Ohio State football: NCAA loses Supreme Court Case

The NCAA has lost a Supreme Court that involves limiting the amount of scholarship benefits universities can give. How does that affect the Ohio State football program?

In a court case that has been going on for years, the Supreme Court ruled that the NCAA can’t set limits on benefits that pertain to academics for athletic scholarships. That means that places like the Ohio State football program can offer as much as they deem necessary to each recruit and player.

How does this change the landscape of recruiting and college football? It’s unclear right now. At the least, it allows programs to up the amount in each scholarship for a certain recruit. Essentially, it helps the big boys of college football give more money to recruits.

That helps programs like Ohio State, Alabama, Clemson, Florida, and about ten other programs. It hurts all of the little guys who don’t have a chance to offer as much money as those programs, which is partially what the NCAA argued. In the end, it didn’t work.

As far as Ohio State is concerned, this doesn’t affect them too much because they are one of the big boys. They are already competing against Clemson and Alabama for recruits, now they just add another layer to that competition. It doesn’t really change anything for them.

This is also separate from NIL laws that will help athletes make money off the field. This is strictly money that players can get on scholarships pertaining to schooling and reimbursement of trips, books, tuition, and stuff like that. These are two different things.

I would encourage anyone who wants to learn more about this ruling and what it means to read this from Michael McCann of Sportico. He does a good job breaking down all the legal stuff and making it much easier to understand.

Now we just have to wait and see if Ohio will pass a NIL law before July 1.