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Money

House Rev-Share

What a school can legally put in an athlete's hands, and how that reshapes roster pressure below Division I.

Estimated pool
$21.3M
Football
$16.0M
Men's basketball
$3.2M
All other sports
$1.1M
Estimated from the 2026-27 cap using the 75/15/5/5 split most opted-in schools copied.
Roster limits
2025-26 onward
Football105
Men's basketball15
Women's basketball15
Baseball34
Softball25
Soccer28
Track & field45
Women's rowing68
Hard caps replaced scholarship limits. Every player cut by a cap is portal supply — that pressure feeds Well-Known Unknowns.
Settlement rules
26 entries
Per-school revenue-sharing cap, 2025-26 (Year 1)
$20,500,000
July 1, 2025
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Per-school revenue-sharing cap, 2026-27
~$21,300,000 (estimated)
2026-27 academic year
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Cap formula
22% of average of 8 MFRS revenue categories across the 5 defendant conferences + Notre Dame
July 1, 2025 onward
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Cap escalation / recalculation
+4% in years 2 and 3 of each 3-year period; recalculated every 3 years
2026-27 onward
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Projected cap, final settlement year
~$32,900,000 (projected 2034-35)
2034-35
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Back-damages fund
~$2,800,000,000 over 10 years
Approved June 6, 2025
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Damages allocation by sport (back pay)
95% to Power Five football/basketball, split 75% football / 15% men's basketball / 5% women's basketball; 5% to all other sports
Approved June 6, 2025
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Forward rev-share sport allocation
No mandate - each school decides
July 1, 2025 onward
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Example school allocation - North Carolina
~$13M football; $7M men's basketball; $250K each baseball and women's basketball
2025-26 fiscal year
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Example school allocation - Washington State football
$4,500,000
2025-26
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Total top-end football roster cost (rev-share + NIL)
$40,000,000-$50,000,000 per year
2025-26 and beyond
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Roster limits replace scholarship caps
Sport-specific hard roster caps; every rostered athlete may receive aid
July 1, 2025
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Roster limit - Football
105 (previously 85 scholarships)
2025-26
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Roster limit - Men's basketball
15 (previously 13)
2025-26
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Roster limit - Women's basketball
15 (previously 15)
2025-26
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Roster limit - Baseball
34 (previously 11.7 scholarships)
2025-26
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Roster limit - Softball
25 (previously 12)
2025-26
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Roster limit - Men's/Women's soccer
28 each
2025-26
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Roster limit - Men's/Women's track & field
45 each
2025-26
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Roster limit - Women's rowing
68
2025-26
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Third-party NIL reporting threshold
$600 or more, reported to NIL Go within 5 business days
June 11, 2025 (NIL Go launch)
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Range-of-compensation review threshold
$15,000 (raised from $600; interim step $2,500)
Announced June 2026
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NIL Go cleared deal volume
More than $355,000,000 cleared since launch
June 2025 - July 2026
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Opt-in deadline
March 1 each year (from March 1, 2026) for 2026-27 and beyond
2026-27 onward
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Settlement approval / effective date
Approved June 6, 2025 by Judge Claudia Wilken; direct payments began July 1, 2025
June 6, 2025 / July 1, 2025
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Legal challenge to the cap
Antitrust suit in 17 states challenging the $20.5M cap
Filed June 2026
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