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Finally, it鈥檚 official on Tuesday: University of 蜜柚直播 athletes are no longer amateurs.

The $2.8 billion House v. NCAA settlement approval on June 6 paved the way for a new era starting July 1 in which schools can directly pay its athletes up to a combined $20.5 million next season while the new College Sports Commission (CSC) will attempt to oversee revenue sharing, NIL and roster limits.

Basically, the changes are allowing schools to take over payments for players while, theoretically at least, eliminating booster-funded NIL collective payments as a recruiting and retention incentive.

Already, UA has moved toward the new reality by hiring Bud Sasser as Associate AD for contracts to oversee the planning and execution of revenue sharing. Sasser is a former Missouri football player who also earned a law degree at the school.

UA also added 鈥済eneral managers鈥� for its major sports to deal with agents and players, and the school has been signing its players to revenue-sharing contracts that were to go into effect on Tuesday. In addition, its associate AD for compliance, Kristen Arquilla, is expected to oversee any issues with NIL and revenue share that could affect athletes.

While Sasser, UA sport GMs and 蜜柚直播 AD Desiree Reed-Francois have not been available for comment recently to discuss the details, past reports and some confirmation from 蜜柚直播 on Monday indicate this is how things will play out at UA as of now:

Players will get paid, but ...

They won鈥檛 be considered 鈥渆mployees鈥� under 蜜柚直播 law and their compensation will be secret.

Reed-Francois said the school will give out the maximum of $20.5 million next season but declined to specify what percentage will be allotted to each sport. That cap figure is based on 22% of average revenue by a power conference school, and is expected to be increased annually.

Reports and industry speculation suggest that football and men鈥檚 basketball could receive roughly 90% of the rev-share total at high-major programs. Texas Tech AD Kirby Hocutt told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal last December that the school would give about 74% to football, 17-18% to men鈥檚 basketball, 2% to women鈥檚 basketball, 1.9% to baseball and smaller amounts to other sports.

UA players鈥� individual compensation packages aren鈥檛 subject to public-records requests, according to a new 蜜柚直播 NIL law that Reed-Francois said kept UA competitive in the NIL landscape. The law also allows schools to funnel NIL funds without regard to NCAA rules; an initial draft of the bill said it would only be able to 鈥渦p to the extent allowed鈥� by the NCAA.

It鈥檚 鈥渁 law that positions our state at the forefront of college athletics in the evolving era of name, image and likeness,鈥� Reed-Francois said. 鈥淪B 1615 ensures the University of 蜜柚直播 has the tools and structure to remain nationally competitive in recruiting and retaining top student-athletes. The bill provides greater clarity around the rights and protections of student-athletes engaging in NIL activity.鈥�

Not all players will be paid the same, even within the same sport.

While Sasser is in charge of making sure each 蜜柚直播 program doesn鈥檛 go over its revenue-sharing cap, the sports can offer differing amounts to different players.

UA declined to specify details but players with different positions, experience or production are likely to be paid at different levels. Schools may pay substantial money to a quarterback than a lineman in football, and/or offer the biggest packages to key returning players at any position or to top recruits.

Payments will hit athletes鈥� PayPal accounts as their contracts specify.

蜜柚直播 will pay its players according to the frequency specified in each athlete鈥檚 contract, not necessarily every other week or monthly. Payments for stipends and reimbursements within a scholarship package remain unchanged.

The Big 12 and Big Ten announced a partnership with PayPal last week in which schools can shoot rev-share money directly into athletes鈥� PayPal accounts, and UA confirmed it would be participating.

This 鈥渆nsures a secure, efficient, and transparent way to distribute funds to payees,鈥� a PayPal release said. 鈥淲ith the funds in their wallets, students will have the option to access all the benefits of PayPal鈥檚 commerce ecosystem, from seamlessly buying tickets to a sporting event or purchasing their books for the year at the university bookstore.鈥�

Pay-for-play will be discouraged, at least theoretically.

There鈥檚 a reason why the college basketball transfer portal went haywire last spring: Because agents, players and collectives around schools all raced to finalized NIL deals before the House settlement was approved and NIL GO became a thing.

Now, those deals could be much more difficult, if not impossible, to structure legally. Under House settlement terms, all NIL contracts for more than $600 must be approved by the CSC鈥檚 鈥淣IL GO鈥� clearinghouse, which is expected to determine if deals are for 鈥渇air market value.鈥�

鈥淏oosters are gonna try and cheat the system, but they might get caught this time,鈥� Blake Lawrence, co-founder of NIL advisory firm Opendorse, posted in a social media video. 鈥淏ig money donors are already looking for ways around the cap, but there鈥檚 a new watchdog (the CSC) that can flag shady booster deals and shut them down.鈥�

Jackson Lewis P.C., a firm specializing on employment and labor law that represented 蜜柚直播 in its NCAA-related issues stemming from the federal investigation into college basketball, wrote that by agreeing to pay athletes directly, schools give the CSC 鈥渧ast authority鈥� to enforce the House settlement terms, while school and athletes will be able to challenge decisions via arbitration.

The CSC also sent a message by hiring major league baseball鈥檚 former head of investigations, Bryan Seeley, as its CEO. He will report to a board of power conference commissioners who appear eager for firmer guardrails.

鈥淯ltimately, it is incumbent upon everyone involved in college sports 鈥� to make the terms of this settlement work,鈥� SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said, according to The Athletic. 鈥淲e must be committed and embrace both the realities and opportunities ahead.鈥�

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark issued a similar sentiment.

鈥淥ur schools want rules, and we鈥檙e providing rules, and we will be governed by those rules,鈥� Yormark said. 鈥淎nd if you break those rules, the ramifications will be punitive.鈥�

NIL Go might not hold up in court

Meanwhile, there鈥檚 already pushback on whether NIL Go will stand up in any form.

A bill has already been introduced in Michigan in which the state鈥檚 schools would actually be prohibited from reporting NIL deals to NIL Go, and other lawsuits are popping up to fight the idea that there should be any sort of limit on college athlete compensation.

鈥淏y routing all significant third-party NIL contracts through NIL Go, the CSC aims to introduce transparency and consistency into a marketplace that has operated with minimal oversight,鈥� Jackson Lewis wrote in a statement. 鈥淭he system, however, faces skepticism regarding enforceability, particularly in cases involving large booster collectives or states with permissive NIL laws.鈥�

Another case in Pennsylvania, Johnson vs. NCAA, argues that college athletes should be treated as employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Rosters will be limited

The House settlement also set new roster limits for each sport. Football teams will be capped at 105 players, up from 85, but without the sometimes dozens of walk-on players, while men鈥檚 basketball rose from 13 to 15. The UA men鈥檚 basketball team had a total of 20 players including walk-ons last season.

Schools can offer scholarships and rev-share to all athletes on a roster, or just some of them.