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Beyond Payroll: The Real Demands Of Paying Student-Athletes

With the House v. NCAA settlement poised to unleash a tidal wave of financial responsibility onto institutions, Division I athletic departments must rapidly modernize their infrastructure to remain compliant, competitive, and credible.

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Insights from Top NIL Supporters at the Group of 5 Level

As more revenue is needed to fuel a championship-level athletic department in the revenue share, Penry Advisors Founder and development veteran Jason Penry, Ph.D., provides insight into one of the biggest sources of revenue: major gift-level donors.

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Athletic Department Power Index: Big Sky Conference

The AthleticDirectorU Athletic Department Power Index, powered by Athlete Viewpoint, continues with a look at the Big Sky Conference. Dozens of sitting Athletic Directors and executive-level administrators who currently are, or could soon be, a Big Sky AD shared feedback.

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Royalty Income Payments Won’t Solve The International Student Athlete Employment Issue

Can payments to student-athletes under the house settlement be lawfully classified as "royalty income"—especially when received by international athletes on F-1 visas?

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Why Direct Student-Athlete Payments Create An Immigration Crisis For Universities

The intersection of NIL and immigration law has become one of the most pressing and complex challenges facing collegiate athletics today.

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What Will College Athletic Department Revenue-Sharing Look Like?

With revenue sharing beginning this year, how will college athletic departments choose to distribute revenue to student-athletes in various sports?

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Progressing the Pipeline

Athletic departments have experienced exponential growth over the last decade with more than 1,000 new assistant and associate AD positions across FBS athletic departments with an 80% increase in assistant AD roles and an 43% in associate AD positions. Yet, women’s representation remained stagnate.

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The Hope Desk: Providing Help During The Transition

What we know about mental health needs for student-athletes is that getting help can change the course of their lives for the better. But we also know that transition periods are often the hardest. Through The Hope Desk, we aim to offer mental health support for all transition periods.

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Perform & Transform: Leading College Athletics Into the Future

Korn Ferry and D1.ticker partnered to invite 24 current athletic directors and executive-level leaders positioned to guide the industry into the future to take the Korn Ferry Four Dimensional (KF4D) leadership assessment.

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Rethinking The Rising Expenses In College Athletics And The Non-Profit Paradox

University of Florida's Molly Harry, Ph.D., reflects on former UC Davis AD Kevin Blue's 2019 piece on Rising Expenses in College Athletics and asks: Will the NCAA, policymakers, ADs, and the athletes step into this moment of opportunity to create and implement a sustainable and stable model?

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Chasing Stars: The Recruiting Utility of Black Football Coaches

The subtle differences in the manner in which Lebby, a White man, and Brown, a Black man, were characterized is somewhat of a microcosm of the stereotypical representations of Black and White coaches in major college football.

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Experts’ Roundtable: Mental Health Services for Former Student-Athletes

In this Experts' Roundtable, two schools who provide structured mental health services programs for former student-athletes share insight into how their respective programs coordinate care.