N.C. State has stopped making buyout payments to former basketball coach Mark Gottfried, who has been swept up the Adidas college basketball corruption scandal. The school still owes Gottfried about $520,000, his attorney said, and has broken a buyout agreement. There is no pending legal action — and Gottfried’s Raleigh-based attorney, Elliot Abrams of Cheshire Parker Schneider, said he hopes it doesn’t have come to that. N.C. State acknowledged it is no longer making the payments but wouldn’t provide details. The school is trying to use Gottfried’s connection to the federal trial involving a former Adidas executive and former N.C. State star Dennis Smith Jr. as a way of paying Gottfried less than he is owed, Abrams said. -Joe Giglio, The Island Packet. Read More.
As the debate over paying college athletes heats up, as it did this week thanks to one North Carolina lawmaker, CollegeAD recently sat down with employment attorney, Mike Phillips partner with the law firm of McGuireWood....
As the debate over paying college athletes heats up, as it did this week thanks to one North Carolina lawmaker, CollegeAD recently sat down with employment attorney,...
“There’s always working going on, you have to have an eye clearly on the future.” Syracuse athletic director John Wildhack has his vision squarely focused on the future of his university and the changing way people consume...
“There’s always working going on, you have to have an eye clearly on the future.” Syracuse athletic director John Wildhack has his vision squarely focused on the...
There were only two Division I institutions to experience AD turnover in February. The two movements represent the lowest amount of transactions since 2016 when CollegeAD began tracking AD turnover. Utah Valley University The...
There were only two Division I institutions to experience AD turnover in February. The two movements represent the lowest amount of transactions since 2016 when...
Shane Lyons, now in his fourth year as the AD at West Virginia, has seen a lot during his time in Morgantown. From the very start of his appointment, he has had a clear cut vision for the school and its student-athletes. From...
Shane Lyons, now in his fourth year as the AD at West Virginia, has seen a lot during his time in Morgantown. From the very start of his appointment, he has had a clear...
CollegeAD recently gathered four athletic leaders from the greater Boston area in a special AD round table of “The Culture of Sports” to hear how amongst other things how they compete year-round for limited resources...
CollegeAD recently gathered four athletic leaders from the greater Boston area in a special AD round table of “The Culture of Sports” to hear how amongst...
Jon Palumbo officially began his tenure as Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s Director of Athletics on October 15, after serving as the Deputy Director of Athletics at VCU. Palumbo, whose hiring was announced in September, has...
Jon Palumbo officially began his tenure as Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s Director of Athletics on October 15, after serving as the Deputy Director of Athletics at...
While the internet has had endless fun with the term “Transfer Portal,” coaches and administrators have voiced a decidedly negative opinion of the NCAA’s new Division I transfer policies. The new rules, which...
While the internet has had endless fun with the term “Transfer Portal,” coaches and administrators have voiced a decidedly negative opinion of the...
“Right now, we are still presenting the plan to some of our top donors and going to through the projects to see if there’s an interest in one or the other projects. Once we get some of these top asks figured out, we’ll...
“Right now, we are still presenting the plan to some of our top donors and going to through the projects to see if there’s an interest in one or the other projects....
While the first month of 2019 was relatively light on AD turnover, we did have a power five program find its next leader. Overall four institutions experienced AD turnover in January. NC State On January 30, NC State seemingly...
While the first month of 2019 was relatively light on AD turnover, we did have a power five program find its next leader. Overall four institutions experienced AD...
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