The biggest winners and losers from House v. NCAA settlement: Amateurism is dead and the class divide grows
Down to the availability of all "student-athletes" to enjoy the free dining, college athletics will never be the same
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The biggest winners and losers from House v. NCAA settlement: Amateurism is dead and the class divide grows
Down to the availability of all "student-athletes" to enjoy the free dining, college athletics will never be the same
www.cbssports.com
Not a bad read. Interesting from a lot of different angles. I know a lot of people know a lot more about all of this than I do, but I thought it was a good read.
The end of "Amateurism" is now official.
I beleive the Big Ten and SEC (and other power conferences) will continue to get larger and consolidate teams and fold them into their respective conferences. It may even be that before too long, we might see MEGA conferences if, say the Big Ten and SEC were to somehow "unite". This may be the future and a future END of the NCAA as we know it. ( and maybe wer're already there?)
I've often wondered why we even need an N.arcoleptic C.ollective A.sswipe A.ssociation to begin with ....
As far as the "have's and have nots" ....The Ohio State, Alabama, Tennessee, or Notre Dame's in the college football world are going to be ALL IN every single season with MASSIVE SPENDING. Same with College Basketball. The Blue Blood schools will also be ALL IN and have massive spending that dictates where the attention will be given. Nobody is going to "outspend" those programs that have had historical success in their respective sports. The gap will only widen here on out.
The trend for the NCAA to bring in lower Division One schools and bring them up to the Division One level seems useless, they will surely expand the playoffs for more teams, but the top heavy hitters in both sports will remain so.
It is a new era, for sure.