NCAA Revenue Sharing – Volleyball Teams

Estimated 2025-26 Revenue Sharing – Volleyball 

Under the proposed settlement in House V NCAA, schools will be able to share revenue with their athletes not to exceed the lesser of 22% of their annual athletic revenues or $ 21 million per year. We analyzed the most recent NCAA financial reporting from several NCAA I public universities and arrived at some estimates for volleyball team revenue sharing scheduled to begin in the 2025-26 season:

Estimated Revenue
Sharing - Volleyball
ConferenceVolleyball Team
Revenue Share
# of
Players
Average
per player
Revenue %
Volleyball
Est Revenue
Sharing 2025
Total 2023
Revenue *
WisconsinBig Ten 437,942 17 25,761 2.1% 21,000,000 137,164,382
Colorado State MW 189,426 15 12,628 3.7% 5,117,008 23,259,125
MinnesotaBig Ten 183,140 16 11,446 0.9% 21,000,000 113,102,807
Washington Big Ten 160,913 16 10,057 0.8% 21,000,000 98,468,704
MissouriSEC 153,526 15 10,235 0.8% 19,418,455 88,265,705
Oregon Big Ten 148,209 17 8,718 0.7% 21,000,000 109,439,421
LouisvilleACC 129,687 18 7,205 0.4% 21,000,000 111,396,762
Illinois Big Ten 124,049 16 7,753 0.6% 21,000,000 99,358,957
Washington State Pac-12 108,750 15 7,250 0.9% 12,709,241 57,769,277
Ohio State Big Ten 82,061 16 5,129 0.4% 21,000,000 215,167,642
Penn State Big Ten 81,307 15 5,420 0.4% 21,000,000 152,551,993
Texas Tech Big-12 79,642 18 4,425 0.4% 18,258,244 82,992,017
Colorado Big-12 76,576 18 4,254 0.5% 14,090,852 64,049,328
MississippiSEC 71,109 18 3,950 0.3% 21,000,000 101,643,972
TennesseeSEC 66,272 18 3,682 0.3% 21,000,000 134,277,934
North DakotaMVC 50,733 15 3,382 2.1% 2,472,797 11,239,985
Iowa State Big-12 41,227 18 2,290 0.2% 18,365,450 83,479,317
UtahBig-12 31,294 17 1,841 0.2% 16,049,837 72,953,805
GeorgiaSEC 17,839 15 1,189 0.1% 21,000,000 125,667,798
ArkansasSEC 17,802 16 1,113 0.1% 21,000,000 132,103,766
Kansas State Big-12 14,042 18 780 0.1% 16,751,854 76,144,789
IdahoBig Sky 13,308 18 739 1.0% 1,270,624 5,775,565
Louisiana State SEC 12,936 18 719 0.1% 21,000,000 138,574,324
Appalachian State SBC 10,113 17 595 0.3% 3,626,477 16,483,988
Arkansas StateSBC 9,744 16 609 0.5% 1,805,824 8,208,289
Tennessee Tech OVC 4,801 15 320 0.7% 721,811 3,280,961
Georgia SouthernSBC 4,518 18 251 0.2% 2,095,770 9,526,227
P5 School Average20 101,916 17 6,161 0.5% 19,432,197 109,728,635

Estimated revenue sharing is allocated per team based on the percentage of that team’s revenues to revenue from all sports as reported in the school’s most recent (2023) NCAA financial reporting. A significant variable here is athletic department revenue not allocated to a specific team.  Based on the NCAA reports this can be anywhere from 6% to 37% of school athletic department revenue. Our estimates assume this non-specific revenue will be allocated in the same proportion as the team’s revenue percentage to all sports.

These are averages per athlete. In actuality, a few players per team will receive substantially higher than the average, while many will get much less. For players who see little if any playing time, their revenue share will also likely be little or none.

Football and Men’s basketball account for close to 95% of all specific team allocated revenues at Power Conference schools, and athletes in these two sports will be the major beneficiaries of revenue sharing. Consequently, revenue sharing available to athletes in virtually all other sports will be minimal to modest at most schools. The NCAA and its member schools are well aware of this disparity and have consequently proposed to significantly increase the number of potential scholarships available to NCAA athletes.

For volleyball, the proposal is to increase the maximum number of athletic scholarships from 12 to 18 per team – this will also represent the limit of players on an NCAA I volleyball roster.  So in theory, all 18 players could receive a full scholarship. However, scholarships awards are optional – a school can fully fund a sport, or make awards less than the maximum allowed. 

* Computed Athletic Department revenue includes event tickets and admission fees, game guarantees, TV, media, licensing, advertising, sponsorships and royalty rights, bowl game, NCAA and conference distributions and all related revenues. Revenue does not include direct or indirect school support, student fees or unrecompensed (i.e. charitable) contributions to the athletic department from alumni and boosters.


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Statistics compiled & edited by Patrick O’Rourke, CPA Washington, DC