David Hickson

Today I have a heavy heart but only because it’s been filled with joy over the past 4 years watching @kehickson compete for @CharlotteWSoc A career defined by determination, athleticism & unselfish play. She has many great memories & friendships to take w/her CONGRATULATIONS ❤️⚽️

I’ll always bet on the former athlete in the hiring process. Not because they’re smarter or more talented… Because they already know what it feels like to be broken down, pushed past what they thought was possible, and show up again the next day anyway. You can’t teach that. Strong believer that every company should have a hiring strategy that prioritizes athletes. Not exclusively, but intentionally. Adversity is inevitable, especially in startups. That experience pushing through adversity doesn’t leave you.

Locked in!!! 🍊🍊🍊 @WilliamInge1 @CoachJimKnowles @coachjoshheupel @ChadGrier_ @PDS_ChargersFB @AnnaH247 @ChadSimmons_ @benjaminwolk @SWiltfong_ @FriedmanAdamm

Congratulations @JustinAbanquah_ on your offer from Charleston Southern!!

@Pete_Lembo @Brett_McMurphy Happy Birthday Coach Lembo!!

@Brett_McMurphy Thank you, Brett!

Happy Birthday to Buffalo’s Pete Lembo, who turns 56 today. Lembo is MAC’s 4th oldest head coach & 33rd oldest overall in FBS

UCF has allocated $22.5M from the university to a new athletics fund. Money can be used for athlete compensation and other athletics needs.

If you’re an agent and you’re charging a commission on an athlete’s scholarship and/or not letting an athlete out of the representation agreement without a 90 day period passing, then you should reconsider your profession.

I love this…”I’m always looking for the figure it out gene”

…and who would determine the definition and related math for the “Revenue Surplus” equation??

Representatives from Athletes.org were on Capitol Hill today to meet with multiple offices in the House and Senate, a spokesperson tells @FOS. The meetings were regarding legislation about the future of college sports.

@nickatnocap For all those who keep restating "athletic departments are losing money every year" stop and read this post. These are just the facts of the new college athletics model. Every University will go through this reorganization if they want to position their roster/program to compete

Cal just laid off about two dozen staffers across marketing, communications, and creative services. They are replacing the entire external operation with something called "Strawberry Creek Studios," built around two objectives: revenue generation and authentic storytelling. This is not a Cal problem...this is the first wave. Cal is facing a $24.3 million shortfall. They owe $12 million a year in stadium debt. Their media rights money shrank when they moved to the ACC. And now they need to fund $20.5 million in annual athlete revenue sharing (Likely more) on top of all of it. The old org chart was not built for this. All of the functions operating as cost centers with no direct connection to revenue. That structure worked when TV deals and ticket sales covered the budget. It does not work when your athletes are paid and your expenses just jumped by eight figures overnight. Cal is not the last school that will go through this, they are one of the first. We are going to see athletic departments across the country restructure how they operate. Not because they want to, but because the math demands it. These are billion-dollar enterprises in some cases and they have been running on university department budgets with university department thinking. That era is over. The schools that get ahead of this will not wait until the shortfall forces their hand, they will look at every function inside their athletic department and ask one question: does this generate revenue, and if not, can it? Content is not a support function anymore, it is a revenue channel. Partnerships are not a sales team selling signage packages, they are commercial infrastructure. Alumni engagement is not a thank-you-for-donating email, it is a procurement network. The programs that restructure around revenue as the operating system, not an afterthought, will be the ones that come out on top. This is not a crisis, it is a market correction. College athletics is becoming a real business and the org charts need to catch up.

Congratulations @JustinAbanquah_ on your offer from Mercer

Congratulations @tre_geathers3 on you off from Arkansas!!

Congratulations to @Ethan_Dempseyy on his offer from @Temple_FB

Congratulations @alexhaywood08 on your offer from Penn!!!!

@alexhaywood08 @CoachPetrarca @FORDHAMFOOTBALL @Prov_Football @Coachward1 @CoachCruz22 @CoachLeggett78 Congratulations @alexhaywood08 on his offer from @FORDHAMFOOTBALL

After a great conversation with @CoachPetrarca I am blessed to have received my 5th D1 offer from @FORDHAMFOOTBALL ! #allglorytoGod @Prov_Football @Coachward1 @CoachCruz22 @CoachLeggett78

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2 years ago, I sat on a panel hosted by Sen. Ted Cruz. At that panel, Nick Saban said, "College sports is not a business." I'm reminded of that quote today, as Learfield, a business operating in the #NIL space, will be sold for roughly $2 billion to a private equity firm.

This is the only way to stop the chaos for Coaches, Players, Admins, Parents, Agents, and all others in the system.

…he just keeps winning everywhere he goes!! Let’s change his name to SKWINNER!!

“Battles are won or lost long before the war begins”…let’s get to work!!!