Athletes express concern over NCAA settlement’s impact on non-revenue sports
- U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken approved a $2.8 billion antitrust settlement in the House vs. NCAA case on Friday night.
- The settlement arose from an out-of-control college athletics market and aims to bring fairness, though implementing its terms will cause challenges.
- Starting July 1, schools can distribute up to $20.5 million per year to athletes, mostly benefiting football and basketball players, while many athletes remain uncertain about impacts on non-revenue sports.
- Chris Del Conte likened the changes to sailing off a flat world’s edge, while athletes like Sabrina Ootsburg and Jake Rimmel voiced confusion and concern about resources and voluntary roster grandfathering.
- The settlement signals a new era in college sports with revenue sharing, but questions remain about resource allocation and safeguarding opportunities for non-revenue athletes.
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College athletic directors will meet this week in Orlando for the annual NACDA (National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics) convention, with the approved House settlement being the main topic of discussion. There's plenty of questions left to be answered, and not a lot of time to figure them out, as payments to players begin July 1st. But, piecing this all together is going to be a tall task, for the time being. Now that players …
Athletes express concern over NCAA settlement's impact on non-revenue sports (copy)
Sydney Moore and Sabrina Ootsburg were surrounded by hundreds of college athletes at a convention in Charlotte when news broke that the $2.8 billion NCAA settlement had been approved by a federal judge. In a room full of college athletes,…
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