@valpopal In the next 10 years there is going to be a lot of things happening in the College athletics world. In my opinion, if the Mid Majors are ever "Priced Out" of college sports, they are going to draft a class action suit. They would have a good case in my opinion. As most articles will mention, this is only kicking the rock down the road of the power schools either drafting their own division entirely or leaving the NCAA to form their own athletic association.
Interesting article on private equity firms smelling blood in the water in high end college sports.
Dan Wolken draws an interesting parallel with the demise of Red Lobster.
Interesting article on private equity firms smelling blood in the water in high end college sports.
Dan Wolken draws an interesting parallel with the demise of Red Lobster.
I believe this will fall under the booster umbrella of "Not True NIL" and will be banned from being used. That is if they really plan to enforce the rules barring boosters and pay to play.
I will always be a follower of students seeking out brand deals and such, but my point remains the same, your compensation from the school was your scholarship. I expect schools to draft contracts that penalize athletes upon transferring. They are "Semi-pro" after all, so why shouldn't they be held to the same contract restrictions of the big boys.
There will likely be a fairly significant structure change to college sports over the next decade that declaring any midpoint ruling as the deathknell, the end, the beginning or anything else is extremely premature.
According to the article posted by Vu72, "the NCAA will cover 41% of the $2.77 billion. Reduced spending, insurance and reserve funds from the NCAA are expected to cover about $1.2 billion and the rest will be money that would normally be distributed to 352 Division I schools but instead will be withheld." That is money coming from Valpo. "Many smaller schools are worried about the loss of that NCAA money on their budgets."
While Valpo is losing funding in the agreement, the larger schools get to spend more than $20 million each year from their huge budgets to pay their athletes. "...the settlement includes a proposed revenue-sharing system that will allow schools to commit up to $21 million per year to be paid directly to athletes."
Also, "One change that could have the most noticeable impact on the field is a switch from the NCAA’s traditional scholarship limits to using roster size to determine how many athletes a school can have for a particular sport." This will damage schools like Valpo, especially in sports like baseball, which currently has a limit of about 11 scholarships. The bigger schools will now be able to offer 40 scholarships, or whatever the new roster limit; therefore, pulling many good players away from the lower-level schools.
Finally, "It could also push schools to be more deliberate in deciding how much to invest in certain sports. 'My greatest fear of all of this is what we’re asking for, what is that going to do to all the sports on every campus?' Florida softball coach Tim Walton asked. 'What’s it going to do to some of the programs that were relying on their conference and the NCAA for the money? What’s that going to do? Are they dropping programs? Are they dropping sports?'”
This article doesn't even address the possibility that Title IX will require equal amounts of payments to women athletes, which will further deplete funds at schools like Valpo that already can't afford the expenses.
This article doesn't even address the possibility that Title IX will require equal amounts of payments to women athletes, which will further deplete funds at schools like Valpo that already can't afford the expenses.
I think this issue goes well beyond the possibility to the probability to the absolute certainty.
If I am being honest, I don't see schools coming anywhere near that 20 million mark. Scholarships, and NIL payments. With Boosters and pay for play being banned, I have seen articles of a lot of NIL collectives closing out of fear with the new system. There simply isnt enough money to pay both scholarships and NIL in addition to run of the mill expenses with program operations.
What I do see happening, is the death of non revenue sports. With the new system, there , unfortunately, isnt enough room for sports that dont generate cash
It will be interesting to see if the demise of scholarship limits will impact Minor League Baseball in a critical way, as more kids choose to go the college route first, versus that small chance of stardom out of HS.
Also, is Birmingham Southern the first former D-1 casualty in this mess? They moved D-3 about 15 years back, and are now closing after this school year.
@valpotx Birmingham southern is a different case completely, From what I know its something to do with being denied federal funding.
I was meaning in general, not just because of the recent P5 money-hoarding. The overall move away from many folks wanting to pursue higher education, and now having hit its first former D-1 university.
Birmingham Southern College, a DIII LA school in Alabama, has announced that it is closing its doors as of May 31, 2024. The simple reason: the same as many small, borderline, underfunded/minimally-endowed colleges — MONEY.
The irony in all of this is that their baseball team just won their NCAA Super-regional and will advance to the DIII College World Series. If they win it all, they will be the NCAA Champion of a school that, at that very point in time, no longer exists.
Mid-majors should celebrate, not complain: House v NCAA settlement means 10 more years of March Madness
@whvalpo 10 more years of march madness, in which they don't make any money off of march madness because they are forced to give up money from the NCAA in order to pay off the lawsuit.
