Author: Steve Berkowitz, USA TODAY

New Tigers coach Brian Kelly can earn a $500,000 bowl-eligibility bonus and another $500,000 if the Tigers win the national championship.

Jim Harbaugh, who was an embattled head coach in Ann Arbor just one season ago, snapped an eight-game losing streak to Ohio State on Saturday.

The last few coaches’ bonuses of the season are being earned in bowl games, the College Football Playoff and from the final poll rankings.

The draft includes increased involvement of athletes in NCAA governing boards and attempts to address gender equity, diversity and health issues.

Operating revenue for 50-plus Power Five public schools in fiscal 2021 fell by at least $1.7 billion compared to pre-pandemic levels.

Move sets stage for renewal of efforts to organize athletes at private schools into unionized collective bargaining units that may seek compensation.

While some schools are dismissed from suit, Notre Dame, Duke, Oregon, Purdue and Arizona will be added as defendants alongside the NCAA.

A 16-team SEC with Texas and Oklahoma could have nearly $1.3 billion in revenue for its 2024-25 fiscal year, according to USA TODAY Sports analysis.

NCAA’s new federal tax records show that President Mark Emmert received a base salary increase of just over $175,000 during the 2019 calendar year.

The NCAA stands on the edge of the most fundamental change to the college sports landscape since Title IX, the gender-equity law implemented in 1972.