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Cedar Rapids Gazette: The University of Iowa is fully reinstating its women’s swimming and diving team after a federal judge in December found athlet

A University of Iowa professor advising athletics called the rules prohibiting student-athletes from making money sinister and unfair, saying the players should share in real income, not just scholarships.

Kentucky AD Joins New Members of CFP Playoff Committee The College Football Playoff finalized its new members for the 2021-2022 college football season, and once again the SEC is represented.  Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart joins NC State athletic director Boo Corrigan, Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte, former Nebraska All-American linebacker Will Shields, and CFB hall-of-fame member Joe Taylor. Barnhart is the longest acting athletic director in the SEC, and also serves as t...

Longhorns AD Chris Del Conte Named To CFP Selection Committee Texas Longhorns athletic director Chris Del Conte was been named as one of five members of the College Football Playoff Committee on Tuesday Author: Jan 26, 2021 Texas Longhorns Athletic Director Chris Del Conte was named to the College Football Playoff selection committee, making him one of five active members within the panel.  College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock announced the new group of selectors on Tuesday...

Bevo’s Daily Roundup: Texas AD Chris Del Conte added to CFP selection committee Share this story Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images Five folks were added to the College Football Playoff selection committee. Texas Longhorns athletic director Chris Del Conte was among them, the From the Statesman: “Del Conte will be joined by fellow athletic directors from Kentucky (Mitch Barnhart), North Carolina State (Boo Corrigan) and Virginia Union (Joe Taylor) along with former Nebraska All-American Wil...

The college football playoff committee announced five new members will join its panel on Tuesday. Pro Football Hall of Famer Will Shields, Virginia Union athletic director Joe Taylor, Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart, NC State athletic director Boo Corrigan, and Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte will begin their three-year terms this spring. The CFP committee also consists of 10 FBS commissioners, including Notre Dames Jack Swarbrick. The new influx of evaluators will replace the...

IOWA CITY, Iowa — A federal judge says she will grant an injunction to stop the University of Iowa from dropping women’s swimming for the 2021-2022 school year. U.S. District Judge Stephanie Rose announced the decision Tuesday at the end of a two-day hearing on a Title IX complaint filed by four female swimmers, the Iowa City Press-Citizen  reported. The lawsuit said the university is exacerbating the situation by dropping women’s swimming and diving teams when it already offers fewer op...

December 23, 2020 GMT IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge says she will grant an injunction to stop the University of Iowa from dropping women’s swimming for the 2021-2022 school year. U.S. District Judge Stephanie Rose announced the decision Tuesday at the end of a two-day hearing on a Title IX complaint filed by four female swimmers, the Iowa City Press-Citizen reported. The lawsuit said the university is exacerbating the situation by dropping women’s swimming and diving teams when ...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA As coronavirus surges, Gov. Gavin Newsom explains why Pasadena’s Rose Bowl game has to hit the road [Daily News, Los Angeles] Dec. 22—Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday lamented the lack of a Rose Bowl game in Pasadena come Jan. 1, but insisted the surging coronavirus has left no wiggle room for public health leaders to allow an exemption to players’ guests to sit in the stands. “Look, when you’re in Southern California, you’re at 0% ICU capacity, we can’t ma...

IOWA CITY — After listening to days of testimony — including from tearful female athletes staring down uncertain futures after the University of Iowa blindsided them in August with news it’s eliminating the swimming and diving for which they were recruited — a federal judge Tuesday effectively blocked the UI closure. At least for now. U.S. District Court Judge Stephanie Rose granted a preliminary injunction six UI female athletes brought against the school it accused not only of causing...