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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

CONTRIBUTOR: How Georgia Tech dropped, and then rebuilt, sports programs during the last economic crisis

Study: What do the athletes actually think about this NIL business?

Splitting FBS football from the NCAA is not the bold, transformational change college athletics needs

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.

Community Interview with Katie Davis, CPA. How the hell does the math behind college athletics actually WORK?

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?

In defense of the AP Poll

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

On "Rooting Against Football"

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:

What's next for the Pac-12?

How does a conference fight for social justice without being empty and performative? I asked the America East

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

Marco Rubio's NIL bill sucks

It looks like St.Thomas will be allowed to jump from DIII to D1. Are they the only DIII school that could pull that off?

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?

I asked a college strength coach how you can stay fit without going to a gym or spending six grand on barbells

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?

GUEST CONTRIBUTION: Hey, remember that time UCF had to schedule a team from Russia in the middle of the season?

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

Wonder what Extra Points actually makes? Or wonder what that money is used for? Let me open the books

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

GUEST CONTRIBUTION: We know a little about what low oil prices mean for big schools. What about small ones?

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?