(#441) How will the NCAA's $2.7 billion House settlement specifically impact college hockey?

College sports changed forever on Thursday.

I’ll have a more hockey-focused newsletter on Monday (or maybe this weekend if I have time between the 12 baseball games my kids have scheduled over the next three days).

Let’s dive in and try to figure out how the House v. NCAA settlement, which was announced on Thursday, will impact college hockey specifically.

Revenue sharing is going to become a thing in college sports. Schools will be able to share up to $22 million per year with their athletes in direct payments.

That will affect college hockey because the rich schools will likely begin sharing some of those riches. But to what degree? Won’t most of the money be going to football and basketball players?

The short answer - no one really knows how it will be divided yet.

However, revenue sharing will not impact college hockey as much as some of the other changes in the settlement, which could drastically change the model for college hockey specifically, including the potential for CHL players to become eligible and the removal of scholarship caps.

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