Agent Confidential

Big 12 Media Days have arrived, and the biggest stories often happen away from the podium.

In this episode of Agent Confidential: What Everyone Else Missed, I discuss the business behind college football's biggest decisions and the issues I'll be watching throughout Media Days and into the season.

It's July, which means the Buyout Island reservation portal is officially open.

In this WJOX appearance with Legend, Kip, and Case Keefer, we have some fun with the annual coaching hot seat conversation, discuss which programs have already made "early inquiries," and revisit how the Gus Malzahn contract helped change the coaching buyout landscape.

Along the way, we cover Jimbo Fisher's Gulfstream, Hugh Freeze's tiki bar, and why Buyout Island has become one of my favorite ways to explain the business of college football.

Thanks to Legend, Kip, and the WJOX crew for another great conversation.

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Who is actually running college football?

It isn't the NCAA.

It isn't Congress.

And it may not even be the people fans think.

In this episode of Agent Confidential, Mike Chaudron explores the changing power structure inside college athletics and asks a simple question:

Who is the CEO of college football?

From conference commissioners and television executives to private equity, governance changes, and the growing influence of money and power, the answer may already exist.

As I wrote in Agent Confidential, if you want to understand college sports, follow the money and follow the power.

Because the decisions eventually make sense, even when everything else doesn't.

During my recent appearance on ABC 33/40's Starting Lineup, we discussed one of the biggest questions facing college athletics:

Who is actually running college sports?

We cover NIL, private equity, governance, conferences, the NCAA, and why college football may be the only billion-dollar business in America where nobody can identify the CEO.

These are many of the same themes explored in Agent Confidential.

Mike Chaudron joins WJOX GameTime for a wide-ranging conversation about the changing business of college football.

Topics include NIL, revenue sharing, conference realignment, the future of college athletics, and the economic forces increasingly shaping the sport.

Mike is the author of Agent Confidential and a regular contributor on WJOX GameTime.

Follow Agent Confidential for additional conversations on the business of college football.

Who is actually running college sports?

The NCAA says one thing. Congress says another. Conference commissioners want more authority. The courts continue to shape the future. And now private equity has entered the conversation.

Mike Chaudron examines the Brendan Sorsby situation, Washington's growing interest in college athletics, Paul Finebaum's comments about private equity, and why the governance structure of college sports may be struggling to keep up with the economics of the industry.

The games happen on Saturday.

The decisions happen the other six days.

This is Agent Confidential.

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The Brendan Sorsby situation dominated headlines, but the bigger story was never about one player, one school, or even one lawsuit.

It's about governance.

As the economics of college sports continue to evolve, the traditional governance structure is struggling to keep pace. Conferences, the NCAA, Congress, the courts, and influential stakeholders are all competing to shape the future of the sport.

In this episode of Agent Confidential, Mike Chaudron explores the real questions emerging from the Sorsby case, why the governance discussion matters far more than the eligibility ruling itself, and who ultimately gets a seat at the table when the biggest decisions in college sports are made.

Because the future of college sports may not be decided on the field.

It may be decided in the room where the decisions get made.

Chris Fowler recently said something that got my attention:

"Nobody is in charge of college football."

The more I thought about it, the more I wondered if that was actually the wrong question.

The real question may be this:

If the NCAA continues to lose authority, who replaces it?

In this episode of Agent Confidential, I connect the dots between the Brendan Sorsby ruling, conference governance, the growing influence of the SEC and Big Ten, revenue sharing, private equity, and what may come next for college sports.

The headlines are focused on Texas Tech and the latest court ruling.

The bigger story may be who ultimately governs college sports over the next decade.

Agent Confidential: Explaining the business of college football.

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The June 3 Capitol Hill hearing brought together some of the most influential voices in college sports.

But the real story wasn't any single comment.

It was realizing that Congress, coaches, university presidents, athletic directors, conferences, and media stakeholders are all trying to shape the same governance framework.

In this episode, Mike Chaudron examines what Nick Saban, Gordon Gee, Pete Bevacqua, Ted Cruz, and the SEC/Big Ten response reveal about the future of college sports governance.

College football fans are beginning to see what happens when institutional capital enters college athletics.

In this episode of Agent Confidential, Mike Chaudron breaks down:
• Why the Utah situation matters
• How NIL and revenue sharing changed the economics of the sport
• Why private equity changes organizations
• The growing role of governance and fe

deral involvement
• Why college football became professional economically long before it admitted it publicly

This episode explores the collision between tradition, money, governance, and institutional accountability in the modern era of college athletics.

The games still kick off on Saturdays.

But outside the white lines, college football is becoming a very different business.