Dr. Karen Weaver
@drkarenweaver.bsky.social
College Sports + Higher Education | Grad Faculty @PennGSE || 8/11/2026 "Understanding College Athletics: What Campus Leaders Need to Know About College Sports". Pre-order NOW!| https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/33296/understanding-college-athletics
Bill Veeck let grandstand fans make game decisions. August 24, 1951, St. Louis Browns. www.nytimes.com/athletic/749...
Why is Akron football letting season-ticket holders call plays on offense?
Athletic director Andrew Goodrich had the idea to have a fan script the team's opening offensive plays. It's led to a historic ticket surge.
nytimes.com
Tues. August 11! ✅Join me, anti-trust expert MakanDelarahim and @saracuster.insidehighered.com to ask: What if the NCAA doesn’t get an antitrust exemption? ✅You’ll also hear more about @penngse.bsky.social ’s brand new micro-credential program. ✅ More info: gse.upenn.edu/professional...
The Senate/college sports news we all were waiting on
Senate Press Gallery@senatepress.bsky.social · 5d agoBy unanimous consent, the #Senate agreed to S. Res. 833. Recognizing the 1960 University of Missouri Tigers Football team for its undefeated regular season, orange bowl victory and claim to the 1960s National championship.
Iran will seek to bar US and Israeli ships from the Strait of Hormuz and require compensation from hostile countries before they’re allowed to use it, according to local reports
Iran Seeks Bar on US Ships in Hormuz as Deal With Oman Advances
Iran will seek to bar US and Israeli ships from the Strait of Hormuz and require compensation from hostile countries before they’re allowed to use it, according to local media reports on a proposed Iran-Oman deal to manage the crucial waterway.
bloom.bg
At the first hearing for the Protect College Sports Act in June, Maria Cantwell banged the drum that colleges could fall behind in research — and particularly fall behind China — if spending on sports keeps climbing. Here that is framed around coach salaries, not player play.
Jesse Dougherty@jessedougherty.bsky.social · 6d agoA statement below from Senator Maria Cantwell after John Thune filed for cloture with the Protect College Sports Act. The bill still needs some things to go its way to reach a floor vote this week. So expect a lot more of this in the coming days.
➡️ March Madness has almost always included the University of Dayton and Saint Mary's College of California. Both presidents (Dayton's Eric Spina and Saint Mary's Roger J. Thompson) say they weren't at the settlement table — but they'll help pay the back pay to Power 4 athletes. #NCAA
Nothing like calling a spade, a spade-and they named the trustees individually. wapo.st/3RW4HPo
Opinion | Yale’s trustees face a decision with profound consequences
A lesson from Hungary: Boards don't capitulate to authoritarians. The people on them do.
wapo.st
Trump Administration Demands Hospitals Share Emergency Room Records kffhealthnews.org/health-indus...
Trump Administration Demands Hospitals Share Emergency Room Records - KFF Health News
The tiny federal agency that tracks consumer product safety is pressuring hospitals to turn over patient records from emergency room visits, including about injuries that have nothing to do with consu...
kffhealthnews.org
“The fascist nation is not real. It is a past conceived in myth that has supposedly been lost to contamination and degradation—and must be willed back into existence through violent ethnic purgings. These purgings, really, are what will bring the myth to life.” newrepublic.com/article/2135...
The Real Reason Elon Musk Keeps Insisting DOGE Cuts Killed “Zero” Kids
In his explosive interview with The Economist, the SpaceX billionaire inadvertently revealed something darker about his true vision for the future—and about his affinities with global fascism.
newrepublic.com
🔥 Antitrust waiver or not — college athletics is heading into uncharted territory. Join Makan Delrahim (former Assistant AAG, DOJ Antitrust Division; now Chief Legal Officer at Paramount Skydance) and me for a conversation. Sara Custer, Editor in Chief of Inside Higher Ed, will moderate.
This article by Penn Wharton faculty Michael Platt is so informative about men and gambling. And increased testosterone drives the urge to take risks even higher. knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/why-...
Why Is Everything Gambling Now?
Wharton's Michael Platt discusses the biological basis of gambling as it relates to the over proliferation of gambling-based platforms.
knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu
Democrats in Congress are pushing back against a proposed Trump administration rule introduced by the Office of Management and Budget that would substantially change the way federal grants are reviewed and distributed. marylandmatters.org/2026/07/21/r...
Trump proposal will turn federal grants into a system of political favors, Democrats warn - Maryland Matters
Democrats in Congress are pushing back against a proposed Trump administration rule introduced by the Office of Management and Budget that would substantially change the way federal grants are reviewe...
marylandmatters.org
My guess as to the chances of Congress passing a bill to impact college sports in this Session- 15% www.semafor.com/article/07/2...
Exclusive: Senators confront their closing window to reshape college sports
Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., are racing to win the support of the two most powerful college sports conferences in the country for their proposal to create national rules of th...
semafor.com
"The first draft of anything is shit." Ernest Miller Hemingway July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961 American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist.
My Penn colleague, Bob Zemsky was one of the original creators of the 3 year degree idea--it is long past time for colleges to consider this for some on their campuses. @penngse.bsky.social share.inquirer.com/dw5LVu
Pennsylvania’s state universities will consider offering three-year bachelor’s degrees
For a long-time, the four-year, 120-credit bachelor's degree has been the norm. The new approach would reduce the credits required for a bachelor's to about 90.
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Donald Trump will hand the trophy to the World Cup winners, something other host leaders haven't done, in his insatiable search for another spotlight.
Trump butts in (again) to tarnish U.S. shine at wonderful World Cup final | Opinion
Donald Trump will hand the trophy to the World Cup winners, something other host leaders haven't done, in his insatiable search for another spotlight.
bit.ly
Trump's speech was nothing. It wasn't a Reichstag Fire moment or the end of democracy or a national emergency or anything. It was a hoarse old man shouting about how wronged he is and how pathetic our country is. Nobody is listening anymore.
Trump Media plans to charge trading firms for access to Trump’s Truth Social posts milliseconds before they appear publicly, the FT reports. The product, Truth API, is aimed at firms that rely on ultra-fast data to trade in markets that are often moved by those posts.
Members in both parties have misgivings — including Democrats concerned about student athlete labor protections as well as some Republicans attuned to concerns from major college athletic conferences. www.politico.com/live-updates...
Senators bullish on chances for a July vote on college sports bill
But others familiar with the state of negotiations say the legislation doesn't yet have support.
politico.com
This is not a good look for college football. Texas Tech Board chair wants Brendan Sorsby to be able to play despite him admitting to betting on games. www.texastribune.org/2026/07/15/c...
Texas Tech chair donated $275K to Paxton before he intervened for Sorsby
Cody Campbell, a major Texas Tech booster and GOP megadonor, has vocally defended Brendan Sorsby’s right to play amid a legal battle stemming from his betting scandal.
texastribune.org
The Trump administration has finalized a rule limiting international students to four years in the U.S.—less time than it takes to complete most Ph.D. programs. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Rule Limiting International Students’ Time in U.S. Finalized
International students previously could stay as long as their program lasted. The Trump administration is ending that 1978 policy.
insidehighered.com
The White House’s plan to cement political appointees’ control over research and other grants received hundreds of thousands of comments. Lawsuits are likely next. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Legal Threats Loom Over OMB Grant-Control Rule as Comments Close
The White House’s plan to cement political appointees’ control over research and other grants received hundreds of thousands of comments. Lawsuits are likely next.
insidehighered.com
When Trump claimed that he was sending the new Qatari-gifted Air Force One to England so that US service members could “tour the Aircraft,” everyone knew there was more to the story. Now there's a leak hunt and a quartet of subpoenas to the NYT... www.cnn.com/2026/07/11/p...
