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Judge approves proposed NCAA NIL/roster settlement

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NCAA puts some $270 mil annually in a fund to pay out - mostly to football…. $20 mil right away

Roster limits will be phased in - 15 for basketball- BUT nobody will lose a roster spot- so current walk-ons will be “grandfathered in” and can stay on the roster even if they exceed 15-- but this exception applies only to those walk-ons who played last year. Final details still being worked out. NIL payments will be subject to NCAA review & control.

So Bradley can have more than 15 on the roster - prob just 16, but how many depends on if either of the other walk-ons get an extra year.
 
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What is interesting is that this settlement sets up a policing/enforcement system to guard against schools cheating or paying excessive NIL money to players, which IMO will surely happen from day 1. A new enforcement organization, called the College Sports Commission will be established to oversee the new system to make sure schools structure their NIL and payments fairly and according to the rules. The CSC will also hand out penalties to schools that violate the rules. So expect schools like Bradley and Drake to be nailed with sanctions.
www.espn.com

MLB exec to lead new college enforcement arm

Major League Baseball executive Bryan Seeley will become the CEO of the new College Sports Commission, a vital enforcement arm that will have final say in doling out punishments and deciding when rules have been broken in the post-House settlement era.
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Also, "clearinghouse" called "NIL Go" will be established to review all NIL deals in excess of $600. The seems like it would include most NIL deals. For now, it will be run by the private accounting firm of Deloitte. If an NIL deal is deemed excessive, a 3rd party "arbiter" could rule an athlete ineligible or fine a school. Let's see if that ever happens. :roll:
Deloitte officials reviewed past NIL deals in the ACC and reported to ACC members that 70% of past deals from NIL collectives would have been denied, while 90% of past deals from public companies would have been approved.
 
I agree
As is the case the past several decades, those school that are found with violations & then hit with sanctions always seem disproportionately to be small schools & midmajors.
The big schools get away with murder and even when caught with serious major violations - get away with no penalties (the UNC academic scandal, UGA paying $200K to land Cam Newton)
 
I seriously wonder how long can Bradley and similar sized institutions attract competitive athletes and fund athletic programs.
 
64NIT said:

A $2.8 billion settlement will change college sports forever. Here’s how​

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www.ncaa.org

A Letter from NCAA President Charlie Baker - NCAA.org

Many looked to April's hearing about the House settlement as a culmination of sorts, but the court's final approval of the settlement in fact marks a new beginning
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The last paragraph is important. There will undoubtedly be lawsuits from past, present, and future athletes who feel they aren't getting what they believe is their "fair share" of the massive pie. And there will be lawsuits from athletes in the non-revenue sports who aren't getting much, if any, of the monies. And, of course, there will be lawsuits from athletes in women's sports who claim Title IX violations.
Plus, as far as I can find, this settlement doesn't delineate clearly how to regulate the payments made directly to athletes from donors, sponsors, advertisers, and other 3rd party entities, nor the under-the-table payments to athletes that has always happened and will continue unchecked. The elite athletes will still cash in on big money that doesn't come directly from the schools and won't be reported to the College Sports Commission (the enforcement bureau). This is bound to become so messy that the NCAA will eventually disband and disappear. And among other changes, this will surely lead to athletes forming unions for collective bargaining and to make sure everyone, even the scrubs get paid.
 
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Just a few opinions... The last paragraph of the article in the last post is important. There will undoubtedly be lawsuits from past, present, and future athletes who feel they aren't getting what they believe is their "fair share" of the massive pie. And there will be lawsuits from athletes in the non-revenue sports who aren't getting much, if any, of the monies. And, of course, there will be lawsuits from athletes in women's sports who claim Title IX violations.
Plus, as far as I can find, this settlement doesn't delineate clearly how to regulate the payments made directly to athletes from donors, sponsors, advertisers, and other 3rd party entities, nor the under-the-table payments to athletes that has always been going on, and which will continue unchecked. The elite athletes will still cash in on big money that doesn't come directly from the schools and won't be reported to the College Sports Commission (the enforcement bureau). This is bound to become so messy that the NCAA will eventually disband and disappear. And among other changes, this will surely lead to athletes forming unions for collective bargaining and to make sure everyone, even the scrubs get paid.
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Here’s some new ideas - schools working private equity deals, even selling shares in their football programs to raise massive amounts of more money to buy the best players. If your team wins more, your stock goes up!
Or take out huge loans to get $$, and make someone down the road a few years worry about paying it off. Big business & big investors coming in and taking over - like having Elon Musk run the athletic dept. -

www.sportsbusinessjournal.com

Elevate launching PE-backed college initiative

Private equity has finally found its way into college sports with a new venture launched by Elevate.
www.sportsbusinessjournal.com www.sportsbusinessjournal.com
 
I just read schools with no Football Program can put 75% of there budget into Basketball! I would think this gives Basketball only schools a decent advantage!? On the other hand, we know the power Basketball schools that also fund football will figure out a way to pay the 100's of millions it will take to have both programs highly successful. I wouldn't doubt it will reach the Billions someday. I'm curious how much these power schools will try to fund all the other sport teams? Will they care if a non revenue sports is a winner? I'm only interested in College Basketball with Bradley being my # 1 team I'll support. I feel guilty that I really don't care how the other sports do at Bradley, as long as we keep Bradley Basketball very competitive! At least I'm honest about this! I wonder if we will ever find out how much Bradley will fund its historic Basketball program vs.all the other sports?
 
Bradley was already at 14 scholarships before Mayar Wol left, and they were still recruiting additional 2025 recruits. So that seemed to suggest they intended to opt in, which would extend the scholarship limit to 15. However, with Wol leaving, they are back to 13, so it's now anyone's guess what the plan will be.
 
Da Coach said:
The last paragraph is important. There will undoubtedly be lawsuits from past, present, and future athletes who feel they aren't getting what they believe is their "fair share" of the massive pie. And there will be lawsuits from athletes in the non-revenue sports who aren't getting much, if any, of the monies. And, of course, there will be lawsuits from athletes in women's sports who claim Title IX violations.
Plus, as far as I can find, this settlement doesn't delineate clearly how to regulate the payments made directly to athletes from donors, sponsors, advertisers, and other 3rd party entities, nor the under-the-table payments to athletes that has always happened and will continue unchecked. The elite athletes will still cash in on big money that doesn't come directly from the schools and won't be reported to the College Sports Commission (the enforcement bureau). This is bound to become so messy that the NCAA will eventually disband and disappear. And among other changes, this will surely lead to athletes forming unions for collective bargaining and to make sure everyone, even the scrubs get paid.
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Well, that didn't take long. The NCAA's settlement in this case and the payments to athletes which was to start July 1st was just put on hold because a group of female athletes have filed an appeal, claiming that the $2.8 billion settlement violates Title IX. This appeal claims that former female athletes are being cheated out of $1.1 billion dollars (see below).
This appeal, as well as likely future appeals and countersuits, could tie this up for years.

www.cbssports.com

House v. NCAA settlement payments on hold amid legal challenge from female athletes on Title IX grounds

The case marks the first formal appeal filed since the historic settlement was finalized on Friday
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apnews.com

Female athletes appeal landmark NCAA settlement, saying it violates federal antidiscrimination law

Eight female athletes have filed an appeal of a landmark NCAA antitrust settlement. They argue that women would not receive their fair share of $2.7 billion in back pay for athletes who were barred from making money off their name, image and likeness.
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Eight female athletes filed an appeal Wednesday of a landmark NCAA antitrust settlement, arguing that women would not receive their fair share of $2.7 billion in back pay for athletes who were barred from making money off their name, image and likeness.
The athletes who appealed the settlement competed in soccer, volleyball and track.... They have standing to appeal because they previously filed objections to the proposed settlement.

Ashlyn Hare, one of the attorneys representing the athletes, said in a statement that the settlement violates Title IX, the federal law that bans sex-based discrimination in education.
“We support a settlement of the case, but not an inaccurate one that violates federal law. The calculation of past damages is based on an error that ignores Title IX and deprives female athletes of $1.1 billion,” Hare said. “Paying out the money as proposed would be a massive error that would cause irreparable harm to women’s sports.”
 
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