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Did you miss Friday's newsletter, an appearance from @KcSmurthwaite? If so, let's fix that! It's a really smart piece about how the college football calendar is giving FCS teams some leverage ... for now. extrapointsmb.com/p/fcs-buy-…
It doesn't seem like there's a superpower team this college football season. What lessons can we draw from player payrolls and all of the parity around the sport this fall? extrapointsmb.com/p/what-les…
Our third sport-specific financial report is out today! It's all about D-I women's basketball — which programs spent the most (and the least) and on what, which made the most, which were most efficient ... and much, much more. extrapointsmb.com/p/wbb-fina…
While in Provo last week, @MattBrownEP visited the Missionary Training Center, reporting a story that may help you understand how missions fit in with being an LDS athlete — and sharing some of his personal experiences there. extrapointsmb.com/p/a-second…
Over the weekend, @MattBrownEP traveled to the BYU-Notre Dame game. He wrote about the experience, about BYU football's rise and about why this October matchup mattered so much. extrapointsmb.com/p/200-to-p…
Is the EA College Football franchise in trouble? At risk of going away in the near future? @MattBrownEP made some calls to try to answer those questions. extrapointsmb.com/p/is-ea-co…
We're BACK with the third edition of the Extra Points Bowl. Check out today's newsletter for all the details! extrapointsmb.com/p/announci…
You're probably used to hearing from us about Division I athletics budgets — but what about Division II? Spurred by some recent news out of Central Missouri, @MattBrownEP FOIA'd more than 100 D-II budgets, and some of what he learned may surprise you! extrapointsmb.com/p/what-doe…
We turned things over today to AL.com's @mattstahl97, who shared a lot of interesting information — and raised some smart questions — about how climate change is affecting college football. extrapointsmb.com/p/how-can-…
Next up in our series of sport-specific financial reports, we're zooming in on Division I college baseball, giving you a ton of unique, in-depth analysis in today's newsletter. extrapointsmb.com/p/division…
And in case you missed it, here's last week's Division I softball report: extrapointsmb.com/p/division…
Who'd benefit most from the Protect College Sports Act as it stands right now? Who'd lose? extrapointsmb.com/p/who-d-be…
It's a MAILBAG! Today, @MattBrownEP answered reader questions on everything from flag football to weird FOIAs and more. extrapointsmb.com/p/mailbag-…
A Louisiana regent suggested a few of the state's FBS programs should drop to FCS in order to reduce deficit spending. But @MattBrownEP isn't convinced a move like that would actually bring meaningful savings. Today's newsletter: extrapointsmb.com/p/a-louisi…
The Protect College Sports Act would take a stab at slowing down conference realignment, especially among the Power 4. Outside the Power 4, however, realignment conversations are going strong. Here's what we've been hearing lately ... extrapointsmb.com/p/what-i-m…
We’ve been experimenting with ways to turn the data in the Extra Points Library into analysis a reporter, athletic director, coach or researcher could easily use. That spurred us to create sport-specific reports we're going to release in the coming weeks and months — beginning today, with softball.
Here's everything we’ve learned about national spending trends, the relationship between types of spending and on-field success, where spending is increasing, what national budget distributions look like ... and more. extrapointsmb.com/p/division…
There's a lot to unpack in the Protect College Sports Act, which passed the Senate last night. @MattBrownEP zoomed in on one issue in particular: college athlete insurance policies. extrapointsmb.com/p/what-s-t…
Thanks to a web publishing glitch and a lot of digging through documents by the Louisiana Illuminator, we now know some concrete details about athlete payroll at a few schools. Today's newsletter: extrapointsmb.com/p/we-now-k…
Who watches TV on a TV anymore? That question helped spark today's newsletter, about college sports TV ratings, how they're calculated and the value (or lack thereof) in year-over-year comparisons. extrapointsmb.com/p/tv-ratin…
The Protect College Sports Act is a bad bill — in large part because it, as written, will not do the things its advocates say it will. Today's newsletter: extrapointsmb.com/p/the-prot…
