A couple months back, TOC attempted to begin a “Mailbag” series of articles. Apparently, y’all were not as excited about that idea as we were, and after two editions we ran out of questions in our inbox. But from time to time, we see a question in a comment section that we feel deserves a lengthy reply. This article will be one of those cases, as I attempt to shed some light on where the $20.5 Million that schools can now start legally paying their student athletes comes from, as Izzo4Potus recently inquired.
The House Settlement will go into effect on July 1, so basically it starts in the 2025-26 school year.