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<blockquote data-quote="op2" data-source="post: 132083364" data-attributes="member: 419450">I see the reasoning about how so few schools will have so much power but it makes me wonder what incentive the large chunk of schools left out have to play ball (figuratively speaking, and maybe literally too) with the power schools with regards to anything.&nbsp; If so few make so much money then not only are they the only ones with a chance to win at the big sports that lots of people like, but they'll be the only ones with a chance to win at the smaller sports too since their money will spill over into that.&nbsp; What's the point of that big chunk of schools even having college sports?Or here's another angle that perhaps only applies to publicly funded schools.&nbsp; These are supposed to be publicly funded educational entities.&nbsp; As they effectively become more and more like pro sports entities, at what point do they violate their charter or the rules or whatever and no longer become eligible for the public to give them money for education?&nbsp; &nbsp; And they're using big chunks of publicly owned land in the process.And how about accreditation?&nbsp; As &quot;student-athletes,&quot; or whatever you wish to call them, get paid more and more and it becomes less and less likely these kids are real students, at what point does accreditation entities say, prove to use these &quot;students&quot; are actually students or lose your accreditation.&nbsp; Or maybe the schools will take the pre-emptive step of disconnecting athletics from academics and just become sponsors of sports teams.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="op2, post: 132083364, member: 419450"] I see the reasoning about how so few schools will have so much power but it makes me wonder what incentive the large chunk of schools left out have to play ball (figuratively speaking, and maybe literally too) with the power schools with regards to anything. If so few make so much money then not only are they the only ones with a chance to win at the big sports that lots of people like, but they'll be the only ones with a chance to win at the smaller sports too since their money will spill over into that. What's the point of that big chunk of schools even having college sports? Or here's another angle that perhaps only applies to publicly funded schools. These are supposed to be publicly funded educational entities. As they effectively become more and more like pro sports entities, at what point do they violate their charter or the rules or whatever and no longer become eligible for the public to give them money for education? And they're using big chunks of publicly owned land in the process. And how about accreditation? As "student-athletes," or whatever you wish to call them, get paid more and more and it becomes less and less likely these kids are real students, at what point does accreditation entities say, prove to use these "students" are actually students or lose your accreditation. Or maybe the schools will take the pre-emptive step of disconnecting athletics from academics and just become sponsors of sports teams. [/QUOTE]

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