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Marcus Hayes: Villanova’s Basketball Team Should Benefit From the NIL Settlement, but Little Else Is Immediately Clear
- The House v. NCAA settlement allows Division I schools like Villanova to pay athletes salaries and disburse a floating pool capped near $20.5 million soon.
- This settlement follows a class-action lawsuit aimed at paying current and former athletes nearly $2.8 billion for play before 2021 and instituting a revenue-sharing model.
- Villanova's Big East conference is expected to have the highest revenue, approximately $6 million per school, excluding third-party NIL collective funds like 'Friends of Nova.'
- Friends of Nova reportedly paid star forward Eric Dixon $1.7 million this season, illustrating significant NIL money flowing to athletes under the new system.
- The settlement may increase available revenue but likely will not ensure equity or prevent booster cheating, leading to complex consequences for programs like Villanova.
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Marcus Hayes: Villanova’s basketball team should benefit from the NIL settlement, but little else is immediately clear
PHILADELPHIA — For Philadelphia, whose only FBS football program is forever on life support, the biggest news from the House v. NCAA settlement appears to be that Big East member Villanova belongs to the conference whose men’s basketball programs are…
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