Ten AD's were named today to a new NCAA committe to come up with rules to implement the settlement deal reached in the House v NCAA lawsuit (though the judge has yet to rule on the settlement she's expected to mostly approve it in a hearing scheduled for April 7.)
There are 2 AD's from each Power 5 conference on the committee so both Scott Barnes OSU and Anne McCoy WSU are on the committee.
The members are Trev Alberts, Texas A&M; Scott Barnes, Oregon State; Mitch Barnhart, Kentucky; J Batt, Georgia Tech; Ross Bjork, Ohio State; Pat Chun, Washington; John Cunningham, Cincinnati; Graham Neff, Clemson; Anne McCoy, Washington State; and Desiree Reed-Francois, Arizona.
Their main tasks include: Creating a digital platform for universities to report payments to athletes to make sure they comply with a cap of up to $20.5 million per school; creating a system that ensures third-party name, image and likeness (NIL) deals are legitimate — i.e., not pay-for-play, and worth "fair market value": and creating a system to enforce the rules and deliver sanctions for schools and individuals that violate them.
The so-called "cap management" platform will be run by LBi software, which has built similar systems for Major League Baseball and the NBA.
The audit and financial consulting firm Deloitte will run a system that evaluates NIL deals worth more than $600. Those deals, by terms of the settlement, are subject to scrutiny by this newly created enforcement body. Plaintiffs' attorneys have argued there is ample data to place a fair market value on what athletes provide to ensure they are actually being paid for services and not simply to enroll in a school.
The toughest task will be figuring out penalties and sanctions for rule breakers - somthing the NCAA was never able to do very well at all. This group isn't expected to have the power to place programs on probation but will likely be able to fine programs and coaches - and also reduce the amount they're able to offer in revenue-sharing.
There are 2 AD's from each Power 5 conference on the committee so both Scott Barnes OSU and Anne McCoy WSU are on the committee.
The members are Trev Alberts, Texas A&M; Scott Barnes, Oregon State; Mitch Barnhart, Kentucky; J Batt, Georgia Tech; Ross Bjork, Ohio State; Pat Chun, Washington; John Cunningham, Cincinnati; Graham Neff, Clemson; Anne McCoy, Washington State; and Desiree Reed-Francois, Arizona.
Their main tasks include: Creating a digital platform for universities to report payments to athletes to make sure they comply with a cap of up to $20.5 million per school; creating a system that ensures third-party name, image and likeness (NIL) deals are legitimate — i.e., not pay-for-play, and worth "fair market value": and creating a system to enforce the rules and deliver sanctions for schools and individuals that violate them.
The so-called "cap management" platform will be run by LBi software, which has built similar systems for Major League Baseball and the NBA.
The audit and financial consulting firm Deloitte will run a system that evaluates NIL deals worth more than $600. Those deals, by terms of the settlement, are subject to scrutiny by this newly created enforcement body. Plaintiffs' attorneys have argued there is ample data to place a fair market value on what athletes provide to ensure they are actually being paid for services and not simply to enroll in a school.
The toughest task will be figuring out penalties and sanctions for rule breakers - somthing the NCAA was never able to do very well at all. This group isn't expected to have the power to place programs on probation but will likely be able to fine programs and coaches - and also reduce the amount they're able to offer in revenue-sharing.
