NCAA proposing new college athletics subdivision rooted in direct athlete compensation

[CL82]

For 14 days anyway.

 

[RSTuthill]

Regardless of how all this plays out, we need to remember that Rule 1 is still in force and applies to this sea change as well as realignment. No getting around it.

 

[shizzle787]

This will not be the final draft. In fact, I don't think the NCAA or the big schools will be calling the shots. The Supreme Court will. Although I think Baker is competent, the NCAA is not as a whole and within five years schools will be directly compensating athletes as employees with no salary cap.

College athletics is going to look like European soccer. Programs with vastly differently wage bills will be competing for the same titles with only a handle of schools winning them (the last part being similar to now).

I expect most schools outside of Division 1 to bow out of college athletics. They will convert their ADs to club sports. Title IX will still have to be in play so I could see the biggest schools (now having to shell out tens of millions extra in payroll) reducing the number of required sports to a more manageable number. A lot of Olympic sports will be converted to club sports (especially on the men's side). However, male and female athletes will not have to be paid the same.

Which schools will pay their athletes is up for debate, but I do think UConn and the Big East schools will.