The American Athletic Conference will require each member except Army and Navy to provide athletes with at least $10 million in additional benefits over the next three years, making it the only league so far to set a minimum standard with revenue sharing expected to begin in Division I sports in July.

The American Athletic Conference will require each member except Army and Navy to provide athletes with at least $10M in additional benefits over the next three years.

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The AAC is the first NCAA conference to establish a minimum standard of compensation for athletes. But it doesn’t apply to Army or Navy.