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Besides $2.8 billion and $20.5 million, the rest is scrambled eggs.
Okay, I think we understand by now that power conferences and all of their schools agreed to settle the House v. NCAA case or risk having the entire college athletics industry collapsing.
The estimated liability for the NCAA was more than $4 billion, which was way beyond what everyone involved could afford, leaving the prospect of only the wealthiest schools being solvent enough to pay what they would have had to pay to keep playing intercollegiate sports.
If that had happened the end result would have been what the end result will probably be – schools forming a pro-league in football while all of the other sports try to reorganize or go out of business.
This is clearly a football deal that has been pushed in one form or another for years. But what would happen to the multi-billion NCAA basketball tournament and on down to every sport that makes money and every sport that is supported by the two revenue producers?
We know schools can share revenue with athletes up to $20.5 million for the coming school year. That may go up or down depending on how much money is made or lost in 2025-26.
Coaches and athletic directors will determine what their star quarterback or point guard makes compared to the right offensive tackle or the fourth guy off the basketball bench. That’s how the NFL has done it for years, and Bill Belichick likely knows that better than anybody. “We think you’re worth $10,000 for this season and if you want more you have to play better than we think you are going to play. So make us look good or bad when next season’s revenue sharing starts.”
Very likely every scholarship basketball player will earn some rev share. If that’s the case in football, where the roster can be 105 players, many won’t get anything beyond their scholarships.
Here are some questions yet to be asked and/or answered:
Is the money guaranteed to each player even if he or she gets injured or gets thrown off the team?
Some of the money in the settlement will go to former athletes who didn’t get a chance to do any NIL deals. Why is that arbitrarily starting with the 2016 graduates? Can athletes who played after 2016 opt out of what the school offers them? Can Tyler Hansbrough, class of 2009, get a group of older guys who also missed the 2016 cutoff and file their own lawsuits, which is actually happening now?
And the big question is what happens to women’s sports, which at UNC is the North Star. And will the federally mandated Title IX get into the picture when guys make more than the gals, who are actually better athletes?
The closer we get to that September 1 kickoff, more fans won’t care about anything else beyond, “Did my team win or lose and why?”
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Art Chansky is a veteran journalist who has written ten books, including best-sellers “Game Changers,” “Blue Bloods,” and “The Dean’s List.” He has contributed to WCHL for decades, having made his first appearance as a student in 1971. His “Sports Notebook” commentary airs daily on the 97.9 The Hill WCHL and his “Art’s Angle” opinion column runs weekly on Chapelboro.Chapelboro.com does not charge subscription fees, and you can directly support our efforts in local journalism here. Want more of what you see on Chapelboro? Let us bring free local news and community information to you by signing up for our newsletter.
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