The entire landscape of college sports could change in the next week as the House v. NCAA settlement will be reviewed for final court approval on April 7. Once U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken shares her ruling, schools will be able to share up to 22 percent of their annual athletic revenue with players including a $21 million cap set per school for direct compensation. The $2.8 billion settlement will also include roster limits and backpay for former student-athletes with all third-party NIL deals valued at $600 or more now required to be reported.
In the current Wild Wild West of recruiting, transparency and guardrails are coming — assuming the settlement is approved, as expected. Until then, though, Mark Pope feels his hands are tied in some areas no matter how strong a feel he has for what’s coming.
It’s an exciting time that he’s simply ready to begin now.
“It could be approved on the 7th,” Pope said during his call-in radio show Monday night. “… Although that could happen, it’s been more of her — my understanding has been more of her deal to kind of at least take a few days, or maybe take a week, 10 days — there’s no definite timeline. We’re just, in terms of that shift, we’re just in a wait-and-see mode, and then there’s all the complications of actually implementing the agreement and what that’s going to look like. It’s pretty exciting, man. Every day is something new
