Ohio State University is making several changes as it navigates the new landscape of college athletics. Last week, OSU athletic director Ross Bjork announced that the Buckeyes will focus a majority of revenue sharing capabilities on four sports.
According to CW Columbus, “Ohio State will share $18 million with athletes from four sports: football, men’s and women’s basketball and women’s volleyball.”
Ohio State University is making several changes as it navigates the new landscape of college athletics. Last week, OSU athletic director Ross Bjork announced that the Buckeyes will focus a majority of revenue sharing capabilities on four sports.
According to CW Columbus, “Ohio State will share $18 million with athletes from four sports: football, men’s and women’s basketball and women’s volleyball.”
Participating universities are allowed to share up to $20.5 million in revenue with athletes. Bjork said the remaining $2.5 million will go toward 91 additional scholarships available for student-athletes in any of Ohio State’s 36 varsity sports teams.
Bjork did not share how the $18 million would be allocated between football, basketball and volleyball, but said that the athletics department would use “data-driven analytics” to split the funds between the four teams. Bjork also said he hopes to “expand the revenue sharing to more sports at Ohio State in the future.”
Along with updates to the athletics department’s revenue sharing plan, Ohio State also announced last week the new Center for Sports Intelligence & Strategy.
According to CW Columbus, the center will provide resources for athletics department administrators and support all varsity sports at OSU. Deputy athletics director, Shaun Richard will lead the center.
"The Center for Sports Intelligence & Strategy will equip our coaches with more information, context and clarity to make even better decisions," said Richard. "We already have the best sports science team that equips our coaches with data on training, recovery and performance. This unit will work in tandem with our sports scientists, as well as our business and NIL strategy teams, to give coaches additional data and actionable insights."
Ohio State Buckeyes News said the center will undertake projects such as identifying high school student-athlete traits that will best translate to collegiate success, creating the ideal team roster and understanding student-athlete psychology.
