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(Editor’s Note, Writing for the Associated Press Sports Editors website, Sports Capital Journalism Program graduate student Meghan Rominger describes the Keynote Luncheon conversation with the co-chairs of the NCAA Division I Transformation Committee, Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey and Ohio University athletic director Julie Cromer.) NCAA Transformation Committee focuses on improving student-athlete experiences and opportunities

By Zach Powell | @ZiggidyZach_ Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – Three days of discussions among members of the College Football Playoff management committee concluded on Monday without any consensus on how an expansion of the four-team field could be executed. More than six months after a 12-team field was proposed, ten conference commissioners plus …

By Robby General | @rgeneraljr Sports Capital Journalism Program SAN JOSE, Calif. – Members of the College Football Playoff administration are scheduled to meet on Monday to consider the possibility of discussing future expansion of the four-team event. The playoff’s governance includes the board of managers, comprised of 11 university presidents and chancellors representing each …

By Zach Wagner | @zachwagner22 Sports Capital Journalism Program SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Alabama coach Nick Saban said that the January 18 deadline for college football underclassmen to declare for the National Football League draft should be adjusted to accommodate participants in the expanded four-team College Football Playoff. “I wish they would move the declare date …