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Message: [QUOTE="BBallF, post: 5262893, member: 10435"] There is currently pending a settlement of anti-trust claims against the NCAA and a 2.7 billion dollar payment to be spread out over athletes past and current going back to 2016. The Power 5 conferences also have an agreement where they can use school revenue to pay athletes directly. The only thing that can solve this is federal legislation with an anti-trust exemption so it can be regulated with salary caps, contracts with buy outs, limitations on rosters and number of times you can transfer, and the like. Otherwise, it's the Wild West and the football schools will remain the top sports schools across the board except for certain exceptions like UCONN. How can any mid major compete with SEC football money for example? I remember listening to an NCAA Commissioner in the beginning of NIL spinning this whole system as being good for the mid majors and smaller schools. It was just utter sophistry and has proven to create a serious imbalance in all sports, especially basketball. 14 teams from the SEC made the men's NCAA this year. Go back in time and look and maybe in great year they had 5, usually 2 or 3. Why? Follow the money. [/QUOTE]