NCAA is optimistic about its post-House system, everyone else should be skeptical | Opinion
In the wake of the historic House settlement that is reshaping how collegiate sports will be organized and run on a far-reaching scale, leadership in the NCAA is proudly proclaiming it now has the guardrails everyone has been asking for that will stabilize college sports. But even while the NCAA and its leadership are proclaiming they have the tools to finally police its league, skepticism does and should remain among onlookers. Many details about these new enforcement systems were reported by Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports in an article last Friday. The Deloitte clearinghouse, or “NIL Go,” received its first semi-public showcase. NIL Go was created as a direct result of the House settlement which will enable universities to sign athletes to outright contracts and pay them through revenue sharing up to a cap of $20.5 million per school (that number will rise over the years as it’s directly tied to the revenue generated by power conference schools). The hope is that revenue sharing contracts will eliminate the faux NIL payments that are merely de facto salaries under the guise of being name, image and likeness deals between businesses and athletes. A true NIL deal is meant to involve some