Power conferences to police athlete compensation; Mitch Barnhart among ADs set to be on team

Well this will be interesting.

College athletics has changed drastically over the last few seasons, and even more, change is coming in the next few months as revenue sharing enters the picture for schools across the country.

As this process begins, the question is completely surrounded by how the NCAA plans to police it.

Well, according to a new report by Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports, it appears it will be Power Conference Athletic Directors that will take on that task.

“During a two-day summit in the nation’s capital, a “transition team,” charged with operationalizing concepts of the House settlement, inched closer to establishing a new structure to oversee, manage and enforce the settlement-related athlete compensation system for all of NCAA Division I,” writes Dellenger. “The newly created LLC, overseen by a CEO or executive director, is centered on a new enforcement arm to police violators of the industry’s new salary cap and is expected to feature revenue-sharing policies and a corresponding penalty structure for violators.”

So, who makes the team? It is made up of two ADs from the SEC, Big Ten, ACC, and Big 12. That’s where the Kentucky Wildcats come in, as Mitch Barnhart has made the team alongside Trev Alberts of Texas A&M as the representatives of the SEC.

As the $22 million comes into play for schools in the coming months, it appears this team is looking at putting a few things into place that includes a cap management system.

“The transition team gathered in Washington on Sunday and Monday to further explore details around this newly created framework, which entails a three-prong approach of enforcement: (1) a cap management system; (2) an NIL clearinghouse; and (3) an investigative and infractions unit — much of which Yahoo Sports has previously reported.”

College sports are about to look a lot different, folks. Now, we just wait and see how it will look.