New NCAA Ice Hockey Throat Protection Rule Could Hit Events As Soon As Fall
The wheels of college sports rules turn slowly but they do, in fact, turn. NCAA ice hockey rules committee members representing DI and DIII men and wo...
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Flag Football Outpaces Even Beach Volleyball in the Rush Toward Collegiate Championship Status
When NCAA announced that women’s flag football had received a formal recommendation to become a championship sport, the reaction was an open-mouthed s...
Coming Soon: SDM’s 2026 Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism Awards
We already know that sports tourism is a nearly $275 billion industry. We also know that everyone reading this has helped build that number. Don’t you...
IOC Pauses Youth Olympic Games Weeks Before 2030 Host City Selection
The International Olympic Committee has paused the Youth Olympic Games, halting any further host city evaluations for 2030 and beyond. The Dakar 2026 ...
Pickleball Venues Filling the Marketplace But is Anyone Doing Research First?
Pickleball is an absolute juggernaut in the tournament space and at the facility level but it’s creating a problem. Would-be venue owners are signing ...
Sounds Like GAME OVER for Olympic Esports
The question of when, how (or even if) the IOC will sanction esports events may have been answered. Earlier this month, IOC President Kirsty Coventry ...
Hotel Minibars Becoming Extinct on the Tournament Travel Scene
It was back in 2021 that hoteliers noted that the minibar (long a staple in hotel rooms) had declined in popularity but post-pandemic, had bounced bac...
College Tennis: The Endangered Species Nobody’s Acknowledging
Here we are, halfway through National Tennis Month, and the news is … bad. No fewer than 23 tennis programs across all three divisions of the NCAA hav...
How Youth Events Have Led Right to “Spikes Under the Lights”
A college women’s tournaments with more than $1 million at stake. Sounds like March Madness, right? Nope, it’s Spikes Under the Lights, a college vol...
What Does NCAA’s New 76-Team March Madness Field Mean to Host Cities?
The Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Championships will increase from 68 teams to 76 starting in 2027. NCAA is trumpeting the increased opportu...