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College Sports Wants Enforcement. Its Own Filings Suggest a Narrower Commitment

Aug 25, 2026

College Sports Wants Enforcement. Its Own Filings Suggest a Narrower Commitment

A new question in the FY25 NCAA financial reports measures the distance between supporting a regulator and supplying one

NILnomics Does Journalism

Aug 19, 2026

NILnomics Does Journalism

I put on my investigative reporter hat and do shoe leather journalism

The NIL Revenue Share Data No One Has Talked About.

Aug 11, 2026

The NIL Revenue Share Data No One Has Talked About.

This year's annual financial report had a new field explicitly related to NIL. Anyone look at that data?

More Analytics on Attendance Data

Jul 31, 2026

More Analytics on Attendance Data

Diving deeper on some data from FOIAball

The War Chests: Reserve Funds, Investment Income, and the New Anatomy of Conference Power

Jul 21, 2026

The War Chests: Reserve Funds, Investment Income, and the New Anatomy of Conference Power

Part three of The Conference Ledger — a four-part NILnomics series built entirely from IRS Form 990 filings.

The Lane Kiffin Rule Fixes Your Feelings, Not the Calendar

Jul 13, 2026

The Lane Kiffin Rule Fixes Your Feelings, Not the Calendar

The hiring vacuum is coming

The 2025-26 Learfield Director's Cup Results. Visualized.

Jun 29, 2026

The 2025-26 Learfield Director's Cup Results. Visualized.

The scores are out. I focus on the finances that drive the standings.

What Conferences Actually Keep: Member Distributions, Overhead, and the Intermediary Margin

Jun 23, 2026

What Conferences Actually Keep: Member Distributions, Overhead, and the Intermediary Margin

Part II of The Conference Ledger — a four-part NILnomics series built entirely from IRS Form 990 filings.

The Diamond Divide: Inside the Economics of College Baseball

Jun 16, 2026

The Diamond Divide: Inside the Economics of College Baseball

Every June, Omaha becomes the center of the college sports universe. Eight teams, one title, and a lot of money fueling it all.