As we covered in yesterday’s episode of The GIST of It, the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in Johnson v. NCAA on Wednesday, and a three-judge panel from the City of Brotherly Love ripped into the organization’s business model.

On Wednesday, the regional sports broadcaster skipped $140 million in interest payments to its bondholders, a sign that Diamond is prepping to file for bankruptcy.

According to a Friday report, sports media experts recently convened for a three-hour, closed-door meeting to discuss broadcast audience measurement following complaints about Nielsen’s practices.

The media conglomerate unveiled a new corporate structure on Wednesday, separating the sports broadcaster from the rest of Disney’s linear TV networks without formally spinning it off.

On Thursday, the University of Alabama launched Yea Alabama, an online NIL entity that allows both fans and sponsors to contribute to the school and its athletes.

Per a report published yesterday, top players across a wide cross section of sports generated around $1 million each for their sponsors with 2022 social media posts.

An uptick in school-specific streaming services is translating into big wins for athletic departments and increased visibility for women’s sports teams, per a recent report.

Over the course of the last year, we asked industry leaders about the next big things in women’s sports, and most of them landed on improving the media landscape.

A Tuesday report shed light on the tug-of-war between university athletic departments and individual teams and athletes for contributions from NIL collectives, raising questions about equity in sports funding.

Her record-setting World Cup win on Tuesday showcased her unique appeal as the face of alpine skiing, while spotlighting the uneven business slope the niche sport competes on.

Ahead of its inaugural season, the league sold its first domestic broadcast package on Monday to Paramount Global’s Viacom18 for $116 million (!!!) over five years, inking the third-largest TV deal for a women’s sports league.

In a Tuesday report, the Division I (DI) transformation committee recommended restructuring the NCAA’s revenue distribution program that primarily rewards schools for their performance in just one competition — men’s March Madness.