Ohio State will share revenue with athletes from four sports in the first year of revenue sharing.

Ross Bjork announced Thursday that Ohio State will share a total of $18 million with athletes from four sports in 2025-26: Football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball and women’s volleyball.

Bjork declined to specify how much of the $18 million will be allocated to each of those sports, but said the Buckeyes’ revenue-sharing decisions will be driven by metrics.

While the revenue-sharing cap for the first year of revenue sharing following the House v. NCAA settlement was set at $20.5 million, Bjork said that schools are required to count added scholarships against that total up to $2.5 million. Because Ohio State chose to add 91 scholarships across its 36 sports, its cap for directly shared revenue with athletes drops to $18 million.

That $18 million will be limited to just four sports, however, with football players likely to receive the majority of that money. Football is by far the biggest revenue driver among Ohio State’s sports, followed by men’s basketball, while paying women’s basketball and volleyball players will satisfy Title IX requirements for revenue sharing.

Stay tuned with Eleven Warriors for additional coverage of Ross Bjork’s summer press conference on Thursday.