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[CajunNation]

https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa-propos...145051537.html

NCAA proposing new college athletics subdivision rooted in direct athlete compensation



Ross Dellenger
Senior College Football Reporter
Tue, Dec 5, 2023, 9:27 AM CST


The new subdivision would do the following:

• Schools may opt in or out to the new subdivision.
• New subdivision has strict minimum standrard rooted in athlete investment.
• Members may create their own NIL deals with their own athletes.
• Members may directly compensate athletes through a trust fund.
• Members are required to distribute to athletes "thousands of dollars in additional educationally related funds without limitation."
• No cap on the amount of funding that a program can provide an athlete.
• Entry into the subdivision requires a minimum $30,000 per year per athlete investment into the "enhanced education trust fund" for at least half of the school's countable athletes.
• Schools determine when the athletes receive the amount, which will total $120,000 for four-year athletes.
• Schools must abide by Title IX framework, 50% of the investment must be directed towards women athletes.
• NCAA will be over the subdivision and the members will compete against other members in Division 1. (Current CFP models and national championship selections methods are unaltered).
• Schools in the new subdivision have control of decision-making regarding schoolarship limits and countable coaches. Major conference programs can increase the limits or do away with them altogether.

[HelmutVII]

Well that sucks.. The haves and have not gap will just get wider.

[CajunNation]

Well that sucks.. The haves and have not gap will just get wider.

They're throwing down a marker, hoping everyone follows to avoid a lawsuit catastrophe.

If this sticks, this will be the dividing line between the P4 schools and the G5 schools. I imagine if there are any G5 schools still willing to try and keep up, they are going to have to do it as an Indy.

[ZoomZoom]

How are the crooks going to pull this off?

“Schools must abide by Title IX framework, 50% of the investment must be directed towards women athletes”


We’re toast.

[Big Poppa]

30k per athlete. Does that include tennis, soccer, women’s hoops….. and other sport offered?

[ZoomZoom]

30k per athlete. Does that include tennis, soccer, women’s hoops….. and other sport offered?

Pretty sure since there is no female football.

Designed to also squeeze the private school non football Gonzagas of the world.

And with their autonomous rules, they can jack over whoever they want.


Probably the plan all along, no coincidence it happens as soon as the last CFP teams were announced. Monday (yesterday) and FSU was just a convenient diversion.

[CajunVic]

. . . let's face it, its almost like this now . . . only those who do not want to see it don't see it . . .

[CajunNation]

I hope this becomes real. I am ready to re-embrace collegiate athletics. They can call it whatever they want, but it will be professional sports. My wish has always been that UL be competitive in the highest division of collegiate athletics. That will still be true after this.

[Rainman66]

https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa-propos...145051537.html

NCAA proposing new college athletics subdivision rooted in direct athlete compensation



Ross Dellenger
Senior College Football Reporter
Tue, Dec 5, 2023, 9:27 AM CST


The new subdivision would do the following:

• Schools may opt in or out to the new subdivision.
• New subdivision has strict minimum standrard rooted in athlete investment.
• Members may create their own NIL deals with their own athletes.
• Members may directly compensate athletes through a trust fund.
• Members are required to distribute to athletes "thousands of dollars in additional educationally related funds without limitation."
• No cap on the amount of funding that a program can provide an athlete.
• Entry into the subdivision requires a minimum $30,000 per year per athlete investment into the "enhanced education trust fund" for at least half of the school's countable athletes.
• Schools determine when the athletes receive the amount, which will total $120,000 for four-year athletes.
• Schools must abide by Title IX framework, 50% of the investment must be directed towards women athletes.
• NCAA will be over the subdivision and the members will compete against other members in Division 1. (Current CFP models and national championship selections methods are unaltered).
• Schools in the new subdivision have control of decision-making regarding schoolarship limits and countable coaches. Major conference programs can increase the limits or do away with them altogether.

This is definitely not good for us in softball and baseball. Better make the WCWS and CWS soon.

[CajunNation]

I imagine schools like Tulane, Memphis and South Florida will pay the money to join this new subdivision.

We can go get UTSA and ECU and call it a day.

[Jacob81]

30k per athlete per year across all sports!! I’d say 20 schools tops would go for it. That’s just a minimum. Then you have to spend millions to get any decent players through NIL.

Yes let the few have their pro division. We can back back to college student athletics.

I’m shocked the NFL hasn’t try to shoot all of this down.

[R1Letterman]

Can't get two sec in cfp then they will blow up their own system, lmao.

[R1Letterman]

Schools must abide by Title IX framework, 50% of the investment must be directed towards women athletes

So the subdivision has to do this, but the main p5 Division/sec, that claims to be title 9 champion and builders up of softball don't have to abide. Fascinating

[CajunAmos]

Wouldn't this remove any semblance of amateurism? If so, sports at these institutions should lose their tax exempt status.

[ZoomZoom]

The funny part is universities paying a player more than Brock Purdy makes.

It’s all going to happen fast. The NIT grab was just the shot over the bow.

Wouldn't this remove any semblance of amateurism? If so, sports at these institutions should lose their tax exempt status.

Good point. How would it impact Olympic sports? And a massive tax grab is there for the taking. And are the new “employees” W-2 or 1099 employees? And to the extreme, lifetime disability?

Don’t think this was fully thought out.