Eighteen months later, he was finally able to talk in more specifics about what is going to happen next thanks to the final approval of the House settlement, an agreement ending a antitrust lawsuits filed against college sports powerbrokers over potential lost income of former college athletes.
Bjork spoke about how the Buckeyes will react to that and several other burning topics during an interview session that lasted well over an hour.
Here are the biggest things to know:
1. Ohio State will share revenue with players in four sports
A major aspect of the House vs. NCAA settlement is the creation of a revenue-sharing program between colleges and their players. Schools that opt into the settlement can do so with a cap of $21 million, and they can divvy up the money however they see fit (there is no minimum).
In the case of OSU, Bjork said players on the football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball and women’s volleyball teams will share in the spoils while athletes in other sports will continue to draw scholarships and be eligible for individual name, image and likeness deals as they are now.
While a majority of the revenue sharing is sure to go to football, Bjork declined to share specific dollar values.
“Numbers create narratives, right?” Bjork said, referencing reports Ohio State football players made collectively about $20 million last year off name, image and likeness payments on their way to winning the national championship. “We know what we’re talking about, right? So look, people wanna run with numbers and this is how much this is. The key point in all of this is this is more opportunity for athletes than ever before, directly from the institution. And so we’re not gonna get into calculating how much this program gets or that program, but it’s four sports.”
2. He supports expanding the…
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