Ivy League Opts-Out of House v. NCAA Settlement

[DFW HOYA]

"The Ivy League will opt out of a pending NCAA settlement set to provide direct compensation to former and current college athletes, according to an email sent to Ivy League student-athletes on Jan. 21."

https://www.thedp.com/article/2025/01/ivy-league-opts-out-ncaa-settlement-prevents-direct-financial-compensation-athletes

[OhioHen]

"The Ivy League will opt out of a pending NCAA settlement set to provide direct compensation to former and current college athletes, according to an email sent to Ivy League student-athletes on Jan. 21."

https://www.thedp.com/article/2025/01/ivy-league-opts-out-ncaa-settlement-prevents-direct-financial-compensation-athletes
Now we just need the rest of the non-power conferences to do likewise and let the big boys pay their own bills.

[bonarae]

Same with NDSU, as well.

https://www.inforum.com/sports/bison-media-zone/mens-sports/ndsu-athletics-not-jk-ncaa-opt-in-financial-model

[DFW HOYA]

Now we just need the rest of the non-power conferences to do likewise and let the big boys pay their own bills.

Two different issues: the 10 years of assessments apply whether the conferences opt-in or not. Opting-in allows for direct payments but also reduces the rosters, something that is contrary to the "athletics for all" approach in the Ancient Eight.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

I thought Ivy League athletes were supposed to be smart. How much of 22% of perhaps $500,000 of Ivy League broadcast money did they think they were getting personally?

Similar math is going to keep most schools and conferences opting out of House.

[Go...gate]

Wondering if the Patriot League will follow suit in some form or manner.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Personally the math of "House" has always struck me as strange. The Power 4 want to opt in, of course, because it shields them from liabilities. But 95% of the membership gets none of these benefits, and in fact it merely causes them to pay not just more money, but truckloads of it, money they will never see. The other conferences are then supposed to get excited about the prospect of distributing the couch change ESPN is giving them in broadcast rights to players? No wonder the Ivy League is telling the Power 4 to go pound each other.

I've hinted at a possible rift between the Power 4 and Ivy League now for quite some time, and perhaps now people will start listening. A break between the P4 and Ivy athletic departments (not just one sport) is a possible enormous deal that will not just affect college sports but also the Olympics.

[KnightoftheRedFlash]

Nostradamus himself!

[Ivytalk]

More power to them.