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The last semester before the inevitable revenue-sharing era for college athletics is upon us, and though the tectonic plates have settled after years of conference realignment and court battles, are we sure the transformation will soon end, too?
Countless lawsuits challenging players’ eligibility standards and earning potential, as well as conference-on-conference courtroom battles, continue to hog the headlines. The NCAA is still trying to sharpen its dull teeth in the enforcement ranks. Schools are preparing to pay players as much as $20.5 million every year. NIL collectives are shifting their business strategy; some are now housed within athletic departments.
The root is money, and there’s just not enough to keep the college athletics monster happy. The Big Ten and SEC are defining this new age with weighted voting power in the new College Football Playoff as everyone else mines every piece of land and media for more money. Every pocket is deeper, every appetite is unquenchable. It all seems so apocalyptic and somehow freeing at the same time.
Believe this: The fallout hasn’t begun, but it will this fall. The gap between the haves and have-nots will widen, and the stories of fringe programs in power conferences falling out of the national view will only quicken over the next five years as revenue-sharing and NIL payments bleed…
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Author : Brandon Marcello
Publish date : 2025-02-24 16:17:00
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