The settlement states that the P5 schools pay a higher proportional amount of the settlement than do the no P4-5 schools
Does this mean that UH’s burden is less than the P4-5 schools since we have been P5 only one year ?
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What is this settlement for? I’m having brain fog today.
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Was wondering the same. I hope so!
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Essentially it is “back pay” to athletes that never received NIL money in the days before the USSC’s unanimous ruling made college sports NIL a thing.
With this settlement, which I believe the NCAA and every power conference except the SEC has now signed off on (not sure if the SEC has agreed to it or not; somebody check me on that), anyone who played college football or men’s basketball back in the pre-NIL days can sign on to the class action and get a “back pay” NIL check.
And this means two things, as I posted elsewhere:
a) the gap between the P4 and non-P4 is going to widen even more due to NIL, AND
b) more importantly, P4 football and D1 men’s basketball players will no longer be bogusly regarded as amateurs or “student athletes,” but rather, will be properly regarded as professional athletes who simply take college courses as a part of their professional sports program.
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LockedOn Coogs podcast has a good recap.
This will be tight for programs like ours but good long term.
I’m certainly no expert on how this will impact UH in the long run, but I will say even a basic reading of what is happening requires a smart, creative Athletic Director. The AD who is more comfortable with status quo or who is slow to react to the changing landscape will be left behind, along with his/her university.
If I’m Fertitta and Khator, I am asking for updates from Pez, so that the conversation can be started now, and at the appropriate time, the university can fast track any necessary changes.
I’m not a lawyer, but doesn’t the constitution ban ex post facto laws which means someone can’t be held accountable for things done before a law was passed (speaking from government class 50+ years ago)? How does this differ.
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Ex post facto laws are CRIMINAL matters.
This is a civil matter.
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Got you, thanks.
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I have no idea how much UH, Cincy, and UCF will contribute relative to the legacy B12 members. Only that the P4 range per school is $1M to $2M withheld annually for the next 10 years.
I think all the changes are going to be problematic for most of the P4 schools. Almost all schools require institutional and student subsidies currently. While our distributions will increase with the new media deal, UH Athletics had ~$34M in self-sustaining revenue (distributions, tickets, donations) in 2023. The cost to be competitive and offer the max university NIL, max new scholarship limits, and back damages would probably have been 90-100% of 2023 revenue and will possibly be >50% of revenue once the new media kicks in.
I also don’t know how Title XI will play into all of this, but if schools have to start paying backup women’s swim team members in addition to a scholarship, I might just abandon college sports all together. I don’t want to pay NFL prices for CFB season tickets for less entertainment (10 games vs 6)
All of our K and W quarterbacks deserved big NIL money retrospectively. (Ware, Klingler, Kolb, Keenum, Ward and King)
Big Ed, Bowser, Whitley(RIP), Hall, DJ (RIP), WJ3 also deserved NIL money.
Among many others who have came and went.
Not to start something, but it is my nature.
The days of a second rate coach, pulling a coat off of a cold kid are over.
Athletes united will never be defeated.
The days of the nogoodnik bosses are over.
The Chronicle today had an article where Pez mentioned the 20 mil a yr for p5.Nothing mentioned about us as a g5 for so long and getting out of it. It does suck bc we didn’t get baylor money for 25yrs and now we pay the same 20 mil? Prob true and maybe could sue but we’d rather not Rock the boat on this one.
Maybe simply keep the budget lower other than the 20 mil added bc it’s possible to win with less spending. Texas has a huge budget yet do they win big enough to justify the cost? Answer is no. So the article is good but I disagree with comparing and simply raising the budget to what tech or baylor does etc.
So, how will this work for title 9? If they are professional athletes does the football and basketball programs need to carry the water for women’s sports?
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Also, I don’t know if I am a weird outlier, but my enthusiasm to support college athletics and my Coogs just went down a few notches. My enthusiasm for the NFL and Texans just went up a bunch.
If I am going to spend my entertainment money on professional athletes I will spend it on the best ones. I don’t go see the skeeters or whatever their name is, I don’t go and watch a g league game. I watch the Astros and the Rockets if I want to watch professional athletes.
Good for them getting paid, but why would I donate or spend anything above tickets on that?
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Pro sports model now & pro sports are a better product who don’t ask you for $$$.
(Doesn’t help that UH made many intelligence insulting big picture decisions in last decade)
Portal makes it SO much less compelling. Most 1 year then you never think of them again. What % actually get a UH degree ? You cant identify it w your student experience like before.
Former message board guys just watch the games & the rest doesn’t matter.
Easy to see down the line:
Someone says University of ____ football and most people say "is that the Pepsi team or Taco Bell team ?
The Pez article sure doesn’t paint a good picture. Not sure where all this money is going to come from and how we stay competitive spending so much less. I also have zero interest in donating money for NIL or paying college athletes. I’m not sure where all this is headed but doesn’t seem to be a good place.
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I think this is a very important statement. Very few programs were making profits off of the players as most all went back into the program. IT went back in for nicer facilities, paying for tutors and amenities for them, maintaining the weight rooms, games areas, lockers, etc…Everything costs a lot to build and maintain. If players are getting $20 million a year, there has to be cuts somewhere else.
Well if anyone is still interested in watching truly amateur college sports competition, there’s always Division III.
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