Kyle Brennan

Kyle Brennan will lead fundraising efforts for a Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) collective at the University of Utah. NILs raise money through marketing deals and other employment to pay student-athletes.

An internal audit of ISU Athletics was completed less than a year ago, finding two dozen problem areas – including prohibited or questionable purchases, a risky approach to travel, and sloppy or delayed record-keeping that would make it harder to detect issues.

Illinois State University’s interim president said Wednesday that he’s canceled plans for a student fee increase for Athletics and pledged “closer oversight” of Athletics fundraising in the wake of a costly and widely condemned donor junket.

Many of those who worked under Kyle Brennan say the rebuilding must acknowledge broader workplace-culture issues inside Illinois State University Athletics – problems that go beyond any single junket on a millionaire’s private jet.

New Illinois State University Interim Athletics Director Jeri Beggs has a large set of tasks following the departure of Kyle Brennan under a cloud. In this interview with WGLT's Charlie Schlenker, ISU Interim President Aondover Tarhule lays out his expectations for Beggs and tries to put the upheaval in context.

Beggs has an extensive history in college athletics. She recently served on the NCAA Transformation Committee, is a top advisor for the Missouri Valley Conference and is ISU's faculty athletics representative for the NCAA, a post she has held for 14 years.

The donor flight to Indianapolis involving ISU athletics staff and boosters — and a subsequent trip to a strip club — has prompted the university's Student Government Association to consider a response.

An Illinois State University spokesperson says they're working on the details of Kyle Brennan's separation. The athletics director's resignation is effective April 30.

Six weeks before he was indicted on federal tax-fraud charges, former Reditus CEO Aaron Rossi pledged a $3 million donation to Illinois State University Athletics to help build its new Indoor Practice Facility, WGLT has learned.

The Illinois State University Board of Trustees on Friday approved a naming rights deal for Redbird Arena. The venue will now be known as CEFCU Arena, with the Peoria-based credit union paying ISU $3.1 million over the next decade.