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  • 05/29/12 University of Michigan athletics to launch student... Source: Advance Newspapers - Ann Arbor MI David Ablauf, associate athletic director for media and public relations, confirmed that the athletic department is "exploring a student loyalty program" but said that officials "haven't finalized a model for the program" or set a launch date.
  • 05/24/12 College Football 2012: Athletic Director Salaries... Source: Bleacher Report Yesterday, USA Today released their bulk list of college athletic director salaries.
  • 05/22/12 Dave Brandon. Brandon's Blog: Community Service Equals... Source: MGoBlue.com University of Michigan director of athletics Dave Brandon will regularly offer his view on a variety of topics related to U-M and intercollegiate sports.
  • 05/21/12 Brandon: Home Playoff Games "Not Salable" Source: FOX Sports "We just came back from our Big Ten Meetings in Chicago where the (athletic directors) were together and spent a lot of time with Jim Delaney. My sense is that it was really determined pretty early on that just wasn't salable… that you were going have all kinds of arguments about if you are really trying to find who the champion is and you start to create a home field advantage, that's an issue. I also believe that we came to the conclusion that if we were to take these games… these three games and push them outside the bowl season or the bowl system... we could very easily start to diminish the prestige and the value of the bowls. There isn't anybody I've talked that understands the bowl system and how important it is to the student athletes, how important it is to the coaches, and the role that it plays that believes that diminishing the importance of the bowls is a good idea."
  • 05/21/12 Big Ten Football: Big Ten Athletic Directors Among... Source: Bleacher Report The Sports Business Journal is getting ready to hand out its annual Sports Business Awards (why these can't be called the "Sporties" or the "Bizzies" is just beyond me, but that's an issue for another day), and the Big Ten has made its presence known.

Background on dave brandon

David A. Brandon is the director of intercollegiate athletics for the University of Michigan. He was formerly chairman of the board, chief executive officer, and manager of Domino's Pizza.

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