Numbers and Words: Your College Football Team Needs Your Financial Support! (PREVIEW)

David Covucci, founder and proprietor of FOIAball, joins Steven Godfrey to discuss the growing push to tap fans as sources of revenue for college athletic departments, from rising ticket prices to pleas to donate your grocery store rewards points. How does the new era of fundraising change the relationship between fans and schools, and what does it mean for the future of the sport to lean even more heavily on its audience for cash?

This is a preview of the full episode, which is available to paid subscribers – go to phantomisland.show to sign up today. Phantom Island is presented by Homefield and produced by Michael Surber.