Big Ten Conference
Big Ten agrees Greenfly deal to help college athletes monetise their content
US college athletes competing in the Big Ten Conference are to be given the chance to build their personal brands and explore commercial opportunities via the use of digital media clips featuring them…
Mass exodus leaves Pac-12 with four teams in college sports shake-up
The Pac-12, one of the Power Five conferences, has been left with just four teams after a series of re-alignments in college sports
Big Ten names Petitti as commissioner
The Big Ten Conference has announced that Tony Petitti has become the seventh commissioner of the college athletic conference, beginning his tenure on May 15
Sportradar, Big Ten sign two-year OTT streaming extension
Sportradar has agreed a renewal through the 2024-25 college athletics season with the Big Ten Network to run its streaming service, B1G+
Big Ten hires TurnKeyZRG in commissioner search
The Big Ten Conference's Council of Presidents and Chancellors (COP/C) has selected TurnKeyZRG to lead the search for the collegiate conference's next commissioner after Kevin Warren left the conference…
Kevin Warren named Chicago Bears president, CEO
The National Football League's Chicago Bears have named Kevin Warren as their president and chief executive officer, replacing Ted Phillips who retired at the end of the season
Big Ten’s Warren emerging as candidate for top Bears job
Conference commissioner potentially in line to succeed retiring Phillips
UC Regents allow UCLA to join Big Ten, include conditions
The University of California Regents voted 11-5 to not block the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) from leaving the Pac-12 conference for the rival Big Ten, but the college will have to pay compensation…
Big Ten signs landmark media rights deals with CBS, Fox, NBC
Agreements are by far the most lucrative conference pacts in US college sports history
Frank Supovitz on imagining the next generation of sports events
In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Frank Supovitz, president and chief experience officer of Fast Traffic Events & Entertainment. Fisher and Russo also discuss the National Football League’s development of its NFL+ streaming service, ongoing changes in United States college sports fueled in part by the Big Ten and American Athletic Conferences, the state of the trading cards and collectibles industry, key upcoming business decisions for the NFL, and the improving financial state of LaLiga giants FC Barcelona.
Warren open to even further expansion for Big Ten Conference
US college sports executive vows to be 'aggressive' and 'embrace change'
Brad Griffith on creating new markets in ticketing through Gametime
In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Brad Griffith, founder and chief executive of mobile-focused ticketing company Gametime. Fisher and Russo also discuss the dramatic move of the University of Southern California and University of California-Los Angeles to the Big Ten Conference, the Big 12 Conference’s hire of new commissioner Brett Yormark, the completion of the revived United States Football League’s first season and new search for additional partners, an investment by US-based Sixth Street into a share of FC Barcelona’s television rights for LaLiga, developing expansion plans for the National Women’s Soccer League, and additional legal turmoil for Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays.
USC, UCLA joining Big Ten Conference in bombshell move
Dramatic shifts further accelerate massive change hitting US college sports
Kevin Warren looks to guide Big Ten through transformative period in US college sports
Facing perhaps the largest set of transformational developments in the history of US college sports, Big Ten Conference commissioner Kevin Warren looks to use the well-being and opportunity of the student-athlete as a guiding principle. He discusses the fast-changing industry landscape with SportBusiness US Editor Eric Fisher.
Vasu Kulkarni on the still-exploding market for trading cards and collectibles
In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Vasu Kulkarni, partner with Courtside Ventures, a New York-based venture capital firm. Eric and Chris also discuss the implications of Fanatics’ dramatic entry into the sports trading card market, the new alliance between the Atlantic Coast, Big Ten, and Pac-12 Conferences; and the arrival of the 2021 US Open in tennis.
ACC, Big Ten, Pac-12 complete formal alliance
New working relationship to involve scheduling, collaboration on numerous core issues
ACC, Big Ten, Pac-12 Conferences discuss potential alliance
Trio of Power Five conferences explore partnership based in part on scheduling
Former Big Ten commissioner Delany to advise ShotTracker
Veteran college sports administrator aiding data and analytics company