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Where’s OUR cut? Ohio State QB C.J. Stroud wants to have Big Ten TV revenues ‘shared’ after the conference signed a record deal worth over $7bn – but student-athletes get none of it!
- The deal signed Thursday would give each school $1 billion per year until 2030
- It sets up an NFL-esque TV schedule on Saturdays between Fox, CBS & NBC
- Stroud and other student-athletes believe they should get cuts of revenues
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One of the largest TV rights deals in college athletics history was signed Thursday and a star in the conference wants the wealth distributed among the players.
Ohio State QB C.J. Stroud thinks a portion of the money given to the Big Ten Conference in its new media rights deal should be shared with the players.
Yesterday, the Big 10 announced they signed a deal with NBC, Fox, and CBS worth $7 billion and going into effect next season creating an NFL-esque TV schedule on Saturdays.
Each school will be getting a cut of around $1 billion per year under this new agreement in what is the richest deal for a college athletic conference in history.
Ohio State QB C.J. Stroud helped win the Buckeyes a Rose Bowl crown last season
Given the conference’s newfound riches, Stroud believes the athletes that provide the product shown on screen should get a cut of that money.
‘I definitely think it should be shared,’ Stroud said, ‘but if not, at the end of the day, we have the NIL space.
‘We can do it that way. The new college world is turning around, and I’m here for it.’
Stroud helped win Ohio State a Rose Bowl title last season, and loves the college environment, but feels athletes shouldn’t be under compensated just due to their amateur status.
‘This game is amazing, especially the college atmosphere, because it does have amateurism to it,’ Stroud said. ‘That’s definitely a plus.
‘But at the same time, I’m not 100% sure what our tuition is, but I’m sure it’s not the worth of what we’re actually worth. My mom has always told me to know my worth.’
Players only recently were allowed to sign deals letting them profit off their Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) that many athletes have already taken part in.
But revenue sharing is an entirely different argument, but it’s something Big Ten leaders are open to having a discussion about.
‘I’ve already started some dialogue with our student-athletes,’ Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren said during the conference’s media days last month.
‘I want to be a great listener to figure out what is important to them. It’s so easy to talk about money and share money, but what does that really mean?
‘I want to make sure that I listen and learn to be able to have big ears and a small mouth to truly understand what’s important to them.’
After signing a mega deal worth $7 billion, Stroud and other Big 10 athletes want profits shared