Selling Your House Settlement Claim to a Third Party
By Kristi Dosh
Last Updated on April 13, 2026
As payments from the landmark House v. NCAA settlement remain delayed, many college athletes are being approached with offers to sell their claims for immediate cash. I recently moderated a webinar with College Sports Solutions to discuss how these third-party buyouts work, the risks and potential benefits, and the key legal, financial, and tax considerations athletes should evaluate before signing away future payments.
The Panel
Jeff Schemmel is Founder & President of College Sports Solutions, bringing more than three decades of leadership across collegiate athletics. He’s served as an athletic director and in key leadership positions with the NCAA and several conferences. Currently, he consults with athletic departments in areas such as strategic planning, executive searches, operational reviews, naming/rights negotiation, and gender equity.
Zach Meyerowitz is a Vice President at Strategic Capital Corporation, where he focuses on origination, deal structuring, and the firm’s NIL athlete financing initiative. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, where he also captained the soccer team. As an undergraduate at Brandeis University, he captained the hockey team and played on the varsity soccer team.
David Meyerowitz is the President and CEO of Strategic Capital Corporation, which he founded in 1994. Over the past three decades, he has built SCC into one of the largest participants in the secondary private cash flow market, originating and financing over $2B in structured payment streams alongside major institutional investors. David played soccer at the University of Toronto, where he graduated magna cum laude in Commerce and Finance.
Kristi Dosh is a consultant with CSS and founder of Business of College Sports®. A recovering attorney, she teaches NIL courses in the undergraduate, graduate and law programs at UF. She is the author of “The Athlete’s NIL Playbook: The Complete Guide to Owning and Profiting from Your Name, Image, and Likeness.”
