How The House Settlement Shakes Up College Football
The Solid Verbal College Football
College Football
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🗓️ 27 March 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Dan’s soaking up the California sun, so Ty’s flying solo with Extra Points’ Matt Brown to unpack the wild business side of college football. From the House settlement’s $20M payouts to EA Sports’ CFB 25 windfall and Matt's adventure sponsoring the Extra Points Bowl, they dive into the cash, chaos, and novelty jackets (hopefully) shaping the sport. Plus, what's the next big asteroid headed towards college sports?
Key Topics Discussed:
- House settlement unleashed: Schools can now shell out $20 million to athletes—Matt breaks down how it’s not quite revenue sharing and what it means for rosters.
- Rise of the College GM: From NFL vets to Excel wizards, schools scramble to master roster chaos, while some, like Kirby Smart, aren't sold on the idea.
- EA Sports’ windfall: College Football 25 crushed sales, boosted smaller schools, and sparked sequel hype.
- Extra Points Bowl: Matt’s D3 bowl saga—blue jackets, teary dads, and a trophy too small but full of heart.
- Asteroids ahead: Employee status and higher ed funding cuts—Ted Cruz and Congress could rewrite the rules.
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| 0:16.9 | For ballers, welcome back to the show. My name is Ty Hildenbrandt. Dan Rubenstein not with me today. He is visiting family out in California. So in his stead, I've got one of our favorite friends to bring on and chat with here momentarily about all things college football business. Give us a bit of an update, |
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| 1:04.0 | Matt Brown, from Extra Points with Matt Brown, joins me now. |
| 1:08.1 | I was trying to think, Matt, when the last time was that we had you on, |
| 1:11.0 | but we generally do this, like, at least once a year where we have a little, like, |
| 1:17.0 | roundtable and talk through where things stand on the business side with college athletics, |
| 1:22.6 | sir. So it's great to have you back. How are you? Listen, it's great to be back. I was thinking |
| 1:26.9 | about that, too. It might have been about a year. |
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