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Message: [QUOTE="Chuck, post: 4012580, member: 1646"] I think the P5 squeeze can be very different than the NCAA beating. The NCAA got crushed because they created blanket rules that allowed the NCAA and it's institutions to profit off of the athletes and not let the athletes profit in any way. That's not what the P5 would be doing. The P5 can set "objective" criteria. The objective criteria would be hard/impossible for others to meet, but it's open. The P5 would actually claim that this allows them to compensate the athletes at a higher (more fair) level. The Justice Department has saber-rattled over the years, but they haven't done much to break up or stop monopolies that are much worse than the P5 would be. There are 130 FBS schools. 50% are P5 (plus they'll find a way to include ND and BYU). Maybe 20 schools have an argument that they can be included with the P5? [/QUOTE]