Washington AD Pat Chun identifies the most important to-do item in the new world of NIL and revenue share

Washington Athletic Director Pat Chun met with the media Wednesday to cap off the Huskies’ first year in the Big Ten Conference, as well as discuss how UW is dealing with new financial realities in the wake of the House settlement and the Huskies creating Dawgs Unleashed, their new NIL in-house entity built specifically to find opportunities for UW student-athletes. He was also asked about his time on the House settlement enforcement committee and how confident he is that schools will bind themselves 100 percent to the rules, governance, and enforecement they signed on to when agreeing to the terms of the House settlement. 

He also spoke quite a bit on the first thing he feels has to be addressed now that the school can start officially paying their student-athletes as of July 1st, the first day of the fiscal period determined by the judge in charge of signing off on the House settlement, Claudia Wilken. It’s the piece that will determine everything else moving forward, especially for the main revenue driver, football. It will determine when signing periods take place, and also when transfer portal windows will happen. 

As you can see, there was a ton to unpack from Chun during his 30-plus minute Q&A with the Seattle media, and we have the full quotes from Chun below, as well as video of the full press conference.