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With $2.8B settlement looming, NCAA's smaller conferences feeling squeezed: 'What other options are there?' SPORTS.YAHOO.COM College sports is on the brink of a deal that'd require a massive amount in damages. But schools outside the power conferences aren't too happy about the split... At issue is the schools’ portion. The power conferences will pay about $664 million in contributions to the damages. The other 27 non-power conferences will pay $990 million. “It’s both ironic and a gut punch,” Wistrcill told Yahoo Sports in an interview Tuesday. “The SEC and the Big Ten are announcing record revenues and distributions to their members while I’m looking at a 10% operating budget cut so that money can go to their former student-athletes.”

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SEC would likely take FSU over Miami, leaving Canes for the Big Ten FLYWAREAGLE.COM Tar Heels Wire's Zack Pearson believes that when it comes to Miami going to the SEC or the Big Ten, it could go either way, but leans B1G because the

The NCAA is weak, the Power 5 is greedy, and the smaller conferences are paying the price. WWW.INDYSTAR.COM Bottom line of the next seismic shift in college sports: The NCAA is weak, the Power 5 is greedy, and smaller conferences are about to pay for it.

GoFundMe set up for family of Brian and Tommie Battie, Sarasota shooting victims on Saturday WWW.HERALDTRIBUNE.COM Brian Battie is in critical condition and his brother Tommie L. Battie IV...

Well put. That's my thoughts too. Winning is the main factor.

In the Group of Five conferences and the non-FBS leagues sharing revenue is more difficult. At that level, athletic departments do not normally turn a profit, rely heavily on university and state funding and often struggle, in this NIL era, to offer athletes much in third-party benefits. The average G5 collective is believed to have on hand around $1 million compared to the $5-15 million in the power conferences. At the non-FBS leagues, the numbers are believed to be far lower than even those in the G5. For those conferences, such as the Big East, the back damages loom as a significant expense compared to their athletic budget. Because the NCAA’s formula is calculated on basketball-related distribution and not total athletic budget, the Big East is at a financial disadvantage.

Rumor: Pac-12 anticipated to pursue expansion very soon FLYWAREAGLE.COM Sportskeeda's Farouk Yusuf claimed that the Pac-12 is "Numerous schools from the Group of Five conferences are expected to lobby for considerations in their quest to achieve Power Five status. The league is projected to primarily assess teams from the Mountain West Conference and the American Athletic Conference."

This is what I'm hearing. Rumored location.

Stunning and terrible news.

Make that 8 to 3 top of the 5th and no outs. Come on Bulls.

Haven't watched much and I must say it's great to hear Jim Louk's voice on the call. In the top of the 5th and the Bulls are struggling. UAB 6 and USF 3.

College football portal confidential: How tampering, NIL deals and portal chaos happen WWW.NYTIMES.COM What is the transfer portal really like in the NIL age? We surveyed coaches, players, agents, NIL collectives and more to find out. Player 5: NIL was a big part of the process. Obviously, I wanted to be compensated. I wanted to be paid in the market of my position value. I tried to figure out what my NIL value was from hearing what other guys got from agents and what other guys in the market were making by talking to some of my friends at Power 5 schools to find out what they were getting. I’d talk to them over social media.

According to a source, one smaller non-power football league was told in the NCAA memo that it would be expected to pay more than $2.5 million per year to help cover the costs of the settlement. A source in that CCA22 league said that amount is approximately 25 percent of the annual NCAA revenue for the schools in the league. "We're not named in the lawsuit," said a source in a smaller league. "We don't have a voice in any of this. We're just being told what our taxation is."

I'm still salty that Cincinnati's participation credit goes to the B12. Shouldn't it go to the AAC as that's where they were at the time? But, yes as this is the protocol, it would be valuable for us to add to our resume and candidacy.

CAG is 15th: Ranking every coach in the Group of Five heading into the 2024 college football season - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Ranking every Group of Five coach from 66-1 as the conferences set to battle for CFP inclusion this season CAG is 10th: 2024 Group of 5 head coach rankings: Jamey Chadwell, Jeff Traylor headline the Top 10 - On3 WWW.ON3.COM Liberty’s Jamey Chadwell, UTSA’s Jef Traylor and Tulane’s Jon Sumrall headline the Top 10 Group of 5 head coach rankings in 2024. The 39-year-old is seen as a rising star among industry insiders and could be a head coach in the SEC, ACC or Big 10 in the near future.

The ACC’s three mutineers would feel right at home in the SEC WWW.AL.COM There are plenty of places in the ACC that are SEC-worthy towns.

Isn't that interesting! Imagine if that was the ACC. It would be HUGE news.