Verlander leaving for Astros in Oakland, NCAA rules, Cougars challenge NFL

Next Up’s Chris Gordy, alongside The Sean Salisbury Show’s Brian LaLima and The A-Team’s Dan Mathews, preview the Houston Astros traveling to Oakland to take on the Athletics for a three-game series that will see Justin Verlander starting on the mound. Friday. The Astros received a slight boost in the AL West standings, currently 4.5 games out of the division lead, after the Texas Rangers lost four straight and the Seattle Mariners lost two. following.

The NCAA Board of Governors and each Power Five conference have agreed to a settlement in House v. NCAA that will create a new revenue sharing model and offset years of antitrust claims. The NCAA and conferences will pay $2.77 billion over 10 years to former and current college athletes since 2016. Additionally, each school will be allowed to set aside up to $21 million in revenue to share with athletes each year.

Chris, Brian and Dan also discuss the World Baseball Classic in Houston, predict when the automated strike zone will be implemented in MLB, react to Cougars football defying NFL legal threats by declaring their alternate blue uniforms are “radically different” from those of the Houston Oilers and more.