Sitemap - 2020 - Extra Points with Matt Brown
If the G5 held their own College Football Playoff...would anybody watch?
What are some of your 2021 college sports predictions?
College sports can't be reformed if we can't agree on what the problems are
Community Interview: Everything you wanted to know about ticketing in college sports
Extra Points 2020 Year in Review and Next Steps
Northwestern AD Jim Phillips will be the next ACC Commissioner. Now what?
Community Interview: David Storm on what Title IX actually IS, weird compliance questions and more
The latest on the Return Of The WAC, Boise State-MWC context and more
Study: What do the athletes actually think about this NIL business?
Community Interview: Andrew Gemmel on the future of collegiate swimming, NIL and more:
Faculty pushback at Rutgers, "pipeline" problems and more:
The Firsts shouldn't have to be perfect.
What if we're wrong about what makes a good college football coach?
UA, Cincinnati, and the immediate future of apparel contracts
Why would a D-III school move to NAIA? I asked an AD that did it.
Here's what Iowa State told fans the week before they announced they'd play without fans.
ASUN expansion, NCAA "bubbles" and more
Here's why Clemson actually cut their men's track team
Extra Points Community Interview: ASUN Commissioner Ted Gumbart
Vermont played 7x7 high school football this season. How did that go?
Can the fight to restore cut sports at William & Mary be replicated?
Do YOU want to be featured in an Extra Points newsletter? Here's how:
There's no such thing as objective writing. Everybody has biases. Here are some of mine.
What kind of school does Liberty University want to be?
CONTRIBUTOR POST: The eyes of the nation are on the Eyes of Texas
Conference Realignment Updates: WAC, Patriot, Big Ten and more
Update to the Extra Points / The Intercollegiate Partnership
What happens AFTER a school drops a sport?
UCLA is spending a gazillion dollars on football player meals. How big a problem is that, really?
A D-III powerhouse is about to build a massive new scoreboard. But why? And why NOW?
UMass responds, WAC updates, UC Riverside's battle to keep sports and more:
A closer look at JMU's attempt to build a fall football schedule from scratch
Those football coach salary pay cuts probably aren't what they look like.
Hey, y'all wanna see Deion Sanders' contract at Jackson State?
Should YOU care about the fact that TV ratings are down?
Survey: Leaders in college athletics want reform. They just mostly want somebody else to do it.
Congratulations, NCAA, you played yourself
Only one D1 FB program has an apparel deal with a non Nike, Adidas or Under Armour company. Why?
Y'all just want to talk about weirdo vintage college athletic iconography for a second?
What the heck is going on at William & Mary?
Mailbag: The future of college Olympic sports, the WAC, and more
What "A Payroll To Meet" tells us about college football scandal, reform, and more.
The WAC is about to be one step closer to FCS football
A conference at a crossroads. Where does the CAA go from here?
Forget Millennials. College athletics could have a serious Gen Z problem.
Hey, what's in a small school apparel contract anyway?
The latest NIL out of the House is actually a real step in the right direction
CONTRIBUTOR POST: NIL rights are women's rights
UMass says they want to play football this season. Why?
Has WVU become a "leftist sycophant institution" and other emails from fans about Vic Koenning
Lies, Damned Lies, and whatever that Name, Image and Likeness hearing was
Update: How Extra Points is doing, and what comes next
How does Title IX impact fundraising for Olympic Sports? A new study investigates
Should America look to Europe for college athletic reform? To Washington? Or somewhere else?
Another major athletic department is getting a loan. Here's why, and how:
Randy Edsall imposed a "marriage policy" last season. Supposedly for his players' benefit.
MAILBAG! FBS/FCS realignment, the future of Larry Scott, NIL marketplace value and more:
The Mayor, HBO, and Soda Fountains. A tour of the COVID-era Illinois Sports Information Department
Iowa didn't HAVE to cut those sports
How do you serve athlete spiritual needs during a pandemic? I asked BYU
CONTRIBUTOR POST: We wouldn't be in this mess if somebody bothered to listen to the athletes
Under Armour's plan to exit their Cal contract might come down to about $600
Some schools start football teams to grow enrollment. But are those gains sustainable?
The Big Ten "vote" results don't matter. What happens next does.
How do you effectively shame college sports into gender equity?
Could COVID-19 lead to different *kinds* of football? In Vermont...it might!
Intercollegiate Podcast Extra: Jori Epstein on breaking the Texas Tech athlete abuse scandal
CONTRIBUTOR POST: The Storytellers of a Messy Place
Help make the Extra Points Community even better
Here are some thoughts on the cancellation of B1G/P12 football
Contributor Post: How NCAA scholarship policies have suppressed athlete activism — for now.
What is everybody else waiting for? It's time to cancel fall football
Intercollegiate Podcast Extra: Frank LoMonte on how public universities hide behind FERPA
Could USC ruin the Pac-12's chance at a bailout?
How a 'clerical error' uncovered a coaching scandal at Texas Tech
The ASUN wants to expand. Can they do that in the face of COVID, budget cuts, and Liberty?
#WeAreUnited looks to correct 120 years of college athlete subjugation in four weeks
New Mexico’s is still the only governor calling for the cancellation of fall college football
How hard would it be to have a spring football season?
How do athletics fit in with the future of the Land-Grant university? I asked an expert.
'Force majeure': Why college AD's need to learn those two French words, tout de suite
Mailbag! Western conference realignment, old timey blowouts and more:
Canceled athletics may not mean canceled athletics fees
With NCAA fall sports on 4th and 20, it's worth talking about the other football
Hello! Would you like some Extra Points stickers?
Under Armour, Learfield, and the great college athletic cost correction
Inside the Mike Gundy PR crises, as told by all the emails we FOIA'd
Wait, did the NAIA figure out all this NIL stuff before the NCAA? I asked them
What Sen. Chris Murphy's latest remarks tell us about the next steps for federal NIL action
NEWS: Extra Points is merging with The Intercollegiate
Stanford just cut a bunch of sports. Here's what that means, and doesn't mean, for everybody else
This post is about the Ivy League's potential cancellation of fall football
Chat with the Sinful Seven authors, plus an important Extra Points reader survey!
Bad takes and big questions from the Senate NIL hearing
Is diversity hiring in college athletics improving? According to TIDES, not by much
PODCAST: A closer look at college athlete activism with Dr. Amira Rose Davis
Under Armour wants to get out of their massive deal with UCLA. So what happens now?
The ACC's next commissioner has some tricky questions to answer
What do COVID-19 challenges look like at the DIII level? I asked Gettysburg's AD
Looking to launch a collegiate esports program? Better check out the Peach Belt
How liable are football teams if somebody gets sick from Covid-19? I asked an expert
Will future P5 media deals cement a P2 and a kinda P3?
After Florida, what's next for Name, Image and Likeness legislation?
No, that team probably isn't going to drop to FCS. Even if maybe they should.
C-USA will take creative steps to save money. But they're still forgetting the big one.
Coaches at Iowa and Utah really screwed up. What can their programs do now?
College baseball coaches have a plan to save their sport. Where are the other plans?
FAMU is probably headed to the SWAC. What's next for HBCU sports at the D1 level?
Interview with AAC Commissioner Mike Aresco
Coaches can't Stick to Sports now
So what happens when your recruiting footprint has to change?
What would P5 schools leaving the NCAA actually DO?
Study: Are rivalry games *actually* more unpredictable? How does scheduling impact their results?
MAILBAG: What would a world look like where DII schools could move up for a sport?
Ready or not, the process to restart college football has begun
Not every athletic department deficit is the same. Take ECU, for example
The math behind Akron and Bowling Green's sports cuts doesn't seem to add up
PODCAST: College football and Muscular Christianity with Baylor's Paul Putz
What UConn's new TV deal means for FBS independents, and the future of UConn football
What we can learn from Florida Tech dropping their football team
What we can learn about modern college football from an old timey coaches book
Your AD isn't really in charge right now
Women's college football is coming to the NAIA
Need to save some money? Why not ADD some sports instead of dropping them?
So what did the NCAA actually CHANGE re: NIL yesterday? Not much!
What the heck IS a college endowment anyway? I asked an expert
What does an oil price crash mean for college football?
What college football books should you read during quarantine?
Holy cow, Boise State actually furloughed their coaches
Let's take another look at the first Heisman race
Welp, I just got furloughed from Vox Media.
Cutting Olympic sports is not a shared sacrifice
So what happens to all those game contracts if we adjust the season?
Book Chapter: What if Chicago stayed in the Big Ten?
MAILBAG: I'm tired of writing about Covid-19 so here's a mailbag from my 5 year old daughter
Study: "Conference membership decisions need to be made" for ODU. What does that mean for C-USA?
A D1 program has already cut a sport. More cuts are likely coming. But maybe there's a better way
How does the NCAA eligibility ruling impact college football?
This newsletter is about bailouts
Moody's sees bad times coming. So what's next? Federal bailouts? Conference realignment?
Another team is looking to join D1? In the Northeast? In THIS economy?!?
Your favorite Low-Major D1 team might be in some real trouble
A quick note on the short-term future of Extra Points
This email about COVID-19 might already be out of date but please read it anyway
What happens when the recession hits?
Almost every state is at least proposing a NIL bill
Could USC actually leave the Pac-12? Could Oregon? Should they?
An actual existential threat to college athletics
Colorado State faculty ask the school to dial back athletic spending
MAILBAG! Strength coaches, buyouts, and what if the Big 12 took Louisville instead?
Immediate eligibility for football transfers is probably coming. Neat!
Faculty at successful FCS program: maybe we should drop to NAIA
MWC reportedly folds on Boise's TV bonus. So now what?
How much money does a conference actually NEED?!?
ASUN expansion update, BYU bowls, NCAA reforms and more
The ASUN's ambitious expansion plan, explained:
Why did the Pac-12 partner with a video streaming service you haven't heard of?
The Lawyers Have Entered The Chat re: Boise State vs MWC
Boise State isn't happy about Boise State maybe not getting special MWC treatment. I am shocked!
Hiring coaches is hard. Would a Rooney Rule help?
Could their new TV deal help drive Boise State out of the MWC?
I asked a D1 AD why he wants the federal government to regulate coaching salaries
Does dropping football lead to academic or athletic success?
Player likeness has held commercial value for 100 years. What about biological data?