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What financial impact could new NCAA settlement have on Utah?
On Thursday, a huge step was taken to soon make college sports as we know them changed forever.
The NCAA settled three lawsuits, including House vs. NCAA, and agreed to pay a nearly $2.8 billion settlement to athletes from 2016 to 2021 that covers back damages for the athletes who were unable to earn money from their name, image and likeness.
The five power conferences, including the Big 12 and Pac-12, agreed to terms of the settlement on Thursday. Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger reported that if the NCAA lost the case, damages would have been $20 billion, which would have likely led to the NCAA filing bankruptcy, so the conferences felt it was in their best interest to settle and avoid catastrophe.
According to a letter from NCAA president Charlie Baker to member schools, obtained by Dellenger, to pay the $2.776 billion settlement over 10 years, the NCAA will use 42% of its own funds, while 58% will come from a reduction in distribution to its schools.
Power conferences will have about $664 million of distributions withheld over 10 years, per Dellenger.
While the loss of that NCAA distribution — which could work out to a reduction of 0.61% of the average Power Five school’s budget, according to Dellenger — will have some bearing on Utah’s athletic department budget, the real impact will be felt in the new proposed revenue-sharing model that is part of the settlement.
Under the settlement, schools can directly pay players up to $22 million per year, starting in fall of 2025. That number, per Dellenger, was arrived at by “us(ing) an average of power conference revenue streams as a sort-of formula to determine an annual revenue-sharing limit.”
As coaches hit the recruiting trail shortly to find their next class, questions about direct payments will surely be at the top of recruits’ minds, but those questions may not have answers right now.
How does Title IX factor into the payments? It’s not covered in the settlement.
“The settlement will allow, say, Ohio State, to share up to $20 million with its athletes. Which seems like a lot. But schools won’t be able to give all $20 million of it to the football team, lest they themselves want to be sued by their women’s sports athletes,” The Athletic’s Stewart Mandel wrote.
NIL collectives will likely still be in play as well, as the collectives operate outside of schools’ purview.
“Many within the sport believe that schools will keep their collective around for two reasons: (1) circumvent the revenue-sharing cap by using the third-party entity to offer “bonuses,” said one person; and (2) bend Title IX rules as collectives aren’t under the umbrella of the university,” Dellenger wrote.
While there’s no requirement for Utah to spend up to $22 million in paying its athletes, money will certainly be one of the biggest, if not the biggest, factor in recruits deciding where to play, and whether they stick around once they’re at Utah or enter the transfer portal.
Could player payment contracts include multi-year language, like professional sports, and prevent players from transferring before a certain time period?
“Officials are discussing a range of possibilities for athlete contracts, including implementing buyout clauses that are often found in coaching contracts,” Dellenger wrote.
There is still so much to be worked out in the coming months before fall 2025, when the new system is expected to go into effect.
What is for certain is that Utah has to find a lot more money in its budget if it wants to be competitive in this new world of college athletics.
According to financial fillings, Utah’s athletic department had a total operating revenue of $126,256,291 in the 2023 fiscal year with total operating expenses of $124,453,484, leaving an excess of $1,802,807.
Utah has done well to turn a profit at a time where some athletic departments across the country are operating at a loss, but the surplus is still well short of $22 million.
Step No. 1 will be to ramp up fundraising even more. Do fans currently donating to an NIL collective switch to donating to the athletic department to allow them to pay players directly? Will Utah’s athletic department absorb a current NIL program like the Crimson Collective, or will it continue to operate outside of the university in addition to the direct payments?
In addition to a massive uptick in donations, athletic directors across the country will have to start making cuts in the athletic department to free up money to start playing players.
What will happen to non-revenue sports? The revenue from football and men’s basketball currently covers the cost of all of the other sports Utah sponsors.
“There are concerns of the trickle-down effect these new financial requirements will have on athletic departments as well, including the possibility of schools cutting sports, athlete resources or administrative positions at both power-conference and non-power-conference schools,” Nicole Auerbach and Justin Williams of The Athletic wrote.
Cutting sports is a non-starter, though, as NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision rules require each institution to sponsor a minimum of 16 varsity sports, and Utah currently has 20 varsity sports. Even if Utah cut four sports, that’s not going to get them anywhere close to $22 million.
Utah declined to comment on the NCAA settlement at this time.
I’ve recently found a treasure in the Pizza World! It’s located in Marysvale, Utah in Piute County. A TON of people have never even heard of Marysvale, but the place is a diamond in the rough. More about Marysvale later, but for now… let’s talk pizza!
This place is called Tomatoes Pizza Pie, A New York Original.
This place has some HONESTLY INCREDIBLE PIZZA, and they’re usually lined out the doors! You can even order to go if you’d like.
THE PIZZAS WE TRIED:
Pepperoni.
Canadian Bacon & Pineapple.
Chicken, Bacon, Ranch.
If you’re ever feeling a day trip, a weekend camping trip, or even an overnight stay… Head on out to Marysvale, Utah. It’s only 2 hours 22 minutes from St. George, and about an hour and a half from Cedar City. It’s right on I-89, 30 minutes south of Richfield.
You won’t regret trying this pizza! It’s HANDS DOWN, my favorite pizza in the state.
LOVE THIS: Southern Utah’s FIRST & ONLY Inflatable Water Park!
There’s a NEW and FUN thing going on at Quail Creek Reservoir and your kids are going to go BANANAS for it!
St. George Aqua Adventures has brought THIS to Quail and I’m about to go have the time of my life out there!
They’re open 7 days a week from 9am-9pm! There’s trampolines, slides, swings, jungle gyms, and even obstacle courses… ALL IN THE LAKE! This is a first for Southern Utah!
Their prices are TOTALLY reasonable too!
Ages 6-10: $12 for the 1st hour, and $6 for each additional hour.
Ages 11+ $20 for the 1st hour, and $10 for each additional hour.
People online are LOVING this! Here are some comments:
Kesia: “Yay! This looks so fun. Can’t wait to take my kids.”
Mikey: “Yes!! It’s finally in the water!”
Betty: “This would be fun with the kids!
Appointments or reservations are NOT necessary! You can just show up and have fun!
There’s even lifeguards there, but NEVER depend on lifeguards to babysit your kids. You should always be there with them.
I, for one, know that I’m going to be out there this summer on that swing, bouncing off those trampolines! This sounds like so much fun, I’m really happy we have this here in Southern Utah!
If you’ve been out there let us know on Facebook at Cat Country Utah what you thought about it! Was it awesome? Did you get any awesome pictures? Did your kids love it?
Southern Utah Tips & Tricks With DJ: Cheap Car Rentals!
At one point or another in your life, you’ve probably needed to rent a car, right? But it can be SO EXPENSIVE! What looks cheap, can EASILY turn expensive and hundreds of dollars a day for a car!
You know what’s even worse? Flying into a city and THERE’S NO CARS LEFT TO RENT! What do you do?!
I GOT YOU COVERED!
UHAUL!
Now here me out… Nobody wants to drive a big storage truck around, but what if it was a fraction of the cost of a car rental? I’m talking… AT LEAST half the price! If you wanted a tiny little car for a week, that could run you $250, minimum! But renting a UHAUL truck would be a fraction of that!
UHAUL rents their trucks at $20 a day! TWENTY BUCKS! YOU CAN’T BEAT THAT!
A friend of mine, Brayden Phillips, used to work for Enterprise Rent-A-Car and he’s even used this hack before in his own life. “Sometime’s we run out of cars and people don’t know what to do! I tell them to go rent a UHAUL for $20 a day!”
Phillips recalls a time where he passed that advice on to a man who flew into town for a softball tournament. “After the tournament was over, he told me what a great idea it was to rent the UHAUL. Him and his buddies piled in the back between games, and had a place to hang out!”
ALSO… You only have to be 18 years old to rent a UHAUL, instead of 25 for most car rental companies. That’s BIG!
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Singer-songwriter Dayglow has recently announced his debut album — and with that album announcement came a tour announcement.
Dayglow’s upcoming album is titled “DAYGLOW,” and the accompanying tour is called “Dayglow: The Tour.” The singer is set to perform at the Great Saltair on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024.
The tour will take him across North America starting in September. At the show in Salt Lake City, Dayglow will be joined by the band Teenage Dads.
Tickets will be available to the public starting on Friday, June 21 at 10 a.m. local time. Before then, fans can sign up for presale, which begins Tuesday, June 18 at 1 p.m. Eastern.
Fans can purchase tickets and sign up for presale through Dayglow’s website.
“The vibe during the shows is so inviting and fun. People are either smiling or dancing, but it’s also common to do both,” Dayglow said. “I think this tour is going to be the best yet by far. I feel healthy, happy, and ready to rock.”
The singer’s new album is expected to be released in the fall. Before dropping the album, Dayglow released the single “Every Little Thing I Say I Do” in May, and will be releasing another single later in June.
The album was written, performed, produced and mixed by the singer in his home studio.
“Dayglow is finally entering the world in its purest form with clarity and confidence,” the singer said of the new record. “I want this album to define exactly what Dayglow looks like, sounds like, and feels like.”
Dayglow has previously sold out headline tours and performed at several festivals — including Lollapalooza and Bonnaroo — in addition to performing on several late-night shows.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — A man who murdered 14 women in Los Angeles from 1987-98 has been charged with killing another woman in Utah, authorities said this week.
Chester Turner, 57, is currently in state prison in California for killing 14 women in a several-mile area along Figueroa Street south of the 10 Freeway. The victims were mostly sex workers and/or homeless women, and one of them was pregnant.
Prosecutors once called him the city’s most prolific serial killer, and said most of his victims were also raped.
On Friday, the Salt Lake City District Attorney’s Office announced that Turner was charged with the murder of Itisha Camp, whose body was found at the back of a business on Sept. 24, 1998 by three juveniles. Prosecutors say she was killed by strangulation; most of Turner’s victims in Los Angeles were strangled.
Utah authorities say they linked Camp’s killing to Turner through DNA evidence. They said Turner fled to Utah in 1998 in violation of his parole in California for auto theft and drug sales.
“It must have been profoundly difficult for Ms. Camp’s family and loved ones over the last 25 years, not knowing if the suspect in her murder was still out in the public,” Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill said. “We hope the filing of this charge brings some relief to Ms. Camp’s loved ones and our entire community, knowing that the defendant is already behind bars.”
Turner was convicted in April 2007 of 10 counts of first-degree murder, and was subsequently convicted and sentenced to death in 2014 for the four other killings. His appeal for those four murders is still pending.
Turner was initially convicted of murdering:
— Diane Johnson, 21, who was found dead in March 1987;
— Annette Ernest, 26, who was killed in October 1987;
— Anita Fishman, 31, who was murdered in January 1989;
— Washington, 27, who was visibly pregnant when she was slain in
September 1989;
— Desarae Jones, 29, who was killed in May 1993;
— Andrea Tripplett, 29, who was strangled April 2, 1993, in South Los
Angeles;
— Natalie Price, 31, whose body was found outside a home on Feb. 12, 1995;
— Mildred Beasley, 45, whose body was found in a field on Nov. 6, 1996;
— Paula Vance, 38, who was strangled on Feb. 3, 1998, during the
commission of a rape, which was caught on grainy black-and-white surveillance
videotape in which the assailant’s face cannot be seen; and
— Brenda Bries, 37, who was found dead in the Skid Row area on April 6, 1998.
Turner lived within 30 blocks of each of the killings — with Bries’ body discovered in downtown Los Angeles just 50 yards from where he was living at the time.
He was linked to the strangulations through DNA test results after being arrested and convicted of raping a woman on Skid Row in 2002.
He was subsequently convicted in 2014 for the killings of 33-year-old Elandra Bunn in June 1987; 28-year-old Deborah Williams in November 1992; 42-year-old Mary Edwards in December 1992; and the February 1997 killing of 30-year-old Cynthia Annette Johnson in Watts.
It was not immediately clear if or when he would be sent to Utah to face the latest murder charge.
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