Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports wrote about next week's NCAA Convention in Phoenix. A key focus area of the article and of next week's conference will be NCAA President Charlie Baker's "Project Division I" which proposes seismic shifts in the college sports landscape: 1️⃣ Paving the way for athletes to engage in NIL deals and receive augmented educational benefits. 2️⃣ Establishment of a new FBS subdivision requiring schools to deposit into a trust $30,000 per athlete for half of a school’s athletes. 3️⃣ Anticipated yearlong process, with initial focus on NIL and educational benefits. The timeline targets next January’s NCAA convention for action on the new subdivision structure. 4️⃣ Robust discussions on abolishing the year-in-residency penalty, elevating academic eligibility requirements, and implementing financial penalties for schools that don’t meet academic benchmarks. Full article 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gngFSf6t What's one takeaway you would love to see come out of the Convention? #nameimagelikeness #ncaa #nil