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Notre Dame just signaled to the judge it would like to move forward with the settlement https://x.com/swimswamnews/status/1920610027691184185

No one actually expects the Power 4 schools to go back to cut athletes and released recruits and say welcome back. The revised settlement says they can, but they won't. The good news is that these "Designated Student-Athletes" will not count against roster limits at any D1 school (see link below). They should be able to find new teams at the non-Power 4 schools - many schools will be happy to take on another tuition-paying student. (I would expect the vast majority of these DSAs NOT to receive athletic scholarships.) While there may be some more objections or tweaks here and there, the settlement is supposed to take effect July 1. Nothing like a deadline to get people moving in the world of policy. For better or worse, our new NCAA sports world is right around the corner. https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/45044548/attorneys-handling-ncaa-settlement-propose-do-roster-limits

Yes

Fix should've wrestled in the Masters tourney.

I am surprised the judge has pushed back on this. Both plaintiffs and defendants initially agreed to the roster limits with no grandfathering. (The plaintiffs appear to have changed their mind since the April 7 meeting.) If i have learned anything in my nine years working in the DC policy world, it's rare for a a judge or government official to get in the way of a negotiated agreement. Good news for all of those athletes who were told over the past six months to beat it. Bad news for all of those incoming freshmen who are about to be told they have to find a new team.

You were reading my mind. From Front Office Sports: However, not every transfer portal story is as successful as (UCLA WBB player Lauren) Betts’s. AD Advisors and sports analytics firm Timark Partners released a study Friday that indicated 70% of men’s basketball players from power conferences and the Big East who entered the transfer portal were unable to find a new school or transferred down. (The study placed schools in three tiers based on the amount of money spent on their basketball programs, and transferring down meant moving to a program in a lower tier.) Moving to ostensibly smaller programs could still be beneficial for players seeking additional playing time or for other personal reasons. However, the effects of entering the portal—whether positive or negative—vary on a case-by-case basis.

Schools that opt to the House settlement may offer up to 30 full scholarships. Doesn't mean they will. This is the part where we need to remind ourselves that schools opting in to the settlement - the Power 4/5 schools are mandated to accept to the settlement terms - are doing so to push money to their football and basketball players, not to non-revenue sports like wrestling. Looking at the terrain of D1 wrestling, I would be very concerned that MAC and SOCON schools will actually reduce their spending on wrestling to prop up their football and basketball teams.

The Ivy League announced in January it will not opt in to the House settlement. Our men's basketball teams will suffer, but our schools and teams will be much better off on the whole. Godspeed to the small schools opting in to keep up with the Power 4/5 conferences. Many of these schools are already struggling to stay open. I fear paying student athletes will only expedite their financial decline. They would be much better off going to D3 where they most likely belong.

As at Cornell, almost all Penn recruits are now taking a gap year and training at the PRTC before enrolling at school. Gotta keep up with the Joneses both in and out of the Ivy League. Not sure what I would've done if this scenario was presented to me coming out of high school. An extra year of physical maturity would've definitely helped me in my wrestling career. But, I would've been bored out of my mind without classes or work.

NCAA and plaintiffs' attorneys are pushing back on the idea of exempting current athletes from roster caps. Teams have already budgeted for 2025-26, and many athletes in non-revenue sports have already made plans for new teams/schools for the new season. I'm guessing the judge goes along with the latest agreement between the attorneys. https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/44679918/roster-limit-changes-not-offered-latest-filing-ncaa-lawsuit-settlement

Short answer: Cornell wouldn't let Koll bring AJ Ferrari to campus. Glad to see these two icons reunited like a Hallmark movie in Chapel Hill.

AJ is going to get three more years because the NCAA is not going to fight any of these requests while it is trying to figure out what a post-House settlement world looks like.

I'd be worried about every PSAC school other than West Chester.

Staying open is Clarion's priority, as it is for all of the PSAC schools right now.

I remember being here in Philly when Molinaro chose down against Dake and the entire arena yelled “NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!”