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Every week, we break big, wild, and weird news about college football.

We use all 50 states' Freedom of Information Acts (pronounced FOY-uh) to dive deep into major programs and reveal what is really happening behind the scenes. From boosters leaning on ADs to teams skirting NCAA regulations, we’ve got it all.

Our reporting resonates throughout the college football world. You can get it every Thursday by subscribing below. 

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FOIAball is bringing records that are your right to see. Every state government pledges the people—who grant them power—have the right to every document it produces. 

These laws imbue college football fans with the authority to know just where Steve Sarkisian flies on private jets. Or just how much coaches blow at junkets. Or which ways untoward influences are trying to steer the sport.

Your paid subscription helps cover the cost of records requests, document collection, and supplemental reporting. It gets you insight, accountability, and a lot of absurdity.

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FOIAball is just one person. 

I’m David Covucci, a longtime journalist who has spent years prying records loose from some of the nation’s most difficult offices, successfully suing states and government agencies to cough up documents. 

I’ve broken stories on cops lying about fentanyl overdoses; police departments secretly hiring rapists and murderers; the U.S. nuclear arsenal lacking proper security; public universities contracting cheap prison labor; and, most importantly, the race to save Fat Bear Week from a vote-hacking campaign.

I spent eight years teaching college students how to obtain and report on public records. I’m also the author of the most famous FOIA request of all time.

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