Perhaps one of the few entities getting revamped more than KU’s football stadium is the NCAA itself. University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod now has a front row seat for both projects. Girod has been appointed to both the overall Board of Governors and to the Division I Board of ...
For the University of Kansas’ Gateway project — the $750 million renovation and redevelopment of the football stadium and the area around it — there are big stakes on the horizon. Now, there is a big new private donation on the books, as well. KU on Wednesday announced that Paul and ...
The house has come down on college athletics. Named after a suing student-athlete, the class action lawsuit commonly known as House v. NCAA had its long-awaited settlement approved earlier this month. Beginning July 1, college athletic programs can start handing out about $20.5 million worth ...
All the preparations are being made for universities to begin directly paying their student-athletes next school year. The federal judge overseeing the key lawsuit in the matter hasn’t yet approved the settlement agreement between the NCAA, universities and aggrieved student-athletes, but ...
KU needs another $300 million worth of development around its football stadium to create a true “gateway” to wow potential students and attract new dollars critical for the next generation, university leaders told the Journal-World. An upscale Marriott hotel, a mix of restaurants and ...
The University of Kansas doesn’t have plans to eliminate any of its money-losing Olympic sports despite great uncertainty about whether the athletic department can afford to pay student-athletes in the future, KU’s chancellor said. The future of those programs — which range from big ones ...
