Time for the Power 4 conferences to break with the NCAA (Opinion)
News Source : The Denver Post
News Summary
- Amateurism, once the hallmark of the NCAA since its formation in 1906, officially died on July 1 of this year.
- College athletes can now “officially” make money in three ways: scholarships, third-party endorsement contracts, and direct payments from their schools (pay-for-play) with a salary cap of $20.5 million for the academic year 2025-2026.
- The NCAA’s byzantine committee system ensures critical decisions move at the speed of its slowest members, not its most progressive.
When I attended the 1997 NCAA national convention in Nashville a vote was taken to pay players stipends. It only took 28 years to implement, and then only after the U.S. Supreme Court forced the NCAA [+6543 chars]
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