Grant House Got Involved With NCAA Lawsuit to \u2018Open Up The Doors,\u2019 Not Deny Opportunities <\/strong><\/p>\n

When he became associated with the lawsuit that would later bear his name, Grant House<\/strong> had no idea of the wide-ranging implications for college sports that would result over the next several years. He never expected to be the individual his fellow swimmers would blame for losing their opportunities to swim in college. Rather, House thought he was working for a brighter future for college athletes, with a focus on those in non-revenue sports such as swimming. He believed his accomplishments swimming for Arizona State and for the United States at international competitions would help the movement gain legitimacy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey thought I checked off all the boxes, and I was the ideal candidate for this. And what I didn\u2019t know at the time was getting involved in,\u201d House said. \u201cI think a lot of people think this is just about tearing down college sports, and it\u2019s really about rewriting the rules so Olympic sport athletes and swimmers, especially, have something they can build on their own.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the weeks and months following his initial involvement, House realized that the group with which he had involved himself had more landscape-altering goals than he initially realized, leading to the eventual settlement expected to be adopted in time for the 2025-26 season. That settlement will allow direct payments to athletes and eliminate scholarship maximums for universities in Power Conferences and other conferences who opt in but institute strict roster limits for each sport<\/a>, with swimming and diving maxed at 30 spots per gender.<\/p>\n