This 5% "rev share for Olympic sports scholarships" is confusing to me.
The $20.5M is essentially a salary cap for direct (non-NIL) player compensation, but the 5% toward scholarships means means we're only paying out ~$19.5M in rev share "salary".
With the new NCAA rules, my understanding is that there are no longer any scholarship limits other than the total roster size. For example, wrestling used to be capped at 9.9 scholarships but it's now capped at the roster size limit of 30. So that means potentially 20.1 new full scholarships -- if the institution is willing and able to fund them all.
If there's no "scholarship cap", it feels like we are leaving $1M in "roster budget" on the table if we could fund any new scholarships for Olympic sports outside revenue share funds. That approach would obviously cost VTAF $1M more overall, but that extra $1M would give some program the opportunity to pull more talent than they would otherwise be able to. It feels like VTAF could source that $1M from donors who are currently throwing significant money toward NIL via Triumph (without a tax deduction) or Hokie Way.
Maybe there's something I'm missing here, but the Olympic sports scholarship portion of our rev share plan makes no sense to me.
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Yes we are deficient. We’ve chosen to go all in football at the expense
-- GreenvilleVT
Apr 15, 2026 at 07:33 AM ET
GreenvilleVT
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04/15/26 07:33 AM ET
It’s even worse than that
-- VT ChemE 1986
Apr 14, 2026 at 10:44 AM ET
VT ChemE 1986
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04/14/26 10:44 AM ET
Does it matter to what sport or what player UNC allocates rev sharing?
-- Vippie1
Apr 14, 2026 at 04:23 PM ET
Vippie1
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04/14/26 04:23 PM ET
Maybe UNC thinks Neo can play the role of Scottie Pippen or Horace Grant
-- VTHokie2000
Apr 14, 2026 at 01:17 PM ET
VTHokie2000
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04/14/26 01:17 PM ET
There is a value curve. Any time you go north of that line
-- VT ChemE 1986
Apr 14, 2026 at 03:46 PM ET
VT ChemE 1986
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04/14/26 03:46 PM ET
I don't disagree if everyone is using the same criteria. It would appear
-- VTHokie2000
Apr 14, 2026 at 07:41 PM ET
VTHokie2000
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04/14/26 07:41 PM ET
VT needs to position basketball to compete with the top 50% of the
-- hokiehill1117
Apr 14, 2026 at 09:29 AM ET
hokiehill1117
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04/14/26 09:29 AM ET
Carolina has essentially determined to use their revenue sharing model of
-- VTScoop
Apr 13, 2026 at 10:49 PM ET
VTScoop
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04/13/26 10:49 PM ET
Again, good post Scoop. This part caught my eye:
-- saret
Apr 14, 2026 at 11:55 AM ET
saret
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04/14/26 11:55 AM ET
This 5% "rev share for Olympic sports scholarships" is confusing to me.
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-- nvpbrown
Apr 14, 2026 at 12:56 AM ET
nvpbrown
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04/14/26 12:56 AM ET
That's a good question....While the rosters now have the ability to have
-- VTScoop
Apr 14, 2026 at 10:32 AM ET
VTScoop
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04/14/26 10:32 AM ET
It turns out that the "5% Olympic sports scholarships" info is outdated.
-- nvpbrown
Apr 15, 2026 at 12:36 PM ET
nvpbrown
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04/15/26 12:36 PM ET
Scoop, thanks for this post. Your first paragraph contained a nuance re:
-- saret
Apr 14, 2026 at 11:01 AM ET
saret
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04/14/26 11:01 AM ET
Scholarship Costs come from the Rev Share $$**
-- TheFacts
Apr 14, 2026 at 08:35 AM ET
TheFacts
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04/14/26 08:35 AM ET
Travis Branham said Papa John paid 8 million package deal for Shelstad
-- millmtnhokie
Apr 13, 2026 at 10:44 PM ET
millmtnhokie
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04/13/26 10:44 PM ET
Suddenly Whit's $80,000 deal with Little Caesar's sounds less impressive.
-- KCHokie2
Apr 13, 2026 at 10:58 PM ET
KCHokie2
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04/13/26 10:58 PM ET
lmao!! WB's a CHUCKY CHEESE type of AD!!**
-- ancient alien 2018
Apr 13, 2026 at 11:46 PM ET
ancient alien 2018
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04/13/26 11:46 PM ET
They arrested one of ours, we're arresting one of theirs.
-- KCHokie2
Apr 14, 2026 at 12:16 AM ET
KCHokie2
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04/14/26 12:16 AM ET
That Officer Keebler is really doing his job!**
-- HokieNL
Apr 14, 2026 at 12:50 AM ET
HokieNL
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04/14/26 12:50 AM ET
"Uncommonly good, wherever he comes from!"**
-- TomTurkey
Apr 14, 2026 at 10:04 AM ET
TomTurkey
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04/14/26 10:04 AM ET
Blacksburg had a town cop in the late 70's early 80's whose name was
-- ancient alien 2018
Apr 14, 2026 at 12:21 AM ET
ancient alien 2018
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04/14/26 12:21 AM ET
VT also had Dr. Nurse and Dean Dean in the early 1980s**
-- UpperQuad
Apr 14, 2026 at 01:15 PM ET
UpperQuad
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04/14/26 01:15 PM ET
Did you ever confirm the single bullet in his pocket?**
-- HokieNL
Apr 14, 2026 at 12:53 AM ET
HokieNL
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04/14/26 12:53 AM ET
I did!! I told him he was sure an expert on proper bullet maintenance!!**
-- ancient alien 2018
Apr 14, 2026 at 01:11 AM ET
ancient alien 2018
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04/14/26 01:11 AM ET
UNCs offer for Juke Harris is $5M+
-- soflahokie
Apr 13, 2026 at 10:27 PM ET
soflahokie
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04/13/26 10:27 PM ET
isn't 5 million close to a NBA rookie contract?
-- VermontDDS
Apr 14, 2026 at 10:06 AM ET
VermontDDS
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04/14/26 10:06 AM ET
Juke will make 5 times what the UNC-CH President makes...insanity rules**
-- Tuckahokie
Apr 14, 2026 at 05:31 AM ET
Tuckahokie
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04/14/26 05:31 AM ET
Babe Ruth says "I had a better year" :-)**
-- Vippie1
Apr 14, 2026 at 08:20 AM ET
Vippie1
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04/14/26 08:20 AM ET
They have the cash, especially after their 5 star Mingo decommitted.**
-- ancient alien 2018
Apr 13, 2026 at 11:48 PM ET
ancient alien 2018
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04/13/26 11:48 PM ET
We can be a lot better. It’s almost like we aren’t trying - eg, no GM.
-- GoldCoast
Apr 13, 2026 at 10:44 PM ET
GoldCoast
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04/13/26 10:44 PM ET