Looks like the NCAA has left all of the D1 conferences on the hook to pay for their legal fees in the NCAA vs. Alston case.

Some conferences were caught off guard by this and weren't aware they were going to have to pay anything towards it. Some conferences are paying more than others.

Evidently there was an un-named G5 commissioner that said: “That was very surprising. It caught us off-guard because we thought the NCAA was paying it. Now, all of the sudden, the conferences have to foot the bill for those legal fees even if they weren’t a named defendant in there. We’ll have to raise the issue with our membership — how are we going to move this forward, how are we going to pay this bill?”

Here's how it is shaking out for each FBS conference:

NCAA National Office - $3,792,123

ACC - $2,726,404

Big Ten - $2,544,644

CUSA - $2,544,644

SEC - $2,544,644

American - $2,181,123

MAC - $2,181,123

Pac-12 - $2,181,123

Sun Belt - $2,181,123

MWC - $1,999,363

Big 12 - $1,817,603

I'm not sure the NCAA should start demanding money from the conferences these days. They might just leave.

I can't figure out why the SBC is paying more than the Big 12.... even more so, why is CUSA paying the most of any G5 conference??

(08-17-2021 01:03 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  I can't figure out why the SBC is paying more than the Big 12.... even more so, why is CUSA paying the most of any G5 conference??

Number of schools
We are at 12, along with the AAC, MAC and PAC
ND is the ACC’s plus 1 =15

(08-17-2021 01:15 PM)ChooChoo Wrote:  

(08-17-2021 01:03 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  I can't figure out why the SBC is paying more than the Big 12.... even more so, why is CUSA paying the most of any G5 conference??

Number of schools
We are at 12, along with the AAC, MAC and PAC
ND is the ACC’s plus 1 =15

Then why does the MWC, with 12 members, pay less than a 12 member Pac-12?

(08-17-2021 01:45 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  

(08-17-2021 01:15 PM)ChooChoo Wrote:  

(08-17-2021 01:03 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  I can't figure out why the SBC is paying more than the Big 12.... even more so, why is CUSA paying the most of any G5 conference??

Number of schools
We are at 12, along with the AAC, MAC and PAC
ND is the ACC’s plus 1 =15

Then why does the MWC, with 12 members, pay less than a 12 member Pac-12?

The MW has 11 full members. Hawai'i is only football and Colorado College is only women's soccer for 12 in those sports.

What happens if we don’t pay? Where are the other conferences? WAC, Patriot League, SWAC, MVC, Ivy League? Do they have to pay too?

What's stupid is that the per-school payout is the same across the FBS.

Let's be real, no one making an argument for NIL or FCOA or stipends for players ever brought up as an example some G5 school that's half subsidized with fees and school funds. They always point to a tiny percentage of schools with Brobdingnagian revenues. They are the reason the issue made it to the high courts, now we have to pay for what everyone knew was going to be a losing lawsuit.

Seems they should prorate this by TV and CFP dollars. CUSA should be the lowest.