Unless the settlement is cast aside in litigation, the Gators could see the amount they can pay their men's basketball players cut in half. That's my concern.
I don’t even think the NCAA believes that will happen. The third party money will continue to flow. The settlement is between House and NCAA. Nobody involved here had the right to negotiate for the entirety of college athletes. SCOTUS has already told the NCAA they cannot restrict the earning potential of their athletes. The clearinghouse is attempting to do exactly that. It won’t hold up. This is not new stuff. It’s been discussed repeatedly.
The Power 5 football schools have all opted in to the settlement, and many other schools also have opted in. I don't recall seeing much of a discussion about it on the basketball boards. I haven't looked at the football boards.
It's been discussed on every college sports board I've been on in the last year or so. The schools don't get to negotiate for the athletes, which is what they've attempted here. The athletes didn't agree for House and Prince to represent them. The athletes didn't agree to let the NCAA turn away their NIL deals. The SCOTUS has already told the schools they can't do what they're trying to do.
