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House vs. NCAA Settlement - Future of College Athletics?

quadzilla200

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With the settlement this past week, where are we in college football and college athletics as a whole 2 years from now?
I don't understand a lot of this, but I do understand there is a major financial shortfall for most universities to cover their portion. The mid to low majors are especially not in favor of it.
Curious what everyone's predictions are going forward.

1) The one I hope doesn't come true. Track, Wrestling, Baseball programs (non-revenue sports) on the men's side will be cut all over the place. We already have seen this with budgeting issues. Stanford tried to do it in 2020, but the alumni's deep pockets kept them going. Lindenwood just cut a ton, UNLV and Missouri State don't have men's track, etc. Because of this, more kids go out for football in junior high and high school as they know the limited scholarship nature of those other sports just got much more limited.

2) I said the men's sports get cut, but if you start cutting them universities will also be able to cut some women's sports and still be good with Title IX.

3) Will some football programs be cut? Can some of these mid to low majors elect to go DII to avoid all of this? These appear to be the universities most impacted negatively.

4) Coaching staff pay will go down a lot (or be paid by alumni). Athletic departments will be reduced.

5) Tuition and Room & Board go up, along with the Student Fees (see George Mason Model)
 
I have said it before, but I could see football and basketball pulling out of the NCAA and doing their own thing. The top 32 to 48 teams pull out of conferences and set up like the NFL/NBA. Obviously those 2 sports drive the $ for the rest of the sports, have no idea what they would do as the TV money for all the rest of the sports is so much lower to non existent.
 
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I could definitely see the SEC and Big 10 forming a college version of the NFL, if the NCAA would let their other sports compete in NCAA events. I think it will benefit maybe 40-50 universities athletic departments, it will devastate the rest
 
I could definitely see the SEC and Big 10 forming a college version of the NFL, if the NCAA would let their other sports compete in NCAA events. I think it will benefit maybe 40-50 universities athletic departments, it will devastate the rest
Agree it would create a mess for other schools and programs. I would say loyalty and tradition are fairly meaningless now and it is essentially every man for themselves.
 
If they dont find a way to work around Title IX, its going to be bad for a lot of mens sports outside of football and basketball....
 
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The Ncaa could have taken care of this along time ago, but they put their head in the sand. The ncaa will be a thing of the past.
 
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