College Sports Commission to set up ‘snitch line’ as part of rev-share cap enforcement
By Sydney Hunte
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The College Sports Commission was established with the introduction of revenue sharing to collegiate sports, including football. That obviously opens up questions about how misuses of the system will be monitored, though.
It sounds as if there’s a solution on the way.
According to On3’s Pete Nakos, the CSC has plans to unveil an “anonymous tip line” that is set up to take tips on issues “from schools going over cap to circumventing NIL Go.” Per Nakos, it’s been referred to as a “snitch line” internally.
The most straightforward use case would be for reports to be filed for explicit violations of the revenue-sharing policy. But this naturally could lead to a coach with an axe to grind against another to submit a tip without having their identity revealed.
Nakos cited a report from Front Office Sports claiming that the CSC only has four full-time employees dedicated to reviewing submissions to NIL Go, the national NIL clearinghouse. So resources seem quite strained as it is based on the volume of deals submitted.
We’ll see what becomes of the tip line and what it could lead to for one or multiple programs in the future. But with revenue sharing now underway, there’s sure to be some hiccups.
Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.
