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First, he helped bankroll a presidential campaign. Now, a college football program.

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First, he helped bankroll a presidential campaign. Now, a college football program.

And now, after a Supreme Court ruling eased restrictions on college athletes profiting from their name, image and likeness (commonly referred to as NIL) in recent years — a ruling that’s opened the floodgates for outside groups to essentially pay players to attend their preferred school — Ellison made another splash, helping to pay for the deal that prompted a top high school quarterback recruit to flip his commitment from Louisiana State University to the University of Michigan.The NCAA has been working through a settlement related to a series of antitrust lawsuits that could allow schools to pay athletes directly, bringing potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in payments to athletes in house and creating a new clearinghouse to approve deals. The details are still not finalized — the settlement has received preliminary approval in court ahead of more action in the coming months, and it’s unclear how it would mesh with sometimes contradictory state laws on NIL payments — but it appears that significant change is on the horizon. “It’s pro sports. I was on the phone this morning and comparing it with an agent — essentially, it’s unrestricted free agency, every six months, with no rules. It’s just the ability for the deepest pockets to go acquire the top talent every cycle.” “The kids deserve a piece of the pie, I’m glad the NCAA is allowing it to happen. I think the façade of NIL is baloney. Let’s just call it what it is — pay for play — let’s let them collectively bargain, let’s create a cap, let’s pay these football kids and basketball kids and let them earn some dollars because they’re bringing in hundreds of millions, right?”Jesse Hunt, a Republican strategist and former college football player, noted how the vaunted recruiting classes at Texas A&M when Jimbo Fisher was the coach didn’t pan out as expected, arguing that there are certain intangibles in both sports and politics — locker room cohesion and motivation, for example, in sports, and the winning issues in politics — that aren’t necessarily for sale. Ellison, the chairman and founder of the tech company Oracle, has an estimated net worth of almost 0 billion, according to Forbes, which pegs him the fourth richest person in the world. Over the last 12 years, he’s given more than million to federal campaigns and outside groups, according to records filed with the Federal Election Commission.“The current model is not sustainable for 90% plus of these teams. It isn’t doable to lean on your donors — you’ve already asked them to build new stadiums and fund scholarships and now we’re saying, wait a minute, now we have to pay kids and we need to to do that, too,” the Power 4 conference NIL official said, calling the looming settlement “a good shift, but not a perfect shift.” In 2022, The Athletic reported that a top college football quarterback recruit had signed an million contract (while the identity of that player was not immediately clear, the reporter later said it was Tennessee’s Nico Iamaleava). Two years later, a lawsuit filed by former University of Florida quarterback Jaden Rashada centered on his NIL deal and claimed he was offered .5 million to attend the University of Miami but chose Florida in part because of its .85 million offer. And the athletic director at Ohio State, which is set to face off in the college football championship game on Monday, told media outlets in 2024 that its NIL collective and the broader “ecosystem” gave its football players “around million” in NIL deals in the previous year. “Just because your opponent is outspending you by million the final week of the campaign, it doesn’t matter if the other factors are on your side. If your team plays together well, you have better coaching, better play callers, you can pull the upset.”Underwood’s high-profile decision to decommit from LSU and promise to go to Michigan instead made headlines across the sports world. And in the following days, Ellison’s involvement became clear. And Dave Portnoy, the Barstool Sports founder and podcast host, took a victory lap on a podcast, going into detail about how Ellison and his wife, a Michigan graduate, reached out to team up after Portnoy said he was willing to spend millions of his own money to “go get us a quarterback.”A statement from “Champions Circle,” the NIL collective affiliated with Michigan, pointedly thanked “Larry and his wife Jolin who were instrumental” in securing Underwood’s recruitment “by providing Champions Circle with invaluable guidance and financial resources.” His first multimillion political donation came in 2012, when he sent million to the Restore Our Future super PAC supporting then-GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney (before donating another million weeks later). That presidential campaign was the first after the Supreme Court paved the way for super PACs by allowing unlimited donations to some outside political groups, and Ellison was one of the pro-Romney super PAC’s largest donors. Shortly after the Supreme Court greenlit unlimited donations to political committees known as super PACs over a decade ago, billionaire tech CEO Larry Ellison began to cut multimillion-dollar checks aimed at influencing politics at the highest levels. “Right now, the current world of college sports is the Wild West,” he said. “Name, image and likeness, open transfer portals — it is, I think, endangering the future inviability of college athletics. I think Congress needs to step in and legislate.”While the scope of Ellison’s personal wealth is an unprecedented development in the NIL landscape, it’s the outgrowth of an explosion of NIL money in college sports in the years since the rules changes. Top college players can earn hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars through NIL deals with school collectives and other organizations. While the terms of those deals aren’t usually disclosed, there’s been a steady drip of reporting making the largess clear. Supreme Court rulings in the early 2010s reset the entire political landscape and created a brand-new playbook for how to run campaigns. Donations from both individuals and corporations used to be capped, vastly limiting the amount of political spending each election cycle. But over time, candidates and political parties have become dependent on these outside efforts aimed at boosting their campaigns, and spending has ballooned over time. In 2012, outside spending hit more than 0 million. By 2024, that number has doubled. “They have rabid fan bases, they are very driven financially — especially in the college ranks now, where collectives have expedited what that looks like — and then you have the high-net-worth individuals wanting to play a part in this through their resources,” he said. “They are both driven by results and winning. You have very clear, defined moments when success comes about — when the clock strikes zero, and on Election Day when the polls close.” College sports appears to be facing a similar moment, after federal court rulings and subsequent NCAA rules paved the way for college athletes to receive compensation from outside groups by selling the rights to their name, image and likeness. It’s fundamentally transformed recruiting, particularly for high revenue-generating sports like football and basketball. Now, NIL collectives affiliated with college programs play a big role in the recruiting landscape, wooing student athletes with contracts that can total in the millions. The widespread agreement for more regulation is a far different reality than the campaign finance system. Despite calls from many Democrats and some Republicans to change the way political campaigns and outside groups operate — adding more disclosures or reinstating donation caps — there’s been no fundamental campaign finance reform since those court cases changed the landscape more than a decade ago, as lawmakers and operatives from both parties have benefited politically and financially from the newer landscape. One major difference in the political and NIL megadonor landscape is that more regulation is coming in college sports. “Big money is becoming very dominant, not just in American politics but all of American athletics, too. Look how much Juan Soto is signing for,” Carville said, referring to the All-Star baseball player who signed a 5 million contract with the New York Mets this offseason. “It’s hard to criticize that the only reason you wouldn’t do it yourself is you just don’t have that much money. If he [Ellison] had donated to LSU, he’d be the most popular guy in Baton Rouge.”Democrats significantly outspent President-elect Donald Trump in each of the last three elections, finishing with one win and two losses — proof that, in both sports and politics, while it’s good to be well funded, it’s not the be-all and end-all. The decision by Bryce Underwood sent shockwaves through the college football landscape.“The second you get anyone worth looking at — yoink, he’s mine,” Portnoy said about how other schools won’t be able to compete with Ellison’s wealth. “When our guy, Larry Ellison, zeroes in on somebody, it’s a done deal.” Lolli, who previously worked for former Ohio Republican Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (a college football standout and former NFL wide receiver who was one of the early advocates on Capitol Hill for NIL reform), said the similarities between politics and college sports make college sports fertile ground for political megadonors to explore. Ellison, through a spokesman at Oracle, declined to comment for this article. And there’s no public indication about whether the investment was a one-time deal or if he will continue to use his largesse to help Michigan’s recruiting. “You have Larry Ellison and these high net-worth individuals that were like, ‘Well, I know how this one world works, being politics, so why can I not do the same thing in college now?’ Collectives — I’ve been calling them super PACs for athletic departments from Day One,” Lolli said. Members of Congress from both parties have been also batting around potential legislation of their own, even though partisan differences remain. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, the new chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, called reforming college athletics “a priority” on his podcast in November. James Carville, the longtime Democratic strategist and vocal LSU fan, told NBC News that while it’s clear there’s “much more money in sports and politics” than ever before, it’s hardly a new dynamic in either realm. But once Ellison’s involvement was revealed, it sent another message, too — just like in politics, megadonors have a new avenue to directly influence another arena, thanks to rules allowing for uncapped donations. Portnoy needled his colleagues on the Barstool podcast, arguing that Michigan’s newfound “unlimited” resources will change the landscape of the sport. “There are four or five premium positions in football and they cost a lot of money,” Hunt said. “That’s what you have to pay if you want to win national championships. … You don’t have to spend the most money, but you have to spend.”Deep pockets remain important for those looking to compete in sports and politics, but most agree it’s not always the end all, be all. “Democrats spent over billion,” Carville said, “and, I don’t know, there will be people on earth who try to figure out to what avail.”Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., who has co-sponsored his own reforms, told NBC News he’s “more deeply concerned about the monetization of college sports and the predominance of funding, whether it’s by donors or alumni, to attract and entice athletes, and in effect, make them pawns of a system.” He added he believes lawmakers are “on the cusp of making some progress toward a bipartisan bill.”Tim Lolli, a former Republican congressional and campaign staffer who is now the director of sports strategy and growth at Causeway Solutions, told NBC News that it’s no surprise that the intersection of sports and politics will continue to grow because “the worlds just operate very similarly.”Another reason why Ellison’s involvement in Michigan’s recruiting sticks out is because the collective and its allies (mainly, Portnoy) went public. Similarly to the world of campaign finance, there are easy ways for donors to avoid public disclosure. Many collectives are nonprofits or structured like other groups that do not have to disclose individual donors, similar to how billions of dollars of political donations flow through nonprofits that don’t have to disclose their donors compared to groups that do.“Jolin, on that first phone call, she’s like, ‘I needed somebody to step up from Michigan and show that they cared as much as I did,’” Portnoy said. “In July of 2021, the NCAA thought they were doing something great for the first time. But what they didn’t know was there were a bunch of these, call them super PACs, LLCs or 501(c)(3)s, ready to find ways, legitimate ways, to funnel money to athletes,” a top NIL collective official at a Power 4 conference program, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to provide their candid views about the college football landscape, told NBC News. In the 2016 presidential race, Ellison donated million to a super PAC backing the GOP presidential campaign of Sen. Marco Rubio, of Florida. But the vast majority of his political donations have come since then, as he has spent the last few years helping to fill South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott’s political coffers by donating million to an outside group that supports Scott (money that was integral to the senator’s 2024 Republican presidential bid).

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Flashback 100: Scane’s Record-Setting Lacrosse Run Began at Cranbrook Kingswood

A four-year varsity standout at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood, Izzy Scane rewrote the MHSAA record book for her sport while leading the Cranes to four MHSAA Finals appearances and two championships from 2015-18. She scored at least three goals in all four of those title-deciding games, with seven goals in a thrilling 17-16 double-overtime win […]

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She scored at least three goals in all four of those title-deciding games, with seven goals in a thrilling 17-16 double-overtime win over East Grand Rapids in the 2017 Division 2 Final and five goals with an assist in an 18-6 championship win over Okemos as a senior in 2018.

Her 461 career goals stood as the state record until 2024, and she still holds the record for career points with 577, combining 461 goals and 116 assists over 93 games. In total, she is listed 14 times in the MHSAA record book.

After high school, Scane starred at Northwestern University. She helped the Wildcats reach five NCAA Tournaments, with the Wildcats winning the Division I national title in 2023 and finishing runners-up in 2024. She played in national semifinals her other three seasons.

Scane’s college career also was record-setting. In 2021, she led the nation with 6.12 goals per game, scoring 98 in just 16 games — still the best goals-per-game average in NCAA history. In 2024, she broke the NCAA Division I career goals record, finishing with 376 and 483 points over 84 games. She surpassed the previous goals record of 358 set by Charlotte North and ended as the second-highest point scorer in NCAA history. She also holds multiple NCAA championship tournament records, including most career goals with 63 and most career points with 86.

Scane was named winner of the Tewaaraton Award — the top honor in college lacrosse — in both 2023 and 2024. She also earned Big Ten Attacker of the Year three times and was recognized with numerous All-America honors.

After college, she was selected first overall in the 2024 Athletes Unlimited Lacrosse college draft and played in that league until it ended after her first season. She now plays in the Women’s Lacrosse League.

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April 23: Legacy Program Provided Start for Pioneering NBA Official Schroeder – Read
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March 28: Youngquist’s Times Still Among MHSAA’s Fastest – Read
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Feb. 27: Zeerip’s Mat Stats Remain Rarely-Challenged Chart Toppers – Read
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Feb. 14: Detroit Central Star Voted into Pro Football Hall of Fame – Read
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Jan. 17: First-Ever WNBA Draft Pick Rocked at Salem, Won Titles at Tennessee – Read
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Jan. 3: Edison’s Jackson Earns Place Among State’s All-Time Elite – Read
Dec. 20: Future Olympian Piper Leads Grosse Pointe North to Historic Heights – Read
Dec. 13: The Other Mr. Forsythe in Michigan School Sports – Read
Dec. 6: Coleman’s Legendary Heroics Carry Harrison Through Repeat – Read
Nov. 29: Harbaugh Brothers’ Football Roots Planted in Part at Pioneer – Read
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Nov. 15: Leland Career Helps Set Stage for Glass’ International Stardom – Read
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Oct. 25: Before Leading Free World, Ford Starred for Champion GR South – Read
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Fried ’25 finishes men’s lacrosse career with all-America team honor

Story Links 2025 USILA Division III Men’s All-America Team Hamilton College goalie Jack Fried ’25 (Larchmont, N.Y./Mamaroneck HS) was selected for the 2025 U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Division III Men’s All-America Team on Thursday, May 22 when the organization announced their award […]

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Hamilton College goalie Jack Fried ’25 (Larchmont, N.Y./Mamaroneck HS) was selected for the 2025 U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Division III Men’s All-America Team on Thursday, May 22 when the organization announced their award winners.

Fried, who made the second team in 2024, was one of 15 goalies who received honorable mention recognition. Players selected for all-American were nominated by their coach and then received votes from the All-American Committee.

Fried played in the USILA Division III Men’s Senior All-Star Game for the North team on Friday, May 23. He finished the season with a 10.98 goals against average, a .543 save percentage and 175 saves in 14 starts. Fried ended up with exactly 500 career saves — just the fifth goalie in Hamilton men’s lacrosse history to reach the milestone.

Fried registered 16 stops twice in back-to-back conference wins against Trinity College and Williams College. He turned away 13 shots, including one with 4.5 seconds left in the fourth quarter, in a 12-11 victory against conference opponent Connecticut College. Fried made 15 saves in an overtime setback at Bowdoin College in a 2025 New England Small College Athletic Conference championship quarterfinal.

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Tennessee’s AD just dropped a bombshell and It could change college sports forever

SEC AD says the only way forward for college athletics is collective bargaining If you’re a fan of college athletics—especially here in the heart of Big Blue Nation—you’ve probably felt the ground shifting under your feet. And now, Tennessee athletic director Danny White just confirmed what many feared and others suspected: “Collective bargaining… is the […]

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SEC AD says the only way forward for college athletics is collective bargaining

If you’re a fan of college athletics—especially here in the heart of Big Blue Nation—you’ve probably felt the ground shifting under your feet. And now, Tennessee athletic director Danny White just confirmed what many feared and others suspected:

“Collective bargaining… is the only solution.”

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That’s not just a hot take. That’s a full-on detonation of the NCAA’s traditional model.

White, alongside University of Tennessee Chancellor Donde Plowman, is sounding the alarm as the House v. NCAA settlement barrels toward final approval. And if their words prove prophetic, college sports could be on the verge of becoming something unrecognizable.

Let’s break down what’s going on—and why it could matter as much to Kentucky basketball fans as the Final Four itself.

What is collective bargaining, anyway?

Think labor union.

Collective bargaining is when a group of workers—usually through a union—negotiate with their employer as a group. The goal? Better pay, better benefits, and better treatment.

Instead of every athlete trying to secure their own NIL deal or fight for medical care alone, they’d have unified representation. It’s how teachers, factory workers, and professional athletes hammer out contracts.

So what White is really saying is this:

Let’s make the NCAA the employer. Let’s make athletes employees. Let’s negotiate a binding contract for everyone.

That’s a seismic shift.

Why now? House v. NCAA and the $2.8 Billion ticking time bomb

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The call for collective bargaining comes just as the NCAA prepares to settle three landmark lawsuits—House, Hubbard, and Carter v. NCAA—in a deal worth $2.8 billion over 10 years. That deal would compensate past athletes denied NIL revenue and let schools share up to 22% of their annual revenue—around $20-22 million per school—with current players.

That sounds like a win, right?

Well, not exactly.

Critics say the deal:

Imposes a salary cap that could be illegal.
Fails to protect women’s sports or non-revenue athletes.
Limits fair-market NIL deals via a new regulatory clearinghouse.
Reduces scholarship opportunities, replacing them with “roster limits.”
Was negotiated without direct athlete input.
Favors big schools.

Even if U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken signs off—which appears likely—the lawsuits won’t stop. Lawyers are lining up for more already before it even becomes official. The Department of Justice is watching. And no one knows where the new rules will land.

White’s message is clear: This patchwork system is broken. Let’s build a new one.

But collective bargaining isn’t simple folks.

Turning college sports into a unionized labor force brings its own massive complications, including:

Who’s in the union? Just football and basketball players? Or every athlete, from gymnastics to golf?
Are athletes now employees? If so, what about their scholarships, taxes, and transfer freedom?
Title IX nightmares. Equal pay under employment laws could spark lawsuits from every corner.
School-by-school chaos. Will Kentucky negotiate a different deal than Florida or Alabama?
Who represents the athletes? NIL collectives? New unions? The NCAA’s not exactly trusted here.
And what happens if an athlete goes on strike before the NCAA Tournament?

The potential for chaos is real—but so is the potential for progress.

What it means for Kentucky and the SEC

Kentucky has always operated like a blue-blood NBA franchise in March and a southern football school in October. But with revenue-sharing, NIL regulations, and employment classifications in play, schools like UK may have to rethink everything about how they build rosters, fund Olympic sports even more, and even recruit.

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Mark Pope’s Wildcats may benefit from a clearer, more structured compensation model—especially as ticket sales and TV money continue to grow. But it could also limit flexibility and bring unexpected legal challenges to Rupp Arena’s doorstep.

So what say you, BBN?

Do you want college sports to work like the pros?
Do you trust the NCAA, or anyone, to enforce a fair system for everyone?
Or is collective bargaining—the kind Danny White is calling for—the only real path forward?

We’re entering a new era of college athletics. The question is no longer if change is coming—but how much, and how fast.

And for once, Kentucky might not be able to dribble past the politics after all. Interesting times indeed.

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Cowboys Wrap Up Day One Of NCAA Action

Round 1 Results CARLSBAD, Calif. – Oklahoma State’s men’s golf team posted a 5-over 293 during the first day of play at the NCAA Championship on Friday to stand in a tie for 14th place at the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa. The second-ranked Cowboys finished the day in a five-way tie for their positioning […]

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Round 1 Results

CARLSBAD, Calif. –

Oklahoma State’s men’s golf team posted a 5-over 293 during the first day of play at the NCAA Championship on Friday to stand in a tie for 14th place at the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa.

The second-ranked Cowboys finished the day in a five-way tie for their positioning at the par-72, 7,480-yard layout. OSU will begin its second round four shots outside of the top 10.

Sophomore Preston Stout led the way for OSU individually, posting a 1-under 71 to come in tied for 25th place. Starting on the back nine, Stout bogeyed two of his first five holes before carding birdies at the 15th and 18th to get back to even for the day. He would sandwich a bogey at the third with birdies at the second and fourth to stand at 1-under for the day with five to play.

Stout posted his fifth birdie of the day at the sixth before carding a bogey at the seventh on his way to a 1-under 35 on his second nine of the day.

Sophomore Ethan Fang also posted five birdies during his round before ultimately signing for a 1-over 73 to share 47th place.

Sophomore Eric Lee’s 74 tied him for 63rd place.

Freshman Filip Fahlberg-Johnsson and sophomore Gaven Lane each signed for 3-over 75s to finish the day tied for 79th place.

OSU will begin its second round tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. (CST) and will be grouped with Auburn and Ole Miss. Live scoring is available at scoreboard.clippd.com.

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Technology Exhibits Preview, Part 2

SVG College Summit 2025 is fast approaching and attendees will enjoy the opportunity to browse an exhibit hall loaded with the latest sports-specific production gear aimed directly at the needs of collegiate athletics video content creators. In the days leading up to the Summit, SVG is highlighting the Technology Exhibits on display at the Hyatt Regency […]

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SVG College Summit 2025 is fast approaching and attendees will enjoy the opportunity to browse an exhibit hall loaded with the latest sports-specific production gear aimed directly at the needs of collegiate athletics video content creators.

In the days leading up to the Summit, SVG is highlighting the Technology Exhibits on display at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Atlanta on May 28-29. Support our sponsors and visit the SVG College Summit Technology Showcases on Wednesday, May 28 from 2:00 – 7:00 p.m. and Thursday, May 29 from 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

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Kokusai Denki

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Lawo is a global technology partner with a long history of delivering innovative solutions for live media production workflows. Visit us at Stand 112 to discover how the agility of HOME Apps can benefit your facility. And don’t miss our case study about the University of Nebraska’s road to IP!

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Take your athletics coverage to the next level and stream every sport. LiveU revolutionizes how athletics departments in schools of any size produce and distribute live content. No more cabling cameras, dealing with small press boxes, fibering venues or worrying about bandwidth limitations. Start offering your coaches and athletics departments the ability to stream every sport, wherever it is using our Lightweight Sports Production solution.

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Lumen Vyvx Broadcast Solutions power the world’s top media companies with seamless video services. From live sports to nonstop news, our comprehensive video transport solutions ensure flawless delivery, leveraging our cutting-edge fiber backbone and global edge network. Experience the future of broadcasting with Lumen Vyvx!

Mobile TV Group

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Mobile TV Group is the most innovative live production facility designer, builder, and provider in the U.S., with a strong focus on technology and engineering. We now offer the Edge series, a turnkey software and cloud based production solution to fulfill all of your production needs and requirements.

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MyCaseBuilder creates high-quality custom foam inserts for hard cases and hundreds of other needs, with exceptional customer service at every step. You can design your foam with our easy online desktop app or rely on our ProDesign team. From single cases to large orders, we’re here to deliver precision and care. Custom foam perfected.

Riedel Communications

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Riedel Communications designs, manufactures, and distributes pioneering real-time video, audio, data, and communications networks for broadcast, pro audio, event, sports, theater, and security applications. The company also provides rental services for radio and intercom systems, event IT solutions, fiber backbones, and wireless signal transmission systems that scale easily for events of any size, anywhere in the world. Riedel is headquartered in Wuppertal, Germany and employs over 1000 people in 30 locations throughout Europe, Australia, Asia, and the Americas.

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About Sony Electronics’ Imaging Products and Solutions – Americas Sony offers legendary imaging tools ranging from Alpha full-frame to their award-winning Cinema Line, PTZ and Super 35mm System Cameras with global shutter, giving creators the ultimate in versatility and flexibility to help them create their storytelling through new and creative ways and from unique vantage points.

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Tata Communications Media are demonstrating our college ecosystem based live production, fan engagement, MAM and playout solutions to save money, create better workflows and generate more revenue.

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For nearly thirty years, Telestream has been at the forefront of innovation in the digital video industry. The company develops products for media processing and workflow orchestration, live capture, production, live streaming, video quality assurance, virtual events and video hosting, content management and video and audio test solutions.

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Teradek, a Videndum plc brand, designs and manufactures high-performance, award-winning video solutions for live situational awareness and broadcast production. From wireless video transmission and live video contribution, to SaaS solutions for interagency collaboration, Teradek technology is used around the world to securely capture and distribute ultra-low latency video for mission-critical applications.

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Explore The Studio B&H’s hybrid ST 2110 workflow for college sports production. Featuring broadcast and robotic cameras plus baseband to ST 2110 converters, these scalable IP solutions support live streaming, in-venue production, and remote workflows. Deliver professional-grade results from the field to the control room with seamless IP integration.

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Vislink is a global leader in live video and data communication technology – delivering reliable, secure transmissions. Specializing in premium RF and 5G transmitters and receivers, wireless live video broadcast encoders and decoders, and AI technology to provide cutting-edge solutions for seamless video transmission and reception. Trusted by defense, public safety, and broadcasters worldwide, Vislink technology is relied upon to provide business and mission critical live video at the point of need.

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Vizrt is the leader in real-time graphics and live production solutions for content creators. With 25 years of innovation across news, sports, entertainment, and beyond, Vizrt has reshaped how video is created and shared. Enabling more stories, better told—with craft, vision, and powerful tools trusted by the world’s top media brands.

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VOGO NA is pleased to sponsor and exhibit at the SVG College Summit. Visit Booth 306 to see VOKKERO’s trusted officiating audio systems and VOGO’s innovative, cost-effective video review solutions used by NCAA and FIFA. Together, they deliver reliable, conference-ready communication and replay technology. For more info, visit www.vogo-group.com or contact Bob D’Ostilio at [email protected] or 203-271-2885.

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Fried ’25 selected to play in men’s lacrosse senior all-star game

Story Links 2025 USILA Division III Senior All-Star Game Roster Watch Live Hamilton College goalie Jack Fried ’25 (Larchmont, N.Y./Mamaroneck HS) was selected for the 2025 U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Division III Men’s Senior All-Star Game North roster […]

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May 24, 2025

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Hamilton College goalie Jack Fried ’25 (Larchmont, N.Y./Mamaroneck HS) was selected for the 2025 U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Division III Men’s Senior All-Star Game North roster on Thursday, May 22 when the USILA announced the game’s rosters.

The game is scheduled for Friday, May 23 at Roger Williams University in Bristol, R.I., and starts at 4 p.m.

Fried was one of two goalies on the North roster. He was a USILA honorable mention all-American and all-NESCAC first team honoree in 2025. Fried finished the season with a 10.98 goals against average, a .543 save percentage and 175 saves in 14 starts. He ended up with exactly 500 career saves — just the fifth goalie in Hamilton men’s lacrosse history to reach the milestone.

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