Schools can now pay student-athletes directly

[Just.A.Fan]

... (and wish I was born 35 years later)

I think a large portion of us here wish for that ... at least in terms of sports payouts, perhaps not so much otherwise.

 

[Cuango]

Has anyone seen any kind of breakdown or estimates as to how they will divvy this up between the sports? Will some sports ie football & basketball get paid more than other non revenue producing sports? How much $ will student athletes actually see and will (presumably it will be even across the board) all athletes on a team receive the same amount?

 

[YoDore]

Has anyone seen any kind of breakdown or estimates as to how they will divvy this up between the sports? Will some sports ie football & basketball get paid more than other non revenue producing sports? How much $ will student athletes actually see and will (presumably it will be even across the board) all athletes on a team receive the same amount?

The most common figures you see are: 75 percent for football: 15 percent for MBB; 5 percent for WBB; and 5 percent split among other sports. There is already a Title IX lawsuit in the courts.

Appeal of NCAA settlement won't halt payments

An appeal of the NCAA's landmark antitrust settlement won't stop college teams from paying current athletes starting July 1, but it will pause the NCAA's plans to begin paying former athletes.

www.espn.com

 

[visitingcock]

Schools have been able to pay for at least the past three seasons. SCar and Texas tech announced that the were paying their players 25,000 each. (Most others began paying then too but we’re not as open about it) Nothing was done to them because nothing could be done since the Supreme Court had de-fanged the NCAA by that time. It was not “illegal” under any governmment’s law - it had been only an NCAA regulation.

 

[visitingcock]

Are players who receive more School-paid earnings than the highest paid professional in their sport “ amateurs?”

Does it matter if they lose their amateur status? Does this affect their eligibility for US National teams? ( we know it doesn’t affect Oympic team?

 

[1974yankees]

In the open, that is. It’s been going on for ages in the back rooms, especially for football

"It's been going on for ages in the back rooms, especially in football"

100% true. I think Nick Saben retired from Alabama because he was getting sick of it. He talked about this numerous times.

 

[Skeets]

The most common figures you see are: 75 percent for football: 15 percent for MBB; 5 percent for WBB; and 5 percent split among other sports. There is already a Title IX lawsuit in the courts.

Appeal of NCAA settlement won't halt payments

An appeal of the NCAA's landmark antitrust settlement won't stop college teams from paying current athletes starting July 1, but it will pause the NCAA's plans to begin paying former athletes.

www.espn.com

I was going to say the same thing. Sounds like a big title IX problem. Maybe a kid seating on the bench for the women's volleyball team will make as much as the starting QB. Does this make sense? No, but it doesn't have to.