I keep seeing Saban's salary as some sort of evidence that schools are making money.
Some are - we're not.
If the NCAA loses this, the P5 adjusts and the water level creeps a little closer to the top of our head.
I think we have more at stake here than most everyone else.
I'm not so sure. Virtually all of the reporting and key comments on the P5/Autonomy/full cost of attendance... has come from entities that have the most to lose if the college sports model changes: ESPN, TV networks, Conference commissioners, P5 ADs, P5 coaches, college sports announcers,... Bottom line is that virtually all universities are not making money on college sports, but people are making lots of money on college sports like the Athletic Department administration, Coaches, Cable networks, TV networks, college sports broadcasters, ...
Think about this, ESPN and CBS have committed BILLIONS of dollars to a college sports model that is potentially under attack. Do you think anything they write about the subject is unbiased?
Going to a semi professional sports model will tear at the soul of some P5 universities as well as many other universities. I think it's going to be a tough sell on many university campuses that college athletes are potentially going to receive compensation beyond their room and board that could exceed the pay for TAs and adjunct professors.
I think UConn is committed to competing in the long run and will do what needs to be done. I have the view that from this point forward, any ripple in the college sports landscape is positive for UConn's future.