Pandemic fallout: NCAA slashes distribution by $375 million

FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020, file photo, Tennessee coach Rick Barnes talks with guard Santiago Vescovi, of Uruguay, during the second half of the team's NCAA college basketball game against Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn. With competition canceled across all NCAA divisions due to the coronavirus, many foreign athletes face a dilemma, return home or stay. Tennessee's men’s basketball team has players from France, Serbia, Uruguay and Finland, which meant Mary-Carter Eggert, the director of basketball operations, became a travel agent, looking for the best flights. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

FILE - This March 12, 2020, file photo, shows the national office of the NCAA in Indianapolis. The NCAA will distribute $225 million to its Division I members in June, $375 million less than had been budgeted this year because the coronavirus outbreak forced the cancellation of the men's basketball tournament. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

FILE - In this March 11, 2020, file photo, Arkansas guard Jimmy Whitt Jr. plays against Vanderbilt in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the Southeastern Conference Tournament in Nashville, Tenn. As thousands of college athletes and coaches across the country try to adjust after the sudden suspensions of entire seasons of competition and perhaps more so the camaraderie of daily practices, training sessions and team meals, communication specialists and mental health professionals are encouraging those involved to allow these young men and women to go through the stages of grieving as needed. At Arkansas, the athletic department is keeping tabs on every student-athlete at all times through a detailed spreadsheet, when someone is on the move, they all know. So, when men's basketball player Jimmy Whitt returns home to Columbia, Missouri, in the coming days, his coaches will monitor his movements by checking in until he reports he has safely made it. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)