Front Office Sports

23 hours ago | frontofficesports.com | Alex Schiffer

The U.S. Center for SafeSport is seeking new leadership after the agency fired CEO Ju’Riese Colón on Tuesday. Colón was hired in 2019, two years after the agency was created by Congress in response to a series of major sexual abuse scandals in Olympic sports, including Larry Nassar abusing young gymnasts for years. It has struggled to fulfill its mission in its eight years of existence, with detractors complaining about slow handling of cases.

1 day ago | frontofficesports.com | David Rumsey |Michael McCarthy

When commissioner Roger Goodell does what many draft pundits expect and announces that the Titans have selected Cam Ward with the No. 1 pick on Thursday night, ESPN will be leading NFL Draft TV coverage for the 46th consecutive year. However, a 47th year of ESPN televising the draft is not yet fully guaranteed, as the NFL has not yet signed media rights for the 2026 edition of the event and beyond.

1 day ago | frontofficesports.com | Alex Schiffer

Apparently NCAA investigations still exist. Since the legalization of NIL (name, image, and likeness) payments in 2021, the words NCAA and investigation haven’t spent much time together. Most pre-2021 probes revolved around impermissible recruiting benefits to players that have since become legal. Fordham is being reminded the NCAA still enforces what rules do remain on its books.

1 day ago | frontofficesports.com | David Rumsey

TV ratings in the NHL’s regular season were down 12% compared to the 2023–2024 season. Early returns from the Stanley Cup playoffs are not providing optimism about reversing that trend. Through Monday’s games, postseason broadcasts were averaging 718,000 viewers, which is down 27% from last year. With a stronger presence of Canadian teams in the playoffs, it was expected that U.S. viewership might struggle. In Canada, though, the TV ratings appear to be doing better.

1 day ago | frontofficesports.com | David Rumsey

On the eve of the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay, final preparations are wrapping up for one of the most unique editions of the traveling event yet. With a population of roughly 105,000, the league’s smallest market is set to welcome more than double that this week, with around 250,000 fans expected to attend the draft in person from Thursday to Saturday. That’s a stark contrast to previous editions of the draft, which have typically visited larger metropolitan areas with much bigger footprints.