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Message: [QUOTE="Chuck, post: 4995649, member: 1646"] I could have totally misinterpreted the potential impact, but here's how I'm seeing things. I think your argument is that big football schools will be disproportionally hit. I can see that being the case for past damages. So, the Big 10 and SEC schools may have a HUGE bill coming. The other concern, however, is the ongoing revenue sharing that is being discussed as part of a settlement. I think UConn and G5 football schools are in potential trouble if that happens. The P4 schools all have more revenue to share than the Big East and that is mostly because of football. It will be very hard to compete with the P4 in football (maybe even harder than now?) if you don't ante up and meet their revenue sharing dollars. The percentage would have to be substantially higher than what the P4 would be paying. The $20mm cap I've seen discussed would be MUCH easier for the SEC and Big Ten in particular, than it would be for UConn. The rest of the Big East and any other non-football playing power basketball teams (Gonzaga) won't have to hit that $20mm number because I assume much of that money will go to the football players in the P4. To compete, UConn would have to give a bigger portion of money that the school doesn't have, to the program that is costing the most. [/QUOTE]