Washington, DC – This NCAA home settlement Sent shock waves through college athletics. Are more estimated $ 2.7 billionThe contract, athletes for past restrictions, the name, image and similarity (Nile) are based on earnings and future income sharing models.
When the headlines focus on how five programs will adapt, the real question: What does this mean for this hbcus? Historically there are five keypaths for black colleges and universities – and athletes representing them.
1. Recognition of the athlete’s value
For decades, the athletes took a little more in the NCAA and their schools when earning income for millions of people. The regulation of the house accepts this unequacy and provides payments to thousands of former players.
This recognition for HBCU athletes is important. This emphasizes that the eyes are always the value of their contributions and their work in the field. Payments may be smaller than the athletes of wealthy schools, the settlement is still a symbolic victory for student-athletes outside the conversation.
