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Message: [QUOTE="Drew, post: 4795742, member: 3723"] [I]“A dividing line is forming between the schools and conferences that can and cannot afford to contribute to payments if the House case is settled or lost. “If we are going to pay the freight for House,” Evans said, referencing the power leagues, “then why are we sharing the revenue to that extent?” [B]Evans is “hopeful” that whatever new model is created preserves competition among all Division I schools competing together in the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments — two of the most successful NCAA-operated events.[/B][/I] [B][I] But he suggests that basketball could eventually go the way of football, whose postseason is controlled by the independent CFP.[/I][/B] [I] “I do believe there is going to be a change,” Evan said. “When I say that, I don’t say that in a fashion that if the Power Five moved away for some reason, that you can’t have competition amongst everyone. The reason I say that is because if you’re going to be the ones paying the freight for (House), why should we not control the revenue? You take a look at the CFP model … If all the sudden basketball goes the same situation, it totally changes what we look like.””[/I] [/QUOTE]