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[QUOTE="Scrutineer, post: 4811290, member: 8240"]
If I'm reading it correctly, this proposal makes Charlie Baker look like a shill for the P4 so they'll let him keep his organization relevant.  See SEC Commissioner's threat about the NCAA and their potential for leaving it. Questions follow.

1. Why $30,000 minimum? In whose interests is that? How much are minor league baseball players paid? And they don't get a full scholarship to gain the knowledge and/or skills necessary to be successful in a job.

2. Is the proposal simply designed to kill off schools outside the P4? If they do so they'll miss out on the many kids who are late bloomers who will not get an athletic scholarship because there'll be fewer schools playing particular sports. (Steven Ashworth and Baylor Scheirman are just two examples)

3. Won't the rush to kill off lots of schools for football radically reduce opportunities for women?
 
4. If you kill football can you join for basketball and/or other sports at that level but sponsor some at a lower level?

My prediction is this won't fly as proposed but, if it does, you can kiss off many fans' interest in college sports.
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