NCAA proposing new college athletics subdivision rooted in direct athlete compensation

[huskymedic]

… and away we go:

 

[J187Money]

I would assume then - that any school that would opt into this would be allowed? This could work in our favor long-term.

 

[huskymedic]

I would assume then - that any school that would opt into this would be allowed? This could work in our favor long-term.

“According to Baker’s proposal, schools that choose to be part of the new subdivision — they can opt in or out — are required to meet a strict minimum standard rooted in athlete investment.”

 

[huskymedic]

“Entry into the subdivision requires a school to invest, at minimum, $30,000 per year per athlete into what is termed an “enhanced educational trust fund” for at least half of a school’s countable athletes. Schools would determine when athletes receive the amount, which, for four-year athletes, will total at least $120,000. Schools must continue to abide by the framework of Title IX, assuring that 50 percent of the investment be directed toward women athletes.”

 

[Chin Diesel]

And by "NCAA" you mean B1G and SEC.

 

[How Sway?!]

So Charlie Baker revolutionary idea for the future of college athletics is to let the rich schools do what they want and make sure small schools can never compete in any sport? Truly enlightening

 

[uconnyankee]

So will those in new tier be competing only with the other schools in all sports?

Hard to see UConn playing TN or Clemson if their players are professional and UConn’s aren’t.

Conversely, is this the point where bb fans realize without football, UConn is not getting seat at big boy table.

 

[JMick]

Conversely, is this the point where bb fans realize without football, UConn is not getting seat at big boy table.

Actually, this will probably kill a lot of football programs and women's sports. If you cut football you can cut 85 slots for women's sports that you don't have to pay into an NIL fund for.

 

[shizzle787]

I would assume then - that any school that would opt into this would be allowed? This could work in our favor long-term.

I told everyone this. Anti-trust forces them to let people opt in.

 

[shizzle787]

So will those in new tier be competing only with the other schools in all sports?

Hard to see UConn playing TN or Clemson if their players are professional and UConn’s aren’t.

Conversely, is this the point where bb fans realize without football, UConn is not getting seat at big boy table.

UConn will opt in.

 

[JohnFSilver]

Open up your wallets people

 

[Gburyhusky]

Given the importance of women's sports at UConn it's a no brainer that UConn opts in.

 

[JohnFSilver]

UConn will opt in.

Not necessarily. Has to abide by title ix.

But my expectation is they will opt in and blow the budget wide open.

 

[shizzle787]

Not necessarily. Has to abide by title ix.

But my expectation is they will opt in and blow the budget wide open.

And drop to the minimum number of sports.

 

[JohnFSilver]

This is the break off. You gonna have a tourney with paid players vs unpaid players?

 

[Drew]

I have no idea how many athletes UConn has but if we have 325 total thats $10M in annual salaries if we’re paying the minimum amount required. Can we afford that? We don’t even earn half of that in TV revenue

Edit- thats also the ENTRY POINT. I’d imagine B1G and SEC will be paying athletes a lot more than that

 

[Drew]

Ooooh boy

 

[UCMB88]

And by "NCAA" you mean B1G and SEC.

Exactly!! "The model “gives the educational institutions with the most visibility, the most financial resources and the biggest brands an opportunity to choose to operate with a different set of rules that more accurately reflect their scale and their operating model,” he writes."

They already do operate under a different set of rules, and this is just the NCAA putting their stamp of approval on in. It's just further separation between the haves and the have nots.

 

[Drew]

“Schools in the new subdivision would also gain control of decision-making around scholarship limits and countable coaches, the NCAA's way of handing major conference programs the freedom to increase the limits or do away with them altogether.”

Not great Bob!!

 

[Bryant]

How many schools outside of the SEC/BIG10 can afford this with making major cuts to non revenue programs. Sports like wrestling, swimming, soccer, etc will be cut at many schools.

 

[KryHavok]

Sooo, we've been, or about to be, effectively left behind...just the administration hasn't made an announcement to that effect yet. NIL and the transfer portal were merely tools to create NFL and NBA minor leagues until the NCAA could be ripped apart.

 

[JMick]

Sooo, we've been, or about to be, effectively left behind...just the administration hasn't made an announcement to that effect yet. NIL and the transfer portal were merely tools to create NFL and NBA minor leagues until the NCAA could be ripped apart.

Yeah. Let's say we do join this subdivision

Where do we go? Do we think other teams currently in "power" conferences are going to not join?

How do we play basketball independently if the entire Big East doesn't sponsor this division.

 

[superjohn]

These leaders think they're too big to fail. It's all going to fail.

 

[Dizzy21]

I have no idea how many athletes UConn has but if we have 325 total thats $10M in annual salaries if we’re paying the minimum amount required. Can we afford that? We don’t even earn half of that in TV revenue

Edit- thats also the ENTRY POINT. I’d imagine B1G and SEC will be paying athletes a lot more than that

466 scholarship and 576 totally according to the annual athletics report. So it's basically half of one of those need to be paid. $7 to $10 million total.

 

[SubbaBub]

$3m/yr just for FB and MBB. Another $3M to comply with Title IX for those two sports plus whatever the other sports cost.

It will add up pretty quickly to price out any non P4 team that doesn't just pump money into maintaining status. That is on top of what it costs to actually run the programs.