ncaa lawsuit

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Does anyone know what changes will be coming?

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Does anyone know what changes will be coming?

it’s going to be very interesting. It all comes down to revenue sharing dependent on each school. The biggest affects will be on the P4 schools. Roster sizes that are typically 32-34 players will now be around 18 on the low end to 24 on the high end. This will significantly cut down on recruiting classes that are typically 8-10 per year now only being 3-5 per year. While the mid majors won’t be affected much by the revenue sharing component of the lawsuit, they will still need to pay in to the lawsuits and some schools may cut programs and allocate more money to the revenue generating sports.

You will also see the trickle down affect. Players that normally would be P4 recruits may now be top mid major recruits. Lower level d1 prospects may now be top D2 prospects and so on and so forth down to the D3 level.

it’s going to be very interesting how this affects men’s and women’s soccer, as well as other sports that aren’t top level revenue generating sports for colleges. This will all begin big time for the 2026 class.

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it’s going to be very interesting. It all comes down to revenue sharing dependent on each school. The biggest affects will be on the P4 schools. Roster sizes that are typically 32-34 players will now be around 18 on the low end to 24 on the high end. This will significantly cut down on recruiting classes that are typically 8-10 per year now only being 3-5 per year. While the mid majors won’t be affected much by the revenue sharing component of the lawsuit, they will still need to pay in to the lawsuits and some schools may cut programs and allocate more money to the revenue generating sports.

You will also see the trickle down affect. Players that normally would be P4 recruits may now be top mid major recruits. Lower level d1 prospects may now be top D2 prospects and so on and so forth down to the D3 level.

it’s going to be very interesting how this affects men’s and women’s soccer, as well as other sports that aren’t top level revenue generating sports for colleges. This will all begin big time for the 2026 class.

Where are you getting this information? This is someone’s opinion, there has been no confirmation as to revenue sharing or roster size.

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Where are you getting this information? This is someone’s opinion, there has been no confirmation as to revenue sharing or roster size.

https://www.soccerwire.com/soccer-bl...sters-in-half/

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Players 12 to 34 aren’t receiving athletic $s anyway and paying to play via tuition. They may get academic $s. It will impact coach salaries and budgets for recruiting, travel, and assistants. Makes those jobs less attractive. Cuts additional services like spring ball.


Shifting more of the expenses onto the players may allow for the current model to continue. 18 players on a roster is a recipe for disaster. It’s way too low given the current league schedule and timing. Perhaps just cut the season in half. It’s still all speculation now.

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Where are you getting this information? This is someone’s opinion, there has been no confirmation as to revenue sharing or roster size.

There is alot of speculation right now but the posters points are from articles written about the situation. I spoke with my daughters Mid-Major coach and he confirmed that this is what is being discussed. Bottom line is everything will be changing in college sports.

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Players 12 to 34 aren’t receiving athletic $s anyway and paying to play via tuition.

Yes, yes they do.

I'd categorize my kid in the 18-20 range and gets a hefty scholarship. Truthfully, I don't know how they pull it off because some kids play less and are on a full scholarship, some starters are getting very little. The math doesn't add up, so I know there are other ways (i.e. financial aid, academic $) filling in the difference.

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Players 12 to 34 aren’t receiving athletic $s anyway and paying to play via tuition. They may get academic $s. It will impact coach salaries and budgets for recruiting, travel, and assistants. Makes those jobs less attractive. Cuts additional services like spring ball.


Shifting more of the expenses onto the players may allow for the current model to continue. 18 players on a roster is a recipe for disaster. It’s way too low given the current league schedule and timing. Perhaps just cut the season in half. It’s still all speculation now.

A lot of coaches think all players will have to receive some form of compensation in which case there would be no option for anyone to pay full tuition even if they can afford it. There's talk of direct donor collectives to programs (exists now at some schools, but could be more popular) where players from wealthy families accept the compensation for their son/daughter to play on the team (becuase they would have to), but donate money back into the program to cover thinks like asst salaries and other budget line items.

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So far it looks like the scholarship cap will be removed so all players can receive one but roster caps, just going by current rosters of some non-football/basketball sports that are being reported, looks to be about 20-25% reduction of players. The roster cap can be dictated by school or conference so things may change. What I want to know is will coaches be able to hand out scholarships willy nilly - full rides for everyone - or will they have a hard dollar cap by the school.

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So far it looks like the scholarship cap will be removed so all players can receive one but roster caps, just going by current rosters of some non-football/basketball sports that are being reported, looks to be about 20-25% reduction of players. The roster cap can be dictated by school or conference so things may change. What I want to know is will coaches be able to hand out scholarships willy nilly - full rides for everyone - or will they have a hard dollar cap by the school.

There is no getting around Title IX, so they'll still have to ensure their compliance programs adhere

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How many programs are even fully funded at this point? If allowed to give out more scholarships by ncaa, how many schools can actually afford to do that?

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So far it looks like the scholarship cap will be removed so all players can receive one but roster caps, just going by current rosters of some non-football/basketball sports that are being reported, looks to be about 20-25% reduction of players. The roster cap can be dictated by school or conference so things may change. What I want to know is will coaches be able to hand out scholarships willy nilly - full rides for everyone - or will they have a hard dollar cap by the school.

I think that all sports will hand out full rides for all roster spots and they will simply pass the buck onto the paying customers.

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I think that all sports will hand out full rides for all roster spots and they will simply pass the buck onto the paying customers.

Yeah ok only if the college is fully funded they can do so

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I think that all sports will hand out full rides for all roster spots and they will simply pass the buck onto the paying customers.

The roster size reduction is mandatory, the increase in the number of scholarships is at the discretion of the school

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The roster size reduction is mandatory, the increase in the number of scholarships is at the discretion of the school

Schools will be competitive with each other. So once one school does it the others will follow suit. They will raise tuition simple as that.