NCAA Houston Christian Files Motion on NCAA Settlement

btbolin · Tuesday at 8:38 AM

Here are some unbelievable nuggets from an article yesterday from Ross Dellinger

Yahoo Sports Article on NCAA Settlement

This simmering battle has reached a boiling point this summer with House settlement terms. The Other 28 are responsible for 35% of the $2.77 billion in back damages to be paid to former college athletes over a 10-year period. That figure, about $970 million, has incited harsh public criticism from their commissioners who say they were not involved in the settlement negotiations and believe that the amount puts them at a disadvantage. One school, Houston Christian University, even filed a legal challenge in court on Thursday over the back-pay distribution amounts.

The power conferences are paying about 23% while the NCAA national office foots 42% of the bill. The confounding part, many commissioners say, is that about 95% of the $2.77 billion in back-pay is intended to be distributed to power conference athletes.

Yep, you read that right. The NCAA is expecting Louisiana Tech, Arkansas State, Abilene Christian, McNeese and others to foot the bill to backpay SEC athletes.

A true microcosm of our current society where the absolutely wealthiest programs of college football batter the working class programs below them for a few extra dollars.

dog1970 · Tuesday at 9:03 AM