Football

6/17/2026 |  The NFL supplemental draft is a complicated, uncommon process that once started Cris Carter’s career (Associated Press (AP)) The decision by beleaguered quarterback Brendan Sorsby to declare for the NFL supplemental draft has triggered a fresh round of questions about the rarely used offseason process for making prospects who weren’t eligible for the primary draft available to the league at large.

6/17/2026 |  NFL, NBA unions applaud efforts on bill designed to fix college sports in letter obtained by the AP (Associated Press (AP)) The NFL Players Association and National Basketball Players Association teamed up on letter to leaders of the Senate Commerce Committee, applauding their efforts on a recently introduced Senate bill designed to fix college sports.

6/17/2026 |  U.S. Bank Stadium Partial Roof Replacement Calls Building Materials Into Question (Athletic Business) The Minnesota Vikings' U.S. Bank Stadium will undergo a partial roof replacement following hail damage from a 2023 storm. According to the KSTP, the replacement has called into question the materials used on parts of the building. 

6/17/2026 |  Report: Football Coach James Franklin's Office Renovation Costing Virginia Tech $197K (Athletic Business) Virginia Tech has long held the reputation of making do with less, a dynamic that recently has consistently had the Hokies looking up from the bottom of the Atlantic Coast Conference, but frugality may be a thing of the past in Blacksburg.

6/17/2026 |  Texas Tech Will Not Seek Reimbursement of Sorsby's NIL Payments (Athletic Business) The epic saga that has been Brendan Sorsby’s eligibility continues. After announcing this week that it would part ways with Sorsby as he enters the supplemental draft, Texas Tech University subsequently released a statement that the school would not attempt to recover NIL money already paid to Sorsby.