NCAA Proposes Allowing Schools to Directly Pay Athletes Through Trust Fund, NIL

There may be a new way for college athletes to be compensated in the near future outside of the current framework of name, image and likeness opportunities.

Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports and Nicole Auerbach of The Athletic reported NCAA president Charlie Baker sent a letter to Division I members outlining a planned proposal that would allow high-resource schools the chance to opt into a subdivision of Division I schools that could pay athletes directly through NIL agreements and trust funds:

Nicole Auerbach @NicoleAuerbachNEWS: NCAA president Charlie Baker is proposing the creation of a new FBS subdivision that would allow the highest-resource schools to compensate athletes directly through…