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Message: [QUOTE="FloridaCuse, post: 5125120, member: 8912"] For those of you who subscribe to the NYTimes or The Athletic, there's an article this morning titled "Big win for the Big East? House settlement unknowns have college basketball coaches worried". Here's a link -- [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5665149/2024/07/29/college-basketball-revenue-sharing-house-settlement/[/URL] Some of the points made in the article: -- The Big East coaches think they have an advantage because their school don't have to spend scholarship money on football players -- SEC basketball coaches have been buzzing about this nightmare scenerio since last year -- But it points out that the media revenue earned by the Big East schools is far less than earned by the Power 4 schools -- "Based on the formula for back-pay distribution put forth Friday, somewhere between 80 to 90 percent of the total damages paid out by the NCAA will go to former football and men’s basketball athletes from power conferences." -- John Calipari has made the point that the bulk of the pack-pay settlement is coming out of funds from the NCAA Basketball Tournament and 70% is slated to go to former football players. He says how does that make sense? Aren't they risking a lawsuit by the former basketball players? -- By adding $20-23 million dollars to a college athletic dept, how are they going to balance the budget? It adds "a good chunk of the new pay-for-play budget will have to come through fundraising." -- This may result in an end to the facilities arms race as athletic departments are going to need to spend the money on players, not facilities. -- "What will not change: Donors will still be footing a chunk of the bill, and the leagues with the most revenue and richest donors will still have an advantage." -- When UConn BB coach Danny Hurley was told of the concern about the Big East from coaches in other conferences, he said they should be more concerned that Big East teams have won the last four out of eight NCAA BB Championships. Lots to discuss and consider. I've been wondering if Syracuse might have some advantage over some other schools in not sponsoring as many sports. Such as no baseball, wrestling, golf and other teams that other schools have. [/QUOTE]

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