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STATE COLLEGE – Penn State’s annual Blue-White Game means a lot of things to a lot of people.
Students sit in the stands to socialize, barely glancing at the action on the field.
Alumni use the annual intrasquad scrimmage to meet friends from their college days during informal weekend reunions.
Only the most passionate fans take mental notes on who the third-team right guard might be.
But there was something sobering about this year’s Blue-White Game. Some football players might have taken their final snaps Saturday at Beaver Stadium.
Depending on the final settlement of the House vs NCAA case, Nittany Lions coach James Franklin and his staff might be forced to trim the roster.
It’s something that Franklin has never experienced in 30 years of coaching. Neither has anyone else. It’s something that has weighed on his mind since last year.
“I don’t want to lose any of them,” he said Saturday. “I’d like for these guys to stay a part of the program until they graduate. A lot of them chose Penn State to get their degree from Penn State and play football here.
“I don’t like anything about it.”
The House vs. NCAA settlement would dramatically change college athletics. It would provide former athletes with $2.8 billion in back pay for lost name, image and likeness (NIL) rights and create a system to pay athletes directly, starting in the summer.
The NCAA would be allowed to implement a salary cap that is expected to start at about $20.5 million per school and would increase annually during the 10-year deal.
The settlement includes new roster limits for NCAA Division I sports, which would replace scholarship limits and allow more athletes to receive full scholarships.
The NCAA has set 105 as the roster limit for Division I football. At Penn State, the roster will increase to about 120 when the…
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