Roster limits have been a serious debate in the House vs. NCAA settlement, which is worth $2.8 billion and aims to rectify the three antitrust lawsuits.
Disagreement Over New Roster Limits and Its Implications
The lawsuit and settlement intend to create a template for the schools to pay their athletes directly for the use of name, image, and likeness deals (NIL) and also compensate the athletes with the $2.8 billion who played in NCAA sports before the NIL.
A Yahoo Sports article by Eddie Pells reported, “A brief Monday night did not include changes a judge suggested regarding team roster limits, saying such a late change to that rule would create havoc.”
The judge is Claudia Wilken, a U.S. District Court Judge who suggested that players who will lose roster spots be grandfathered in.
In an AP article, she said, “Basically, I think it is a good settlement, don’t quote me, and I think it’s worth pursuing,” Wilken said. “I think some of these things could be fixed if people tried to fix them and that it would be worth their while to try to fix them.”
NCAA and Its Attorneys Challenge Wilken
The NCAA and its five largest conferences disagree with Wilken and say schools have already moved to accommodate a July 1 deadline.
Schools currently have to have a scholarship limit for each sport. There are no roster limits.
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Pell’s article also said that some “women’s swim teams currently divide 14 scholarships among 40 or more athletes. Under the new rules, most rosters would be capped at 30, but all those players could receive full rides.”
With the new limits, everyone is eligible for scholarship dollars, but the amount of aid going to athletes and the number of athletes mean that schools will have to cut expenses to absorb the higher costs.
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