In the wake of the groundbreaking House vs. NCAA antitrust settlement approved on Friday, Ohio State athletic director Ross Bjork said in a statement that the athletic program will fully fund its revenue-sharing program and will remain committed to providing scholarships for all 36 of its varsity sports teams.
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Boasting strong seasons across sports like football, women’s hockey and soccer, Ohio State’s athletic department ranked third in the Learfield Directors’ Cup standings through the winter season.
Ohio State’s 794.75 total points are only behind second-place North Carolina, which has 896.75 points and first-place Stanford, which has 904 points.
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In an open letter penned to Ohio State fans on Nov. 21, Ohio State athletic director Ross Bjork announced that — in light of the expected April settlement of the House v. NCAA antitrust case that will enact roster limits for several sports and pave the way for revenue sharing Read More
Ohio State continues to show off its academic excellence for the 2023-24 school year, with the conference announcing Tuesday that the Buckeyes have a conference-leading 220 student-athletes named as Big Ten Distinguished Scholars. The total is the second-most in school history behind only the 232 recognized in 2020-21, while it Read More
For the second consecutive year, Ohio State had a Big Ten-leading 262 student-athletes earn Academic All-Big Ten honors for spring and at-large sports, the Big Ten Conference announced Wednesday.
Ohio State had honors going to players who competed in 18 sports: baseball; men’s and women’s fencing; men’s and women’s golf; Read More
Ohio State and its student-athletes have shown marked improvement in the classroom over the last five years, according to NCAA Division I Academic Progress Rate data released on June 4.
In the 20th year of academic progress rate, or APR, data — which provides a real-time look at a team’s Read More
Ohio State reported a record revenue from the department of athletics during the 2023 fiscal year from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023, reporting $279,549,337 in revenue, an 11 percent increase over the previous fiscal year revenue of $251,615,345.
“Ohio State athletics remain on a rock-solid foundation thanks to Read More
Ohio State formally introduced the university’s next athletic director on Wednesday, with Texas A&M’s Ross Bjork set to take over for Gene Smith, who is set to retire at the end of June.
Bjork was introduced by smith as well as new university president Ted Carter, who began his tenure Read More
Ohio State announced Tuesday that former Texas A&M athletic director Ross Bjork will take over the same position in Columbus, set to succeed Gene Smith when the longtime athletic director formally steps down later this summer.
“I have been extraordinarily fortunate to work with so many outstanding student-athletes, coaches, staff Read More
Texas A&M athletic director Ross Bjork has emerged as a target for Ohio State to replace the retiring Gene Smith, according to a report on Monday from ESPN’s Pete Thamel.
Bjork has been athletic director at Texas A&M since 2019, and has held the same position at Ole Miss Read More
