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Kansas Jayhawks News
Dan Fitzgerald Wins Big 12 Coach of the Year; Five Jayhawks Receive All-Big 12 Awards – University of Kansas
Kansas Head Baseball Coach Dan Fitzgerald has been named the Big 12 Coach of the Year and five Jayhawks earned postseason honors, the conference office announced Tuesday.
KU’s Dan Fitzgerald named Big 12 Coach of the Year
Fitzgerald is now the first coach in Kansas baseball history to win the conference’s top honor.
In his third year at the helm of the program, he led the Jayhawks to a 42-14 record and a conference-leading 20 Big 12 wins. The 2025 regular season marked the best in program history.
Kansas Basketball Eyeing 2026 Sharpshooting Power Forward Recruit
The Kansas Jayhawks coaching staff is staying active on the recruiting trail before the impending NCAA Dead Period, which will restrict any contact with recruits.
In addition to monitoring top-ranked recruit Tyran Stokes and other lesser-known players like Junior County, KU was recently in to see another 2026 prospect.
NIL/House Settlement News and Links
The question came up yesterday about international players earning NIL money following the Dame Sarr saga, so I went and found some relevant links. It appears to me as though they are still on pretty iffy legal ground with the ability to earn money through NIL.
Latest Proposed NIL Bill Can Benefit International College Athletes – Greenspoon Marder LLP
International college athletes have been restricted from earning Name, Image, and Likeness (“NIL”) compensation with the ease of their U.S. counterparts. While American athletes can readily engage in third-party NIL deals, those on student visas (F-1) are limited to on-campus employment and therefore barred from participating in NIL deals on U.S. soil.
Why Direct Student-Athlete Payments Create An Immigration Crisis For Universities
If international student-athletes violated the terms of their F-1 visa, the consequences—visa revocation, deportation, or reentry denial—were theirs alone to bear. Universities operated largely on the sidelines, uninvolved and unaffected. The proposed House settlement, or any other legal mechanism through which direct payments could come about, however, shifts the dynamic entirely.
Royalty Income Revenue Share Payments Won’t Solve The International Student-Athlete Employment Issue
The royalty income framing is gaining traction because it purports to offer a compliant path forward: a way to compensate athletes without triggering employment classification, payroll tax obligations, or immigration violations. But while the form of these payments can be dressed in the language of intellectual property licensing, their substance raises red flags across various legal frameworks.
What Will College Athletic Department Revenue-Sharing Look Like?
While many administrators have publicly expressed their school’s intent to participate, most have been understandably shy on specifics. After all, the settlement has yet to be approved and athletic departments are preparing to adjust to new roster limits and how the new category of expenses will fit into their reimagined budgets. – ed note: I think this one is an interesting read and may try to dive into it a bit over the summer looking at the available information we have about KU.
And the other links
Donald Trump Jr. Hints at Taking Over From Father in Politics – Newsweek
Donald Trump Jr. said he is open to a future for himself in American politics, perhaps even replacing his father in the White House as the standard bearer of the MAGA movement, describing it as a “calling”.
Half of U.S. states now have laws banning or regulating cellphones in schools, with more to follow
Half of US states now have laws banning or regulating cellphones in schools, with more to follow
George Wendt Dead: Cheers Actor Was 76
George Wendt, who bellied up to the bar to portray the beer-quaffing everyman Norm Peterson for all 11 seasons of the fabled NBC sitcom Cheers, has died. He was 76.
6 escaped New Orleans jail inmates still at large; video shows some in French Quarter – CBS News
Officials increased the reward for the capture of the inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail as the manhunt entered a fifth day on Tuesday.
Police Chief’s Story About Traffic Stop Doesn’t Match Surveillance Footage – The Auto Wire
A traffic stop made by a police chief in Pennsylvania took an unexpected turn when surveillance footage of the incident surfaced.
Dick’s Sporting to buy Foot Locker for $2.4 billion to fight soft demand | Reuters
Over the last few years, Foot Locker has lost market share to competition as brands such as Nike expanded their direct-to-consumer (DTC) business. Falling customer visits to malls, where most of its stores are located, have also weighed on sales.
QOTD: Do you have an activity, event, or other commitment that completely wipes your energy for a day or two afterward? It could be something mental like a big issue at work that you’re trying to problem solve around or a deadline. Is it a public function that is going to have a lot of people that you’ll have to glad hand but you really don’t want to attend? Perhaps it’s a workout that really takes it out of you and you just need a solid day to recover from physically and mentally?