS HOW MEN'S CBB ACTUALLY WORKS, from buy games to NET maniuplation to handshake deals:
www.extrapointsmb.com/p/how-colleg...
Starting to think I should have filled up my tank two days ago
tomorrow's extra points
2,400+ words explaining how college basketball schedules ACTUALLY get made, and why you can't just expect Miami to play for free or get five P5 opponents
extrapointsmb dot com
I'll admit, strip clubs aren't really my scene. but this looks weird enough that I'm sure I could come away with some kind of story
fine. I'll go here. for serious professional journalism.
i assume there's a college sports business angle in there somewhere.
