• SEC commissioner Greg Sankey addressed the hot topic at the conference’s spring meetings, which kicked off Monday in Florida: an expanded CFP. Read the story.
• Athletes who said they were competing without performance-enhancing drugs won multiple events against enhanced rivals at the Enhanced Games. Read the story.
• French Open players are facing unusually high temperatures at Roland-Garros as a heat wave brings temperatures exceeding 90 degrees this week. Read the story.
• Videos of student mascots unmasking themselves are a new graduation ritual, bringing a rare spotlight to an anonymous position. Read the story.

$826.5 million

The revenue the ACC reported for its 2024-25 fiscal year, according to tax filings this month, marking a sixth consecutive year of record revenue for the conference. That was the first season in the ACC for Cal, Stanford, and SMU, which agreed to not initially receive full annual revenue distributions. The ACC’s 14 football-playing schools that got full distribution shares were paid an average of roughly $47.1 million.

The ACC ranked third among the Power 4 conferences in revenue during the 2024-25 fiscal year.

• Big Ten: $1.47 billion
• SEC: $1.11 billion
• ACC: $826.5 million
• Big 12: $610.9 million

Amid widespread conference realignment ahead of the 2024 college football season, the Big Ten grew to 18 teams, the ACC to 17, the SEC to 16, and the Big 12 also to 16.

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“And what is a player’s No. 1 asset? It’s their body. Every single time they go out on the court, their assets are depreciating. I think that’s a very important distinction to make there.”

—Former pro and TNT studio analyst John Isner on the complaints players have lodged against the French Open. Many of the top men’s and women’s tennis stars, including No. 1 players Aryna Sabelenka and Jannik Sinner, limited their media interviews before the tournament began, as they continue to seek increased revenue and improved benefits from the Grand Slams. Isner made the comments in a conversation with others on TNT Sports’ coverage of the French Open, including Caroline Wozniacki and Tim Henman.