As of July 1, college athletes are being directly paid by the universities for which they play, but that doesn’t mean the schools are divulging the payments on the record.
Through reporting, we know the numbers on the high end are going up. Duke quarterback Darien Mensah will earn $4 million per year for a two-year deal at Duke. Five-star offensive line prospect Felix Ojo has a three-year deal averaging $775,000 a year with a verbal understanding that TTU will renegotiate up to $5 million. Basketball star AJ Dybantsa had an approximate asking price of $5 million before signing with BYU.
But schools do not publicly disclose amounts of revenue-sharing deals voluntarily, and whether they will ever be compelled to do so is unclear. In that way, the post-House v. NCAA settlement world is just like what came before in the era when athletes were being compensated by third-party NIL collectives.
Why are schools silent on revenue-sharing deals?
CBS Sports filed more than a dozen freedom of information requests for the revenue-sharing contracts of high-profile college football players across the country. As of publication time, six schools have provided responses — all of which were denials. Context for the denials runs the gamut.
Alabama responded to a request for QB Ty Simpson and WR Ryan Williams’ contracts by simply saying, “there are no public documents responsive to your open records request[.]” Florida declined to disclose QB DJ Lagway’s contract, stating that athletic records are exempt from Florida’s public records laws. In the past, however, Florida has shared coaching contracts with reporters.
Other schools have different justifications. Clemson denied a request made by The Post and Courier, stating that the agreements are…
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Author : Richard Johnson
Publish date : 2025-07-11 13:20:00
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