{"podcast":{"title":"Front Office Sports Today","slug":"front-office-sports-today-4120147","podcast_index_feed_id":4120147,"rss_url":"https://api.spokenlayer.com/feed/channel/the-leadoff-podcasts-ext/3c9929b72538c12bd92ac6762f8d798b9d4e8cdca7692ea74f466061d01816cb","website_url":"https://frontofficesports.com/podcasts/fos-today/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/0eccb792-8223-11ed-8ea9-4b4b76c4d47c/image/0a1f57c256c28bf8c6e03884f3409a4d.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Front Office Sports","episode_count":857,"summary":"Sports is big business. Here's your daily brief.Front Office Sports Today is your morning briefing on the deals, decisions and cultural moments shaping the industry. Hosted by Baker Machado, with reporting from the Front Office Sports newsroom.Weekdays in under 12 minutes, ready at 6 a.m. ET. Plus longform conversations throughout the week with athletes, analysts, and executives shaping the game.Subscribe now and turn on notifications.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-12T22:21:03.214161+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/front-office-sports-today-4120147"},"episode":{"title":"College Sports 2025 Roundup and 2026 Look-Ahead","slug":"college-sports-2025-roundup-and-2026-look-ahead","published_at":"2025-12-22T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/front-office-sports-today-4120147/college-sports-2025-roundup-and-2026-look-ahead","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/front-office-sports-today-4120147","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/1C131A/traffic.megaphone.fm/FOS1776361618.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/1C131A/traffic.megaphone.fm/FOS1776361618.mp3","summary":"2025 was the year of coaches on the move, as buyouts reached almost $200 million thanks to big-name firings like Brian Kelly and James Franklin. Not to mention Lane Kiffin's big jump to LSU and Bill Belichick's dramatic struggles in his first year with North Carolina. Meanwhile, major legislative questions loom about the employment status for college athletes, as that congressional decision now pushes into 2026. FOS reporter Amanda Christovich and newsletter writer David Rumsey join Baker Machado to explain why this year was so important for the NCAA and what questions will be answered in 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"2025 was the year of coaches on the move, as buyouts reached almost $200 million thanks to big-name firings like Brian Kelly and James Franklin. Not to me…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1552,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/front-office-sports-today-4120147/episodes/college-sports-2025-roundup-and-2026-look-ahead/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/front-office-sports-today-4120147/college-sports-2025-roundup-and-2026-look-ahead.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}