The NCAA’s new eligibility rules are less than a week old and already facing legal challenges. Attorneys Ryan Downton and Darren Heitner are attempting to remedy what they see as unfair treatment of the high school class of 2022 through lawsuits, including one reportedly filed last week in ...
Eager to lessen the chaos of the transfer portal era, the NCAA approved a new eligibility model for Division I athletes on Tuesday that will allow five seasons of competition over a five-year period that begins with their full-time enrollment or the academic year following their 19th birthday, ...
Updated 5:14 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, 2026: Another in a series of dramatic changes to collegiate athletics took a major step forward on Tuesday when the NCAA Division I Cabinet unanimously voted to approve its new five-year age-based eligibility model. The decision will not become final until ...
The Kansas athletic department took another step in its Gateway project with a topping-out ceremony last Thursday, which centered on the placement of the final beam of the east-side bowl at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. That concluded the implementation of more than 1,200 tons of steel ...
As president of the Big 12 Conference, University of Kansas Chancellor Doug Girod has become accustomed to the continual uncertainty surrounding college athletics. But there was one longstanding norm that he didn’t think was at any risk of falling: Student-athletes who gamble on their own ...
As college athletic departments continue to face rising costs, it should be no surprise when they pursue additional untapped sources of revenue. The NCAA Division I Cabinet in January approved a proposal that allows any given sports team to put corporate logos or patches on its uniforms. ...
In the days since multiple outlets reported that the Big 12 Conference struck a five-year deal with RedBird Capital and Weatherford Capital — one that will grant the league $12.5 million and provide member schools the opportunity to opt into a $30 million credit line — several athletic ...
The Kansas Athletics board of directors on Thursday evening approved a resolution to replace its current $35 million line of credit with a new $50 million line. The refinancing was authorized through a special digital meeting of the board that was conducted via email between Monday and ...
