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Key takeaways from UVA Athletic Director Carla Williams’ podcast

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Last month, Virginia Cavaliers’ Athletic Director, Carla Williams, announced the department will pay the 2025-26 maximum $20.5 million to their student athletes under the recent House vs. NCAA settlement that permits universities to directly pay their athletes.

Together with name, image, and likeness (NIL) partnerships, revenue sharing (or “rev-sharing”) with student-athletes fundamentally changes the nature of collegiate sports – which comes with questions and uncertainty.

In the new podcast, Inside Virginia Athletics with Carla Williams, Williams sits down with host John Freeman and special guests to dive deeper into the current and future landscape of Virginia athletics.