Greg Barnes

Chapel Hill, Holly Springs, United States

Sports Writer at Inside Carolina

Co - Host at Inside Carolina: A UNC athletics podcast

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UNC Athletics Revenue Boost a Key Aspect of N.C. Senate Budget Proposal

1 week ago | 247sports.com | Greg Barnes

In April, the North Carolina Senate approved its two-year, $66 billion state budget proposal, which includes a potential financial boon to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s athletic department. The proposed budget makes significant changes to the state’s sports wagering tax revenue that would potentially direct $24.4 million in athletic department support to UNC and N.C. State during the 2025-26 fiscal year and $31.5 million in 2026-27.
Greg: Rams Club Set to Play Key Role in Revenue Sharing Era

1 month ago | 247sports.com | Greg Barnes

Intercollegiate athletics has experienced widespread progressive changes over the past decade, beginning with a trickle that was the cost of attendance adjustment for student-athletes in 2015 before the amateur model’s dam burst with the arrival of the one-time transfer exemption and name, image and likeness legislation in 2021.
Greg: The Need to Return to Winning Ways for Carolina Basketball

1 month ago | 247sports.com | Greg Barnes

North Carolina’s final loss of the season – a 71-64 defeat against No. 6 seed Ole Miss in the first round of the NCAA Tournament – mirrored the program’s first loss of the season 19 weeks earlier. A 20-point deficit, an unlikely comeback and an inability to finish in the closing minutes. Rarely does a season finale encapsulate the entirety of a basketball season quite so well.
Greg: ACC Settlement Proves Beneficial for UNC

2 months ago | 247sports.com | Greg Barnes

On Tuesday, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced the resolution of all ongoing legal disputes with Clemson University and Florida State University. In doing so, the ACC has significantly decreased its financial penalties for schools exiting the conference prior to 2035-36, in addition to implementing a new revenue distribution model for league membership based on football and men’s basketball viewership.
UNC Eyeing North Campus for New Basketball Arena

Feb 13, 2025 | 247sports.com | Greg Barnes

University leadership is leaning toward building a new North Carolina men’s basketball arena complex at the off-campus Carolina North location to replace the Dean E. Smith Center after months of consideration, according to multiple sources familiar with the process. The Carolina North site is located at the northwest corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Estes Drive in Chapel Hill, where Horace Williams Airport was located until closing in May 2018.
Next Level: UNC Athletics Reports Record Revenue Growth in 2023-24 Fiscal Year

Feb 3, 2025 | 247sports.com | Greg Barnes

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. --- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s athletic department reported a record $164.5 million in total operating revenue during the 2023-24 fiscal year, which represents a 18% increase year-over-year. The school’s annual financial report to the NCAA, which includes data from July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024, details the operating revenue as well as shedding light on a record $155.9 million in total operating expenses.
Greg: UNC’s Chancellor Takes a Stand for Football

Jan 29, 2025 | 247sports.com | Greg Barnes

For the better part of 18 months, UNC officials have come to terms with the stark reality of the evolving intercollegiate athletic landscape. Despite a rich basketball history built on Tobacco Road and intertwined with an Atlantic Coast Conference that was once the nation’s preeminent basketball league, football is the bridge to the future for the athletic department as a whole.
UNC, Bill Belichick Finalize Employment Contract

Jan 23, 2025 | 247sports.com | Greg Barnes

North Carolina finalized its employment agreement with Bill Belichick on Thursday, one day after the eight-time Super Bowl champion signed the contract following a six-week window in which the parties were operating under a non-binding term proposal agreement. The agreement notes that it is backdated to Dec. 12, 2024, regardless of the date of execution. Belichick’s signature is dated Jan.
Greg: A Difficult Goodbye

Nov 26, 2024 | 247sports.com | Greg Barnes

In recent weeks, Mack Brown did what he has done so well throughout his Hall of Fame career in spreading the word across the media world that he would be returning as North Carolina’s head football coach for the 2025 season. It’s what any good football coach would do, especially considering that early signing day arrives on Dec. 4 and the transfer portal opens several days later on Dec. 9, and if there’s ever been a college football coach who understands the importance of recruiting, it’s Brown.
Greg: Revenue Share is Coming to UNC

Nov 20, 2024 | 247sports.com | Greg Barnes

Just as the college sports world has begun to find its footing in this new era of NIL and the transfer portal, another massive change awaits in the New Year. The House vs. NCAA settlement is expected to gain final approval in the spring, thereby ushering in the revenue share era to intercollegiate athletics.