On July 1, college sports changed forever.

As part of the House v. NCAA settlement, direct payments from schools to student-athletes started going out on that date, with Utah men’s basketball player Keanu Dawes receiving the first-ever revenue sharing payment from the University of Utah.

Utah, and other schools across the country, can now pay players up to a combined $20.5 million per year — and Ute athletic director Mark Harlan says the athletic department is all-in on providing that.

Harlan declined to get into specifics about how the $20.5 million is split up among Utah’s sports during an event Saturday on campus, but said Utah was not too far off of how the backpay in the settlement is split up among sports, with 75% going to football and 15% going to men’s basketball.

“I will just

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