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Message: [QUOTE="Chuck, post: 3993910, member: 1646"] The side effects will be super interesting to watch. In the end, I don't think this will be as seismic of a change as people think for the revenue sports. It'll just put much of the payments in the open. But there will be other shifts: [LIST] [*]I agree about the non-revenue sports. Also, how does Title IX come into play? The ruling is about "limits on the education-related benefits that schools can provide to athletes." Kavanaugh made it clear that it could go beyond that under different facts, but that's dicta. Will that mean that the random women's team that exists to counter the football scholarships will have to get the same benefits? That could make this impact even more expensive. The math will have to result in a team not just being profitable, but profitable enough to pick up any extra costs. [*]Conferences with networks could benefit even more... or struggle more. They will have to encourage or require schools to keep the extraneous sports that fill out their programming. Nobody wants to see some of these sports, but they are necessary. Otherwise you'll wind up with a conference version of ESPN Classic (which I think is video on demand now). [*]As currently decided, I think the superior academic schools will play along. This is still technically tied to education, but it will expand and we'll see who follows. I think this would've been a bigger deal 20 years ago. Remember when Elton Brand decided to leave after one year and the Duke students were going off on him about not really being a Dukie because he wasn't loyal? Emails went viral (Early 2000's version) of him going back at some of the students. Now, most schools have come to grips with the dirty business of their revenue sports. All the ones you mentioned are super rich schools, with super rich alums. I think they'll play ball. They may even play more since they may not have been okay with bagmen dripping cash, but perfectly happy making public payments/benefits. [*]The Transfer Portal will become even crazier. If you are top player at a Mountain West school (but not NBA material), how do you not transfer to a crappy PAC12 school just for the benefits. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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