OUR INSIGHTS

Learn what's new and get our take on trends shaping the sports world.

NIL Edge #1 Ben Chase - Director of NIL Strategy - University of Florida

We’re excited to officially launch The NIL Edge! Our first guest is Ben Chase, Director of NIL at the University of Florida.
September 5, 2025

Where will the college sports business market go? Look at the birth of the American sports betting market.

Mike Adorno, SVP of Communications at Digital Sport by HPL, reflects on the sports betting boom after the repeal of PASPA and relates that period to the current state of college athletics.
September 3, 2025

NIL Edge #2 Collin Stoecker - Boise State - Assistant Athletic Director, BroncoPro

Sterling Randle sits down with Collin Stoecker, Assistant Athletic Director, BroncoPro - Boise State University.
August 29, 2025

P&L is the New Win & Loss

Our SVP of Communications, Mike Adorno, breaks down the latest news stories and how they signal a larger shift in the college sports world.
July 16, 2025

Thoughts From the Digital Sport Team at NACDA

Mike Adorno, SVP of Communications, shares his top-line takeaways from the NACDA conference in Orlando this June.
July 16, 2025

Full Court Press: Public Relations Takeaways from Netflix’s “Running Point”

Account Lead Courtney Moed writes in PRNews about the PR lessons she learned while watching the Netflix series Running Point.
June 30, 2025

Four Business Lessons from Bananaland: My Night at the Greatest Show in Sports

I didn’t expect to walk out of a Savannah Bananas game thinking about customer experience models, brand architecture, or organizational culture. But that’s exactly where my mind went after being completely awe-struck by the experience. What happened on the field—and all around it—was a lesson in how to build something people want to be part of, talk about, and keep coming back to.
May 28, 2025

How Tennessee Lost the Nico Battle, Won the War of Public Opinion, and Ushered in a New Chapter of NIL With 9 Simple Words

Mike Adorno, DSHPL Senior Vice President, Communications, details when star quarterback Nico Iamaleava held out for a bigger NIL deal, Tennessee stood firm — and won the battle for public opinion with nine simple words: "There's no one that's bigger than the Power T." The University's decisive messaging reshaped the conversation around loyalty, team values and the future of NIL negotiations in college sports.
April 30, 2025

Covers.com NCAA Tournament Media Hits

March is a time for madness and basketball. Throughout the month, Covers analysts Jason Logan and Rohit Ponnaiya spoke to media outlets around the country about different conference tournament.
April 14, 2025