Sports Update 7/19/2022

>>N-F-L Training Camps Begin This Week As Rookies Report

(Nashville, TN)  —  Football season is here.  N-F-L training camps get underway this week as rookies from multiple teams are due to show up before veterans begin reporting for duty this weekend and into next week.  Titans’ rookies will report on Saturday.  The Hall of Fame game featuring the Jacksonville Jaguars and Las Vegas Raiders is scheduled for August 4th.  Preseason games will follow throughout August before the Buffalo Bills visit the defending Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams to kick off the season on September 9th.

>>Titans Road Uniforms Ranked Worst In League

(Nashville, TN)  —  The Titans are not getting much love for one of their uniforms.  U-S-A Today ranked Tennessee’s road jerseys as the worst in the N-F-L.  They call the combination of a blue helmet, white jersey, and blue pants a “mishmash of nonsense”.  The same publication also ranked the Titan’s helmet logo as the worst in the league.

>>Report: Pac-12 And Big 12 End Partnership Talks

(Undated)  —  A potential partnership between the Pac-12 and Big 12 conferences is coming to an end.  ESPN reports the two conferences have ended talks to form a partnership.  The Big 12 reportedly cited revenue as a roadblock for a possible deal, along with “a multitude of reasons.”  Top league officials had been discussing the partnership over multiple zoom calls in the last couple weeks.  Talks were prompted after the Big 12 lost Oklahoma and Texas to the SEC and the Pac-12 lost USC and UCLA to the Big Ten.

>>Report: Texas Tech Players To Receive 25-Thousand Dollar NIL Deals

(Undated)  —  Texas Tech football players are landing a major “Name, Likeness and Image” deal.  The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reports that a local collective called the Matador Club, is signing all 85 scholarship players and 15 walk-ons to 25-thousand dollar NIL contracts.  The Red Raiders will do charitable work and community service in the Lubbock area as part of the contract.