- Chris R|June 16th, 2025|2.4 min| 2 comments on The Inverse Brand Tax|Features, Football, Hall of Fame, Men's Basketball, News, Pride+ All, UD Athletics|47|
A brand tax is the perceived or additional cost (monetary or reputational) incurred due to the immutable characteristics or reputation of a brand. In Dayton’s case and the rest of [.....]
- Chris R|June 13th, 2025|8.2 min| 2 comments on Olympic Sports: Shared Nervousness|Baseball, Features, Football, Golf, Hall of Fame, Men's Basketball, Men's Soccer, News, Softball, Tennis, Track & Field/Cross Country, UD Athletics, Volleyball, Women's Soccer|67|
One of the largest potential consequences of NIL-driven reforms is the impact on non-revenue or "Olympic" sports, such as women’s basketball, soccer, volleyball, track and field, swimming, gymnastics, and wrestling. [.....]
- Chris R|June 11th, 2025|4.2 min| 18 comments on The Portal: Progress and Pitfalls|Features, Hall of Fame, Men's Basketball, News, UD Athletics|111|
Since its launch in 2018, the NCAA transfer portal has reshaped college athletics in ways that redefined how universities and student-athletes navigate the competitive landscape of over 30 sanctioned sports. [.....]
- Chris R|June 9th, 2025|6 min| 11 comments on The Case for NIL|Features, Hall of Fame, Men's Basketball, News, UD Athletics|136|
Before the NCAA settlement, top college athletes spent decades weighing a difficult choice of two extremes: leave school early to turn professional and start earning money, or stay in school [.....]
- Chris R|June 6th, 2025|5.8 min| 3 comments on Oligarchs: A Financial Arms Race|Features, Hall of Fame, Men's Basketball, News|140|
Exclusive media rights contracts are driven by the coalition of household brands, expanding the reach of Super Conferences from coast to coast. Valuable brands like USC, UCLA, Washington, and Oregon [.....]
- Chris R|June 4th, 2025|5.5 min| 8 comments on The Foundation|Features, Hall of Fame, Men's Basketball, News, UD Athletics|176|
House v. NCAA Settlement In the most significant legal shift in the history of amateur athletics, the NCAA and the Power Four (P4) conferences reached a $2.8 billion settlement in [.....]
- Chris R|June 2nd, 2025|5.2 min| 6 comments on Prologue|Features, Hall of Fame, Men's Basketball, News, UD Athletics|217|
The landscape of college athletics is rapidly evolving due to recent court rulings and legislative changes concerning Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) rights. The developments have fundamentally altered the fabric [.....]
- Swampy Meadows|March 25th, 2025|4.7 min| 15 comments on Over And Out|Features, From the Swamp, Hall of Fame, Men's Basketball|864|
Twenty-five years is a lengthy time to do anything. That’s how long that yours truly has been penning “From the Swamp.” It’s been a labor of love, because as my [.....]