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August 7, 2025
Creating a culture of continuous professional development
Any athletic administrator who has completed the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association’s (NIAAA) Leadership Training Course 504 knows that one of the fourteen legal duties is to provide training for their coaches. The term â€...
August 7, 2025
How to handle mental health issues in the female student-athlete
Mental health among college athletes is rapidly gaining the attention it deserves — and for good reasons. College is a pressure cooker of academic, athletic, and social demands, but the load often comes with additional, unseen challenges for female...
June 23, 2025
Results from Coach & A.D.’s 14th annual athletic directors survey
Where are all the qualified coaches? How do athletic directors deal with problematic fans? What concerns athletic directors most about the industry? These are a few of the questions we answer in our 2024-25 State of the Industry survey of high s...
June 23, 2025
Advice on starting a strength & conditioning program
My name is Daniel Rochester, and for the last nine years, I have been the head strength and conditioning coach at T.L. Hanna High School in Anderson, SC. Prior to this, I was the Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning at Furman University in...
June 16, 2025
CAA adopts divisional scheduling format for four sports
Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) athletic directors have approved a new divisional scheduling format and a change to the way teams are determined for the conference championship in four different sports for the 2025-26 season. The sports of wome...
June 16, 2025
OHSAA announces revamped football playoff structure
Several significant changes highlight the 2025 Ohio High School Athletic Association football playoff regulations that were approved Thursday by the OHSAA Board of Directors. The number of qualifiers per region will be 12 instead of 16, with the top ...
June 16, 2025
Seattle principal placed on administrative leave over football recruiting violations
A Seattle-based principal has been placed on administrative leave stemming from football recruiting violations, according to reports. Tami Brewer, principal of Roosevelt High School in Seattle, WA, was placed on administrative leave last week ...
June 9, 2025
Courts approve $2.8 billion settlement with NCAA over student-athlete compensation
Late last week, a U.S. judge approved a $2.8 billion settlement with the NCAA that will allow institutions to compensate student-athletes for NIL commercial use from past, present, and future opportunities. U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken in th...
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One of the most important economic realities is that football often subsidizes non-revenue sports. Sports such as swimming, tennis, or track rarely generate significant income. Without football’s financial engine, many of these programs would struggle to exist.![]()
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At the high school level, football gate receipts may pay for new uniforms for the volleyball team or cover transportation costs for the soccer program.
How football revenue impacts overall athletic department finances
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From small-town high schools to DI universities, football generates re...