Kansas AD Travis Goff blasts ‘anonymous source’ gripes about NCAA settlement
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- Judge Claudia Wilken approved $2.8B NCAA deal allowing direct athlete payments by schools.
- Kansas AD Travis Goff rejected anonymous criticism of the NCAA settlement terms online.
- Goff expressed confidence in college athletics' future and KU’s role in upcoming changes.
Amid ongoing changes to the sports world, Kansas athletic director Travis Goff maintains he isn’t worried about the future of college athletics.
On Friday, Judge Claudia Wilken approved the $2.8 billion NCAA settlement that will allow schools to pay athletes directly. Schools will be allowed to allocate up to $20.5 million among all sports for the upcoming season.
The Athletic’s Justin Williams shared one report — with reaction to the settlement — on X/Twitter Saturday morning. The story asked coaches and administrators about their response to the changes that will take place due to the settlement.
Much of that reaction was negative.
“There’s no enforcing this,” said one personnel director in the story.
“It’s going to separate, even more, the haves and the have-nots,” added an administrator.
Goff quote-tweeted the report with a strong response Saturday evening. He pushed back on the narratives being shared by anonymous coaches and administrators, including those quoted in the article.
“I’ve never read more DRAMATIC anonymous source quotes than those used in these types of articles by coaches, player personnel folks and administrators,” Goff wrote on X/Twitter. “Cut the crap. We griped about the old world and some are throwing their hands up before we even get started in this next chapter.
“This settlement is strong. The plan is solid. Hope we can all do our part and give it its best chance.”
Goff added his perspective about how KU feels about college sports moving forward.
“Kansas is excited and optimistic about the future of college athletics,” Goff tweeted. “Rock Chalk!”
This story was originally published June 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM with the headline "Kansas AD Travis Goff blasts ‘anonymous source’ gripes about NCAA settlement."
