NCAA Proposing a new subdivision to allow schools to pay athletes directly.
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PV-PRIDE
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What does the NCAA proposal to pay players mean for college athletics?
NCAA president Charlie Baker proposed a new subdivision that would require schools pay players. What could the new system mean for college athletics?
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The proposal would also allow those same schools, likely the upper echelon of the Football Bowl Subdivision, to branch off and make their own rules surrounding roster size, transfers and name, image and likeness (NIL), among other issues.
There's still much to be learned about the NCAA's proposal, including details of how it would be implemented. But here's a quick look at why Tuesday's letter is a significant step, what we know about it and what it means for the future of college sports.
The creation of a "Rich Schools" subdivision is also important here, because it would mean that your Alabamas and Michigans could start playing by different rules than your Louisiana-Monroes. In fairness, this shift has felt inevitable for a while now. But it would allow Rich Schools to create their own policies around issues like helmet communication in football without needing input or approval from schools with less revenue.
Baker writes in his letter that any school in this new Rich Schools subdivision should be required to "invest at least $30,000 per year into an enhanced educational trust fund for at least half of the institution’s eligible student-athletes," within the framework of Title IX.
Assuming about 525 athletes per school, which is the average in the Southeastern Conference, that works out to a minimum of about $7.88 million per year − which would be peanuts for schools like Alabama and Michigan.
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Listen up maggots! And that's an order!
It’s time to tax them
ghostwriter
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Ulm welcome back 
Paul Dolemite Taylor
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Exactly! Bama gonna give kids legal chargers now ! Lol
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If the HBCU conferences and schools would work together they could sell the classics as a package deal to the highest bidding network. If the largest bid isn't worth following through on things can always return to normal to eventually try again.
Yea that's probably not gonna work. ESPN is well aware of all the other classics but they ain't gonna have a ton of money they're willing to spend now that they're bleeding money and paying the SEC a billion dollars. One would think they'd have the MCC, Florida Classic or Boombox Classic on there already but would the viewership justify it? The first bowl game of the season makes sense when there aren't any other games to compete against... but the weekend of the MCC they would've had to bump #20 Duke vs #18 Louisville on ESPN. Wasn't gonna happen. #22 Tulane at Rice on ESPN2, probably not. Florida Classic would've had to bump #20 UNC vs Clemson, wasn't gonna happen on ESPN. ESPN2, #23 Oklahoma State vs Houston, doubtful. You'd basically have to do what the MAC did and agree to start having your games on weekdays... that's the only way that would work and fans wouldn't have it. Regional and linear channels are possible but they're not going to cash out for that. Plenty of G5 teams are going to have to make some tough decisions on that too... hell everyone outside of the top 100 will.
The Founder
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Man we are about to have a bunch non degreed football and basketball players. Specifically a number of non degreed black men.
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Listen up maggots! And that's an order!
All of the portal and NIL stuff is gonna do is reduce Black male college graduation rates
In_The_662
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The key part of the bolded is WORKING TOGETHER. Yes we the SWAC/MEAC playing at the start and beginning of each season but nothing in between then or afterwards in basketball
There's no reason there shouldn't be a SWAC/MEAC Challenge for the other teams in football as well as some type of scheduling alliance between the only 2 D1 HBCU conferences (same for basketball). It seems like both conferences have 2 completely different goals for the money sports
Plus building up a real HBCU Network (streaming at first) so that you can get sponsors and provide coverage for our events (the SWAC can expand the SDN and the MEAC has to build up their own network)
In_The_662
Deeeeep In The Delta.....
That's the ONLY way if ESPN is the end goal
ESPNU on Thursday is the best it's gonna get during the regular season
We gotta look at other alternatives (building up the SDN) because ESPN has shown that HBCUs are not a priority
OUInsider - NCAA's 'Project Division I' to be discussed at convention next week
Charlie Baker's "Project Division I" will be officially tabled at the NCAA convention next week in Phoenix.
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What other end goal is there? I also noticed that the NCAA's new media deal will include all playoff games on at least ESPN. What other network is going to give up prime time slots and actually pay good money for em? That's a fight no one has been able to pull off outside of the P5 and maybe the AAC.