COLUMBIA, Mo. — Meeting with reporters on Thursday for the first time since the college sports-altering House settlement was approved last week, Missouri athletics director Laird Veatch went heavy on optimism and light on specifics as he sought to both assert and protect a competitive advantage.
Confidence has been consistent from Veatch in the months of legal limbo that preceded last Friday’s approval of a multi-billion-dollar settlement in the House v. NCAA case which will change the way collegiate athletes are compensated. But now, with the settlement approved by a federal judge and taking effect July 1, Veatch still declined to share how Mizzou will spend millions of dollars in shared revenue each year with its athletes.