BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — IU Athletics announced it will be cutting 25 positions in an effort to reduce costs as colleges across the country brace for sharing revenue with student-athletes. As part of the House vs. NCAA antitrust lawsuit settlement, collegiate programs agreed to share up to 22% of revenue with student-athletes. This revenue-sharing program goes into effect on July 1. IU Athletics said $20.5 million has been added to the budget in anticipation of revenue sharing. After searching for ways to cut costs in preparation for this "new world of intercollegiate athletics," the decision was made to eliminate 25 positions. With college athletes on cusp of revenue-sharing, there are Title IX questions that must be answered Scott Dolson, vice president and director of intercollegiate athletics at Indiana University, explained in an email to staff that the department had been preparing for revenue sharing "for some time" and had meetings in August to trim budgets. Follow-up meetings brought about the "difficult decision" to eliminate the positions. "While I am confident that this is the best long-term interest of our department in this new environment, these types of changes are extraordinarily hard because they impact people who have been a big part of who we are and what we have accomplished," Dolson said. A statement provided by IU Athletics described the job cuts as "an effort to best position our student-athletes, programs, and department for success in a new world of intercollegiate athletics."