Football

3/20/2026 |  NCAA Approves New Penalty Structure for Targeting in Football (Athletic Business) For the 2026 season, the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Oversight Committee on Thursday approved a one-year trial rule to modify the penalty structure when players are penalized for targeting.

3/20/2026 |  NCAA softens targeting punishment: Committee nixes automatic suspensions for players (CBS Sports) The targeting rule in college football has long been a subject of discontent among coaches, and finally, change is coming to the penalty structure. 
The Division I FBS Oversight Committee approved a one-year trial rule on Thursday that fundamentally reshapes targeting penalties. Now, first-time offenders will be allowed to participate in the next game, regardless of which half the foul occurs. Previously, players charged with targeting in the second half were booted from the game and suspended for the first half of the next game.

3/20/2026 |  Sources: NFL owners set to vote on Raiders succession plan (ESPN) NFL owners are scheduled to vote on a Las Vegas Raiders succession plan that gives Silver Lake co-chief executive officer Egon Durban the option to purchase a majority stake in the team from longtime owner Mark Davis, according to multiple ownership and team executives with direct knowledge of the situation.

3/20/2026 |  Pittsburgh public schools will close for the Wednesday to Friday of draft week (NBC Sports) The NFL draft comes to Pittsburgh next month. And Pittsburgh is bracing for an influx of humanity.
Via WTAE-TV, Pittsburgh public schools will be closed from Wednesday, April 22, through Friday, April 24. The development was attributed to “the significant increase in visitors expected across the region during the 2026 NFL Draft.”

3/20/2026 |  DirecTV completely exits the Sunday Ticket business (NBC Sports) Thirty-two years after NFL Sunday Ticket launched exclusively on DirecTV, the satellite provider is officially exiting the Sunday Ticket business.
Via Jacob Feldman of Sportico, EverPass will become the exclusive provider of Sunday Ticket for commercial establishments.