First Rookie to Sign for Colts, NCAA Women's Athletics News
In the NFL, Offensive lineman Danny Pinter has become the first of the Colts’ nine draft picks to sign his rookie contract. The 6-foot-4, 306-pound Ball State alum was selected in the fifth round last month, No. 149 overall. Pinter played high school and college football in Indiana and now will have a chance to play in the NFL with his home-state team. Pinter signed a four-year deal worth roughly $3.6 million.
In College sports, the NCAA Committee for Women’s Athletics has officially recommended STUNT as emerging sport status. Each Division will vote to adopt STUNT as a sport in their respective divisions. STUNT removes the crowd-leading element of cheerleading, and focuses on the technical and athletic components of cheer, including partner stunts, pyramids, basket tosses, group jumps and tumbling.