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College sports lurches forward, hoping to find a level playing field with fewer lawsuits

MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. (AP) — On the one hand, what this new version of cash-infused college sports needs are rules that everybody follows. On the other, they need to be able to enforce those rules without getting sued into oblivion. Enter the College Sports Commission, a newly created operation that will be in charge of […]

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College sports lurches forward, hoping to find a level playing field with fewer lawsuits

MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. (AP) — On the one hand, what this new version of cash-infused college sports needs are rules that everybody follows.

On the other, they need to be able to enforce those rules without getting sued into oblivion.

Enter the College Sports Commission, a newly created operation that will be in charge of counting the money, deciding what a “fair market” deal for players looks like and, if things go well, helping everyone in the system avoid trips to court whenever a decision comes down that someone doesn’t like.

With name, image, likeness payments taking over in college, this group will essentially become what the NCAA committee on infractions used to be – the college sports police, only with the promise of being faster, maybe fairer and maybe more transparent.

In a signal of what the CSC’s most serious mission might be, the schools from the four biggest conferences are being asked to sign a document pledging not to rely on state laws – some of which are more permissive of payments to players — to work around the rules the commission is making.

“We need to get out of this situation where something happens, and we run to our attorney general and file suit,” said Trev Alberts of Texas A&M, one of 10 athletic directors who are part of another group, the Settlement Implementation Committee, that is helping oversee the transition. “That chaos isn’t sustainable. You’re looking for a durable system that actually has some stability and ultimate fairness.”

Number crunching to figure out what’s fair

In this new landsacpe, two different companies will be in charge of two kinds of number crunching.

The first, and presumably more straightforward, is data being compiled by LBi Software, which will track how much schools are spending on every athlete, up to the $20.5 million cap each is allowed to distribute in the first year of the new arrangement expected to begin July 1.

This sounds easy but comes with the assumption that universities – which, for decades, have sought to eke out every edge they can, rulebook or no – will provide accurate data.

“Over history, boosters have looked for ways to give their schools an advantage,” said Gabe Feldman, a sports law professor at Tulane. “I think that will continue even with the settlement. It’s anyone’s guess as to how that manifests, and what the new competitive landscape looks like.”

Adding some level of transparency to the process, along with the CSC’s ability to deliver sanctions if it identifies cheaters, will be key to the new venture’s success.

“There’s legal risk that prohibits you from doing that,” Alberts said. “But we want to start as transparent as we can be, because we think it engenders trust.”

Good intentions aside, Alberts concedes, “I don’t think it’s illogical to think that, at first, it’s probably going to be a little wonky.”

How much should an endorsement deal be worth?

Some of the wonkiest bookkeeping figures to come from the second category of number crunching, and that involves third-party NIL deals. The CSC hired Deloitte to run a so-called clearinghouse called “NIL Go,” which will be in charge of evaluating third-party deals worth $600 or more.

Because these deals aren’t allowed to pay players simply for playing – that’s still technically forbidden in college sports — but instead for some service they provide (an endorsement, a social media shoutout and so forth), every deal needs to be evaluated to show it is worth a fair price for what the player is doing.

In a sobering revelation, Deloitte shared with sports leaders earlier this month that around 70% of third-party deals given to players since NIL became allowable in 2021 would have been denied by the new clearinghouse.

All these valuations, of course, are subject to interpretation. It’s much easier to set the price of a stock, or a bicycle, than the value of an athlete’s endorsement deal. This is where things figure to get dicey. Though the committee has an appeals process, then an arbitration process, ultimately, some of these cases are destined to be challenged in court.

“You’re just waiting to see, what is a ‘valid business purpose’ (for an NIL deal), and what are the guidelines around that?” said Rob Lang, a business litigation partner at Thompson Coburn who deals with sports cases. “You can see all the lawyer fights coming out of that.”

Avoiding court, coordinating state laws are new priorities

In fact, elements of all this are ripe to be challenged in court, which might explain why the power conferences drafted the document pledging fealty to the new rules in the first place.

For instance, Feldman called a law recently enacted in Tennessee viewed by many as the most athlete-friendly statute in the country “the next step in the evolution” of state efforts to bar the NCAA from limiting NIL compensation for athletes with an eye on winning battles for recruits and retaining roster talent.

“What we’ve seen over the last few years is states trying to one-up each other to make their institutions more attractive places for people to go,” he said. “This is the next iteration of that. It may set up a showdown between the schools, the NCAA and the states.”

Greg Sankey, the commissioner of the Southeastern Conference, said a league spanning 12 states cannot operate well if all those states have different rules about how and when it is legal to pay players.

The SEC has been drafting legislation for states to pass to unify the rules across the conference. Ultimately, Sankey and a lot of other people would love to see a national law passed by Congress that does that for all states and all conferences.

That will take months, if not years, which is why the new committee drafted the document for the schools to sign.

“We are all defendant schools and conferences and you inherently agree to this,” Alberts said of the document. “I sat in the room with all of our football coaches, ‘Do you want to be governed?’ The answer is ‘yes.’”

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Club interested in Alachua County sports center after operator removed

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) – Owners of the Gainesville Juniors Volleyball Club are hoping now is their chance to become a tenant at the Alachua County Sports and Events Center as the county looks for a new operator. Club directors Stephanie Wyatt and Joe Deluca say this move would not only help the center with revenue, […]

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) – Owners of the Gainesville Juniors Volleyball Club are hoping now is their chance to become a tenant at the Alachua County Sports and Events Center as the county looks for a new operator.

Club directors Stephanie Wyatt and Joe Deluca say this move would not only help the center with revenue, but also help them serve more families in a bigger building.

They say they currently serve around 350 to 400 families, and want to be a positive, stabilizing force at the sports center during the transition to a new operator.

They are willing to pour in more than $275,000 of direct revenue in one year.

County commissioners voted unanimously to find CP Event Center Operations, L.L.C., a subsidiary of Viking Companies, in default of more than $500,000 in unpaid special assessments.

RELATED: Alachua County Commission boots Celebration Pointe sports center operator over contract issues

Now, county leaders are developing a plan to run it themselves or find a new long-term operator.

“Gives us the opportunity to bring in regional events, volleyball events, that will meet the needs of our community and all of our athletes,“ shared Club Director Stephanie Wyatt. ”But more than that, if we have more space, we can meet the needs of underserved communities or athletes and families in the community.”

Subcontractor RADD Sports sent a letter to the county defending its role, stating it had consistently performed in good faith and covered unpaid management fees to keep the facility running.

RELATED: RADD Sports defends role in letter amid Alachua County Sports and Event Center shakeup

The current operators are only allowed to run the center through the end of September.

“They were not willing to consider us to be part of the facility,” said Club Director Joe DeLuca. “It’s crucial for a variety of reasons: financially, the location of the facility, and as Stephanie has pointed out, the present structure we are in, our lease agreement expires in 9 months.”

Deluca hopes this time they won’t be turned down like they have been in recent years.

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Olympian Chase Budinger Hasn’t Seen 1 NBA Player Who Can Transition to Pro Volleyball

Former NBA player and professional beach volleyball player Chase Budinger, who competed in last year’s Summer Olympics for Team USA, had an honest response when asked whether he thought any NBA players he’s played beach volleyball with could make a transition to that sport on a professional level. “Zero,” Budinger replied. “None. But there has […]

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Former NBA player and professional beach volleyball player Chase Budinger, who competed in last year’s Summer Olympics for Team USA, had an honest response when asked whether he thought any NBA players he’s played beach volleyball with could make a transition to that sport on a professional level.

“Zero,” Budinger replied. “None. But there has been a few guys that have impressed me. Richard Jefferson, J.J. Barea, Bake Griffin, were just some of the few that have come out and played with and can compete and have fun with it, but not the level that we play at.”

To be clear, the question posed to Budinger about a transition to the pros was regarding any basketball players he’s played volleyball with, not necessarily any NBA player in general.

In theory, perhaps someone like 7’3″ San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama could become a pro superstar if he focused and trained for the sport.

Budinger made the switch in 2017 after playing professional hoops for eight years (seven in the NBA). The former University of Arizona star was a phenomenal high school volleyball player, winning Volleyball Magazine’s Mizuno National Player of the Year award and winning three state titles for La Costa Canyon High School (Carlsbad, CA). He also starred in basketball and chose that path before returning to volleyball.

He’s done quite well for himself, playing the sport at the highest international level. The 37-year-old teamed up with Miles Evans in the men’s beach volleyball tournament at the Olympics. They advanced to the knockout round after finishing third in group play and winning their “lucky losers” match.

In the Round of 16, Budinger and Evans fell to the eventual bronze medalists, Norway’s Anders Mol and Christian Sorum.



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MAKING WAVES: Watford water polo team win trophy for fourth year in a row

There’s no stopping Garston-based Watford Water Polo (WWP), who have added yet another trophy to their ever-growing list of achievements. The club’s U14s team travelled to Letchworth Lido last month for the annual Swim England Herts Junior Tournament. A heavy downpour during the opening match failed to deter WWP, who beat rivals Hitchin 7-0. After […]

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There’s no stopping Garston-based Watford Water Polo (WWP), who have added yet another trophy to their ever-growing list of achievements.

The club’s U14s team travelled to Letchworth Lido last month for the annual Swim England Herts Junior Tournament.

A heavy downpour during the opening match failed to deter WWP, who beat rivals Hitchin 7-0.

After a 10-3 win against Northampton and an 8-0 victory against Cambridge, WWP faced Chelmsford in the final.

The match resulted in a resounding 15-0 win for WWP, who secured the Herts trophy for the fourth year in a row.

Luka Guzijan was voted WWP’s most valuable player for the evening, with special mention for goalie Jeremy Rotenberg who only conceded three goals in four matches.

This isn’t WWP’s only recent success, as their Herts League team have also retained the KO Cup for the second year in a row.

WWP train at Watford Leisure Centre – Woodside. Find out more at www.watfordwaterpoloclub.com

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Meet syracuse.com’s 2025 All-CNY small school boys outdoor track and field team

Syracuse, N.Y. — The 2025 All-Central New York small school boys outdoor track and field team features 19 athletes chosen by syracuse.com reporters. Tully’s Ryan Rauber was named the small school boys outdoor track and field athlete of the year at syracuse.com’s 2025 All-Central New York High School Sports Awards at Liverpool High School. The […]

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Syracuse, N.Y. — The 2025 All-Central New York small school boys outdoor track and field team features 19 athletes chosen by syracuse.com reporters.

Tully’s Ryan Rauber was named the small school boys outdoor track and field athlete of the year at syracuse.com’s 2025 All-Central New York High School Sports Awards at Liverpool High School.

The other finalists were Nathan Hanna of Sauquoit Valley, Jack Tagliaferri of Oriskany and Cooper Bradley of Cooperstown.

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No. 8 Iga Swiatek dominated the women’s Wimbledon final on Saturday, defeating No. 13 Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 to win her sixth Grand Slam title in only 57 minutes. Swiatek, 24, became the first woman since 1911 to win the Wimbledon final without losing a single game. After upsetting Aryna Sabalenka — the top-ranked player […]

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No. 8 Iga Swiatek dominated the women’s Wimbledon final on Saturday, defeating No. 13 Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 to win her sixth Grand Slam title in only 57 minutes.

Swiatek, 24, became the first woman since 1911 to win the Wimbledon final without losing a single game.

After upsetting Aryna Sabalenka — the top-ranked player in the world — Anisimova could not find her footing Saturday. She made 28 unforced errors in the loss, and won only 24 points compared to Swiatek’s 55.

“It’s been an incredible fortnight for me, even though I ran out of gas a bit today,” Anisimova said during an on-court interview after the match.

While Swiatek has been dominant on clay in her career (winning the French Open four times), she had not made it further than the quarterfinals of Wimbledon prior to this year. Swiatek’s Wimbledon title is her first Grand Slam win outside of Roland Garros since she won the U.S. Open in 2022.

Entering the tournament ranked fourth in the WTA, Swiatek finished her Wimbledon run in dominant fashion.

She did not lose a single game in her last three sets, and dropped only two games overall in her final two matches of the tournament. Swiatek lost only one set during the entire fortnight.

Swiatek has now won every Grand Slam except the Australian Open.

“Honestly, I didn’t even dream (of this), because for me, it was just, like, way too far, you know?” Swiatek said. “I feel like I’m already an experienced player after winning the Slams before, but I never really expected this one.”

Iga Swiatek describes the feeling of winning Wimbledon

Iga Swiatek wins Wimbledon

The Polish star dominated the Wimbledon final on Saturday, winning 6-0, 6-0 in just 57 minutes.

Tenth straight win for Swiatek

She now leads 6-0, 4-0 and is closing in on the Wimbledon title.

Swiatek takes the third game of the second set

Swiatek is up 6-0, 3-0 in under 45 minutes. Anisimova had her chances in the most recent game, which took over seven minutes to finish. But Swiatek continues to roll.

Swiatek wins her eighth straight game

Swiatek is now up 2-0 in the second set. Anisimova has made 17 unforced errors so far.

Swiatek continues to roll

Swiatek breaks Anisimova again to take the first game of the second set. She’s up 1-0 and now will serve.

Swiatek takes the first set 6-0

Swiatek cruised through the first set with ease, winning 27 points compared to only 9 for Amanda Anisimova.

This is pure dominance from Iga Swiatek

She leads 5-0 after 21 minutes. She’ll now serve for a chance to win the first set 6-0.

Swiatek is up 4-0

In under 20 minutes, Swiatek has won the first four games of the Wimbledon final. Anisimova made 10 errors in that time.

Swiatek now leads the first set 3-0

Wow. Iga Swiatek has already won two break points and leads the first set 3-0.

Through three games, Anisimova has eight unforced errors compared to only two for Swiatek.

How important is the first set?

The winner of the first set has won 16 of the last 17 women’s Wimbledon finals, per the ESPN broadcast.

Swiatek holds serve, goes up 2-0

Iga Swiatek has made quick work of the first two games, losing only two points to Amanda Anisimova so far.

Swiatek wins the opening game

Swiatek made quick work of Anisimova in the opening game, surrendering only one point before breaking Anisimova. Swiatek is now serving up 1-0 in the first set.

Anisimova swerves to Swiatek…

…And the Wimbledon final is underway! Swiatek has already won the first two points.

The players have made their way onto centre court

We’re moments away from the Wimbledon final!

American history on the line if Anisimova wins

If Anisimova wins today, she will become the third American woman to win a Grand Slam this year, after Madison Keys won the Australian Open and Coco Gauff won the French.

Anisimova, at 23, is the youngest American woman to make the Wimbledon final since Serena Williams in 2004. (Williams, then 22, lost to Maria Sharapova.)

Swiatek isn’t only good on clay

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More comfortable on grass courts than ever, Iga Swiatek played as well as she ever has on the slick surface — well, better than ever, actually — to reach her first Wimbledon final by defeating Belinda Bencic 6-2, 6-0 at Centre Court on Thursday.

“I never even dreamt that it’s going to be possible for me to play in the final,” said Swiatek, who has won five Grand Slam titles elsewhere and spent most of 2022, 2023 and 2024 at No. 1 in the WTA rankings.

Good as she is on clay courts, especially, and hard courts, too, Swiatek only once had been as far as the quarterfinals at Wimbledon until this week.

“I’m just super excited and just proud of myself,” the 24-year-old from Poland said after wrapping up the victory over Bencic in just 71 minutes. “Tennis keeps surprising me. I thought I lived through everything, even though I’m young. I thought I experienced everything on the court. But I didn’t experience playing well on grass. That’s the first time.”

Princess of Wales to attend women’s singles final

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Kate, the Princess of Wales, will attend the Wimbledon women’s’ singles final between Iga Swiatek and Amanda Anisimova today.

Wimbledon 2025 - Day Thirteen - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
The Princess of Wales with AELTC chair Deborah Jevans on Day Thirteen Wimbledon Championship, on Saturday.John Walton / PA Images / Getty Images

A big tennis fan, Kate, 42, has been a fixture in the Royal Box for many years, often attending with her husband, Prince William, and other members of the royal family.

Last year, she attended the men’s final between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz.

Swiatek dominated semis with straight set victory

Swiatek cruised to the finals by defeating Belinda Bencic 6-2, 6-0 on Thursday.

Iga Świątek details pre-match music

The Polish star opts for rock ahead of her biggest matches, she told the crowd after winning in the semis.

How to bet Anisimova vs. Swiatek

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NBC Sports’ Drew Dinsick gives his favorite plays for the Iga Swiatek vs. Amanda Anisimova match in the Wimbledon women’s final, evaluating the options with Swiatek as a favorite.

Amanda Anisimova’s path to Wimbledon finalist

Amanda Anisimova, the 12th-ranked women’s tennis player in the world, advanced to the Wimbledon final by shocking top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals Thursday. If she defeats No. 8 Iga Swiatek on Saturday, she’ll capture her first Grand Slam title.

The accomplishment is even more improbable knowing Anisimova temporarily left the sport to focus on her mental health just two years ago.

“I’ve really been struggling with my mental health and burnout since the summer of 2022,” Anisimova wrote on social media on May 5, 2023. “It’s become unbearable being at tennis tournaments. At this point, my priority is my mental well-being and taking a break for some time. I’ve worked as hard as I could to push through it. I will miss being out there, and I appreciate all the continuous support.”

Anisimova returned to competitive play at the Auckland Open in January 2024 and has been slowly but surely climbing back up the ranks since.

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BRITISH F4 ESPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP HONOURS UP FOR GRABS TONIGHT IN …

The final round of the 2024 British F4 Esports Championship gets underway tonight, with Graham Carroll and Henry Moore in a close battle for top honours. The 2024 British F4 Esports Championship title fight has been an absolute cracker so far, with Guild Academy’s Henry Moore and Scuderia Ferrari HP Esports Team’s Graham Carroll engaged in a […]

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The final round of the 2024 British F4 Esports Championship gets underway tonight, with Graham Carroll and Henry Moore in a close battle for top honours.

The 2024 British F4 Esports Championship title fight has been an absolute cracker so far, with Guild Academy’s Henry Moore and Scuderia Ferrari HP Esports Team’s Graham Carroll engaged in a season-long fight for top honours in the Motorsport UK-sanctioned series.

Throughout seven double-header rounds on some of the UK’s finest tracks (plus Zandvoort!), the pair have been the class of the field, combining pace and points scoring at every opportunity.

Carroll has the upper hand heading into the Brands Hatch GP finale, leading his rookie rival by 36 points after a consistent display in Round 7, but with 45 points for a race victory, the fight for the Drivers’ championship is still very much on.

The Teams’ championship is also balanced on a knife edge, with Ferrari and Guild Esports coming into the last round separated by 17 points.

A late-season resurgence for Guild’s Remy Gilbert and Leo Brown has seen Ferrari’s lead disappear, in part due to Gergo Baldi’s run of patchy results.

Ironically, Moore’s championship lead was wiped out in Round 7 after a clash with Baldi, adding another element of drama to proceedings.

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British F4 Esports Championship Prizes

The British F4 Esports Championship winner will be invited to the star-studded Motorsport UK’s Night of Champions to receive their official British Championship Trophy alongside other victors from the prestigious British Touring Car Championship, British GT Championship and British Rally Championship series.

In terms of prizes, Motorsport UK has listened to team feedback from previous seasons of British F4 Esports and focused on real-world motorsport opportunities and experiences for 2024.

As a result, the winning team will receive three entries into The Club100 Experience karting series and a 30-minute test session, with the second and third-place outfits receiving two and one entry respectively.

The top three teams will also receive a full day of intensive single-seater simulator training with a qualified engineer at Base Performance Simulators, with four hospitality tickets to a 2025 ROKiT British F4 Championship event available to the winning squad.

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