WATCH: FAMU football coach James Colzie III comments on 2025 spring game
James Colzie III is the head coach of the FAMU Rattlers football team.
The House vs. NCAA settlement allows Division I schools to compensate athletes through revenue sharing.The settlement limits football rosters to 105 players, impacting FAMU’s second-year coach James Colzie III.Colzie is strategically reducing his roster while maintaining relationships with cut players for potential future openings.The change also increases scholarships for football to 105, while men’s and women’s basketball get 15, and baseball gets 34.
Changes are afoot in college athletics.
On Friday, June 6, the United States District Court approved the House vs. NCAA settlement. This ruling allows Division I schools to financially compensate athletes through revenue sharing, separate from Name, Image, and Likeness deals.
“The approval of the NCAA-House settlement represents a significant change in how we must navigate our responsibilities and opportunities within college athletics,” Florida A&M Vice President and Director of Athletics Angela Suggs said in a released statement.
“We encourage Rattler Nation to give your resources, voice, and support to help us navigate this new landscape.”
Furthermore, the House vs. NCAA’s passing will require college football coaches to limit their player rosters to 105, regardless of scholarship or walk-on status.
Football teams will also get 105 scholarships, men’s basketball will get 15 scholarships, women’s basketball stay at 15, and baseball will get 34.
The House vs. NCAA settlement leaves FAMU’s second-year head football coach, James Colzie III, having to trim his roster, as the athletic department and the Southwestern Athletic Conference opted into the ruling.
“It’s definitely in the back of our heads,” Colzie told…
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