The $ 2.8 billion NCAA liquidation Waiting for the final approval of a federal judge is promoted as a solution for thousands of athletes to finally obtain the money they deserve and provide some clarity to recruitment. For some, it may have arrived too late.
The second -year student corridor Jake Rimmel says he was one of the five walks of the Virginia Tech Cross Country team after thanksgiving. Rimmel decided to take an absence permission and train independently while considering his next movement, something that has proven to be easier than to do it.
“Everyone has their hands at this time, so there are not many opportunities for me,” Rimmel told The Associated Press. “I have only had to bet on myself and trust the process. He has simply been alone. I have been training only at home and living with my family again. Thank God for my family and everything, I appreciate them. However, he is still a bit lonely, being out of the ordinary, not being in school and with my friends.”
Waiting for approval, the so -called camera settlement will allow schools to share income with athletes directly for the use of their name, image and likeness (NIL). That could ensure generational wealth for some but not for others, and it is expected to replace the scholarship limits with limitations of the list leave walks, people with partial scholarships, sports athletes without income and high school recruits. There are deep concerns about the potential impact on Sports that feed the United States Olympic equipment.
The United States District Judge, Claudia Wilken, told lawyers that they handled the agreement to return to it With a plan soon to protect athletes Currently or recently in the lists of schools throughout the country, a request seen as a way of softening the blow.
That presentation arrived on Wednesday night, with lawyers who say that schools must offer athletes who lost their points An opportunity to play – In your old school or in your new school, not counting against the limits of the list as long as they have eligibility.
There is no guarantee that these athletes win a place on the list and, for now, thousands of athletes like Rimmel have no idea where this fall could be or are in danger of not practicing more university sports. And many athletes that balance the school and their sport do not know what is at stake and have more questions than answers.
Belmont Track and Field Sabrina Oostburg athlete said that everything he knows about the agreement is personal research.
“My school does not do much education in this regard (the agreement). From time to time, they will tell us: ‘Hey, if you want to register to get some money from this agreement of the house that is happening, you can do it,” said Oostburg. “It is almost as if the education they give us is optional to consume, although it is limited.”
Oostburg is accustomed to taking the matter in his own hands, ensuring more than 50 null offers alone. She has contacted lawyers and has asked for updates on the agreement, but is not reassured. The chaotic nature of university athletics, so obvious to the public, is even worse for the athletes themselves.
“Being a university athlete, it is very difficult to keep up with what happens every day because he is constantly changing,” he said.
Smaller and non -income programs often do not have a point person to navigate null offers or educate athletes. In Belmont, said Oostburg, the responsibilities related to the zero are administered by an already occupied compliance office.
“Taking the time to learn about what is happening is so slow, especially if you are not in that percentage or one of the soccer players where they have people dedicated to helping them keep up,” he said.
During the next six weeks, the athletes will conclude their spring semesters and many of them have league tournaments or even an NCAA championship competition ahead before what many expect will be the last summer before university sports see some of the most dramatic changes in history.
For athletes like Rimmel, those changes are already here. On the positive side, his name was among those who were on a list of eight pages of “students designated” published in the presentation of the court on Wednesday, which means that it is one of the many that can look for a place on the list without counting against the limit of the list of a school.
Some of the other cuts from the Tech Virginia program have renounced their university career dreams completely. Rimmel has not completely surrendered; He spoke recently with his former coach, who said that the Hokies Athletics Department is still trying to discover what is to come.
“I still hope to find my way back there next fall,” he said.
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