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Detroit Mercy AD Robert Vowels will retire at the end of this academic year. President Donald Taylor: “I want to thank Robert for his leadership, the many ways he has shaped our program and supported our student-athletes over the past 13 years. We look forward to honoring him throughout this academic year and working together on the next chapter of UDM Athletics.” CSA Search & Consulting will assist with the search for Vowels’ successor. (link)

The U.S. Senate cleared the first procedural hurdle for the Protect College Sports Act in a 74-24 vote, initiating a four-stage voting process ahead of a targeted final chamber vote next week. Although the House of Representatives plans to break for recess, Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Eric Schmitt (R-MO) expect the chamber to pass the bill before the Nov. 3 midterms, aided by outreach from President Donald Trump. More. (link)

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) says the Protect College Sports Act would likely be taken up by the House following the midterm elections and not before as Punchbowl News’ Jake Sherman reports Thursday’s House voting schedule has now been cancelled with today serving as the legislative body’s last in session before the midterms. More. (link, link, link, link)

Top college football programs are deploying annual player compensation budgets around $50M, according to an extensive, multi-source investigation by The Athletic’s Stewart Mandel, David Ubben and Sam Khan Jr. Highlighting a direct correlation between financial investment and on-field success, the data reveals that seven teams with at least a 50% probability of reaching the College Football Playoff maintain an average roster budget between $41M and $46M, while 34 programs owning less than a 5% chance average between $19M and $23M. More. (link)

College football’s fan-experience arms race is shifting away from simple amenity additions and toward managing game day as a sophisticated consumer product, according to a new College.town analysis of 47 programs' 2026 announcements. Here’s the whole report. (link)

Colorado State and Wisconsin have mutually agreed to cancel their September 2027 football match-up, per ESPN’s Pete Thamel, who notes: “Colorado State initiated the conversation as a way to play seven home games in 2027, and they are expected to add another home game. (Wisconsin is expected to replace CSU with UMass in 2027.) This will mark the fourth-consecutive year CSU has played seven home games, a rarity for [the] Group of Six.” (link)

UCLA announces that admission to all regular-season home football and men’s and women’s basketball games is now free for all eligible undergraduate and graduate students, starting this Saturday when football hosts Purdue in its Big Ten opener at the Rose Bowl. In addition, students will have the opportunity to purchase up to eight guest tickets for each home football game, with the exception of UCLA's match-up against USC. (link)

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Greensboro: JaJuan Givens has been promoted to Assistant Coach/Outside Linebackers after serving as a Volunteer Assistant Coach

Greensboro: Calleif Bradley has been added as an Assistant Coach/Safeties

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Los Angeles Valley: James Johnson II is no longer serving on staff in a Recruiting and Special Projects role