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Big Bad Bruins
Joined: 10/01/21 Posts: 225

Getting closer to a college salary cap and NIL regulation Posted Tue, Apr 15 10:34 pm

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/07/nx-s1-5354232/paying-college-athletes-ncaa-legal-settlement Key takeaways: Starting July 1, the House vs NCAA settlement establishes a future revenue-sharing model where schools can distribute up to $20.5 million annually to athletes, sourced primarily from media rights and increased costs to fans and students. The settlement also introduces a third-party clearinghouse operated by Deloitte to oversee NIL deals worth $600 or more, ensuring they are of fair market value and not used to circumvent the salary cap. Athletes will have to report NIL deals greater than $600 and any such deal has to be for a valid business purpose. A federal judge held a final approval hearing to allow supporters and objectors of the settlement to make last arguments about the agreement. Compensation splits for prior years and roster limits are some issues that are still being discussed. Plaintiffs' lawyers and attorneys for the defendants, the NCAA and its major conferences, both urged the judge to approve the settlement. Judge Wilken set a deadline next week for lawyers to file a response to the objections raised at Monday's hearing. Ultimately, she spoke positively of the settlement as the hearing finished, suggesting she favors approval. A final ruling from Judge Wilken is expected in the coming weeks.

Student Baller
Joined: 7/14/14 Posts: 6,578

There’s no way Posted Wed, Apr 16 6:04 am
In response to Getting closer to a college salary cap and NIL regulation (Big Bad Bruins)
The NIL terms will stand short of a future collective bargaining agreement which may or may not ever happen.

Big Bad Bruins
Joined: 10/01/21 Posts: 225

NIL deals themselves won't be capped, only audited... Posted Wed, Apr 16 7:38 am
In response to There’s no way (Student Baller)
for legitimacy. But yeah collective bargaining will probably happen down the road.

OswegoBruin
Joined: 11/11/10 Posts: 17,107

Not necessarily true. Posted Wed, Apr 16 12:26 pm
In response to NIL deals themselves won't be capped, only audited... (Big Bad Bruins)
Endorsements are capped in certain leagues, but only when the players' unions negotiate it. It's to avoid this exact problem, where a wealthy business owner who just so happens to be a booster of team X/big fan of team X wink-winks a huge endorsement deal, but the unspoken proviso is that the player sign with said team. The players would first have to unionize, and then agree to such a term.