Notre Dame had its declaration allset in the wake of a bombshell NCAA settlement, and it wasn’t unclear on its position about capacity professionalathlete payment.
On Thursday, the NCAA and the country’s 5 greatest conferences came to an contract to pay nearly $2.8 billion to settle numerous antitrust claims.
It’s an arrangement — which still requires a federal judge’s approval — that, in Notre Dame’s viewpoint, put the “great American organization of college sports” in jeopardy, as the judgment might possibly see millions being dispersed to professionalathletes’ pockets in a revenue-sharing strategy straight from colleges.
“The settlement, though unwanted in lotsof appreciates and appealing just short-lived stability, is essential to prevent what would be the personalbankruptcy of college sports,” stated the university’s president Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C in a declaration. “To conserve the excellent American organization of college sports, Congress should pass legislation that will preempt the existing patchwork of state laws; develop that our professionalathletes are not workers, however trainees lookingfor college degrees; and offer security from more anti-trust claims that will enable colleges to make and implement guidelines that will safeguard our student-athletes and assistance makesure competitive equity amongst our groups.”
