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mattbrown.bsky.social
I write Extra Points, a newsletter about off-the-field stories in college sports. I also (badly) make computer games, woodworking projects, and jokes. Chicago.
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hell yeah the term "Creator" sucks be a writer instead www.creatorspotlight.com/p/alicia-ken...

submitted 5 hours ago • 1 comment

😷💩🤯🤑

submitted 11 hours ago • 1 comment

there are certain sports I like, like hockey, lacrosse and swordfighting. but I think football is borrrrrrriiiiinnnng💩

submitted 11 hours ago • 2 comments

yes. Penny is a good sister 😘

submitted 11 hours ago • 1 comment

I want to go home because it is boring to sit in a quiet room and when penny is taking a boring test 😴

submitted 11 hours ago • 0 comments

I read a harder book today! it was about a fish that died. Penny picked the book for me. 😍

submitted 11 hours ago • 3 comments

okay this is estela. dad is taking a break to play video games but i can talk for a little bit!!!!!🤯

submitted 11 hours ago • 3 comments

I will have an entire newsletter about this on Tuesday. I spent a lot of the last few weeks talking to ADs, coaches and sport administrators about this. But I will say this. It ain't happening this year.

submitted 11 hours ago • 0 comments

I'm sure it's been worth it for the Maryland administration and the Big Ten, but I don't think the move has been very beneficial to Maryland fans, and certainly not to fans of other Big Ten institutions. I dunno if staying would have been that much better for Maryland football though, tbh

submitted 11 hours ago • 3 comments

I have! Every kid is different, but I don’t mind saying that we’re only looking at skipping a grade in a few subjects, regardless of the test goes. Social fit matters a LOT and I know we can add enriching curriculum at home

submitted 11 hours ago • 2 comments

I’ve been playing the long dark again, and finished a replay of Yakuza Like A Dragon a few months ago. Other than that, it’s been playing animal crossing with my girls

submitted 12 hours ago • 2 comments

I don’t get it either.

submitted 12 hours ago • 2 comments

I’m gonna be honest. I don’t love most beers. I’m happy to keep trying, but the best beer I’ve ever had isn’t as good as an average marg, vodka lemonade or G&T. This is a very pro margarita Bluesky account atm

submitted 12 hours ago • 8 comments

How useful a commissioner would be depends entirely on who hires that person. If university presidents are still fundamentally in charge I struggle to see how anything REALLY different from the ncaa gets created

submitted 12 hours ago • 2 comments

Besides the traditional answers? People don’t read anymore! Or at least, not people…especially young people. There are limitations on the stories you can tell with short form video imo

submitted 12 hours ago • 1 comment

Penny is taking the CPS Gifted exam, which is cool, but it means im stuck in a waiting room for the next 90ish minutes. AMA. I’ll either answer here or in the newsletter while we’re waiting

submitted 12 hours ago • 15 comments

Same, plus I am confident I could absolutely destroy him in CFB25

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

I am once again begging the student sections of America to LEARN A NEW CHANT PUT SOME EFFORT IN

submitted 16 hours ago • 4 comments

FAMILY: Matt, let’s go to the conservatory today. Get your mind off college sports. Do something else ME: okay but

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

I can confirm that this is an idea that is gaining traction in conservative circles within the federal government.

submitted 2 days ago • 7 comments

Buying Hooters to turn it into the world's first pay-what-you-can food pantry with virulently sexual undertones.

submitted 2 days ago • 398 comments

When you say athletes don't have to pay taxes on their NIL money, you tell taxpayers that recruiting (increasingly wealthy) college athletes is more important than recruiting firefighters, nurses, engineers, or nearly anybody else. That message sucks. www.extrapointsmb.com/p/exempting-...

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Nebraska, by the numbers I have, is 4th, with a reported $7.58 million payment. Ohio State is 3rd. LSU is 7th.

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

OKAY NEW TRIVIA GAME (keep in mind I am missing a few schools here) Texas A&M reported the highest spending on severance payments across the athletic department in FY24, with $27.5M. WHO WAS NUMBER TWO, with a staggering $22 million dollars

submitted 3 days ago • 17 comments

DIII schools don't have to file the same budget paperwork that DI and DII schools do. I don't have every DII school yet, but I can report MANY DII schools with ticket revenue numbers above Upstate and the bottom of DI. Even some not-exactly-elite DII programs.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Arkansas reported over $53 MILLION in ticket sales in FY24, very close to the top of the country. I did not expect them to be so high up, especially since they don't have a women's program that brings in huge money.

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

fwiw, these schools do VERY well at the box office. In a typical year, both Montanas and NDSU will report more than $6 million in ticket sale revenue. They out-earn many FBS institutions.

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

OKAY YOU'RE ALL WRONG According to the budget data figures that I currently have, the school that reported the smallest number in ticket revenue was SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE, with $15,187 across all sports. UMES, Cal State Northridge, CCSU and Coppin round out the bottom five.

submitted 3 days ago • 13 comments

It may very well be Chicago State....but this is going to surprise you...they needed an extension in filing their budget data to the NCAA and auditors. I THINK FY24 Chicago State would beat the bottom number I have, but it's probably going to be close.

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

Another excellent guess! They are 4th from the bottom, with $71,840 in reported ticket revenue across all sports.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Another excellent guess! Coppin State reported just $84,502, which, according to the data I have right this second, is 5th from the bottom.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Near the bottom, with just $115,359 in reported ticket revenue, but not at THE bottom. JUST A FEW MORE GUESSSES

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Very close! UMES reported ticket revenue of just $36,775 in FY24, which is the SECOND LOWEST school I have in my database. But there is another school that did even less!

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

Okay now you're way, way closer. Not actually in the bottom ten, but now you're at least speaking the same language. The bottom four teams in my database do not sponsor football

submitted 3 days ago • 5 comments

Kennesaw Reported a little over $600,000 in total ticket revenue in FY24. The actual lowest school was WELL under $100,000. Kennesaw is low, but not that low.

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments