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The ruling doesn't do that at all, IMO. It may upset a small number of ppl

that held out hope for a chance to go back to an outdated sham of a model that never really existed ("amateurism" in revenue-generating sports) but the ruling doesn't do what you suggest.

If anything, the ruling will (likely) allow fans from smaller schools like Vt to understand the battle and the "terms" of the current game and recruiting. That injunction was issued years ago, and represents the only realistic way forward. The NCAA model created a black market for "free" but highly valuable labor in certain sports. The NCAA model is gone.

College sports will need to undergo wholesale changes to "survive" moving forward. If anything, this may put more pressure on unexpected sources, like the NFL (to develop a D-league).

I haven't had the time to focus on where this goes from here, but I've always believed that the college model was unsustainable. The model will continue to get crushed under its own weight. The weight of coaches' salaries ballooning up to $100 Million. And TV contracts in the billions. That's what killed college sports as we once knew it. Once the money got that big and the stakes got that high we all knew where this was going.
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Posted: 06/21/2021 at 2:36PM

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I have been a proponent of this for years ** -- DeputyD 06/24/2021 09:21AM

And that’s why my donation will drop to the minimum ** -- 83Hokie 06/21/2021 7:19PM

Same here! ** -- FloydHokie 06/22/2021 11:57AM

As it should, donating to this nonsense is foolish. ** -- RLFDHokie 06/22/2021 10:02AM

Well, that will help close the gap,.... LOL! ** -- 949hokie 06/21/2021 9:03PM

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Here is a post I had over a year ago showing this will separate everyone -- Hokie Golfer 06/21/2021 6:51PM

The ruling doesn't do that at all, IMO. It may upset a small number of ppl -- hokie4life2 06/21/2021 2:36PM

NCAAF has engineered the worst of all models. -- Fatman 06/21/2021 2:06PM

Hey hey hey...I for one am fascinated -- mancunian 06/21/2021 5:06PM

Depend on how you look at it -- Colonel Jessup 06/21/2021 3:11PM

Athletes are going to start getting merchandising percentages now ** -- HokieToph 06/21/2021 1:27PM

It is possible. Is there something wrong with that? ** -- hokie4life2 06/21/2021 2:38PM

Yup ... Boosters now have a legal path to providing insane money to recruit -- HokieToph 06/21/2021 1:21PM

Hammer....meet nail.... ** -- hok1eboy 06/22/2021 8:42PM

I bet they are all itching to give 17 yr olds gobs of money for nothing in -- hoosnowahokie 06/21/2021 4:30PM

What gives you the impression they get "nothing in return"? -- WildTurkE 06/21/2021 4:51PM

Yup, they opened Pandora's box. ** -- HokieJay 06/21/2021 2:29PM

And think of the team dynamics when your buddy is getting paid -- WildTurkE 06/21/2021 1:38PM

There is the dynamics...... -- 2hhoop3 06/21/2021 1:52PM

I would add a 5th side - legalized gambling & organized crime stooges. ** -- seacain 06/21/2021 3:28PM

I'd add a 6th. Loyal fans. -- Maroon Baboon 06/21/2021 3:33PM

Why I say enjoy it now. It is being destroyed ** -- fordham 06/21/2021 2:54PM

NCAA needs a treaty with the big money schools now. -- HokieinATL07 06/21/2021 12:35PM

LAST sentence......there's never enough money. ** -- wasris 06/21/2021 4:23PM

Sometimes, I think it might be best to swim with the stream instead of -- Maroon Baboon 06/21/2021 12:28PM

My friend's uncle played football for one of the current ACC schools -- lilhokie525 06/21/2021 1:30PM

Correction- Big market schools just got stronger ** -- Concord Dan 06/21/2021 12:28PM

College football jerseys are gonna start looking like Nascar -- WildTurkE 06/21/2021 11:31AM

Nope. ** -- NokieHokie 06/21/2021 1:33PM

The NCAA's long-standing tactic of deliberate ambiguity didn't work -- Synaesthesia 06/21/2021 11:19AM

Thanks for sharing the link. With polite legalese the NCAA was excoriated. ** -- HoustonHokie 06/21/2021 11:54AM

It has been a joke for so long, most - even nut fans like me - have lost -- Coach McGuirk 06/21/2021 11:11AM

Couldn't agree more. ** -- RLFDHokie 06/22/2021 10:04AM

Same here... the past decade has slowly worn away my interest -- Zanderhokie 06/22/2021 09:45AM

I'm in the same boat... -- VTECHFAN 06/22/2021 01:11AM

I have said awhile back.. -- VPI63 06/21/2021 3:38PM

Glad it's not just me -- Technocrat 06/21/2021 11:53AM

Just get this over with & make football and men's b-ball athletes employees -- Apex-Hokie 06/21/2021 11:05AM

Problem. Every athlete in college will have to be paid. They as employees -- fordham 06/21/2021 2:58PM

..and they can start contributing by paying taxes fours years earlier... -- RTFC 06/21/2021 1:30PM

If you pay the football and basketball athletes -- GCHokieof91 06/21/2021 12:57PM

No you don't -- Beerman 06/21/2021 1:04PM

Meh. I don't think major collegiate sports will survive this -- Beerman 06/21/2021 3:45PM

And there is the rub. Almost all athletic depts are a -- fordham 06/21/2021 4:54PM

Depends on the accounting -- Beerman 06/21/2021 5:05PM

Not true. Yes the incoming increases. So do costs of facilities, salaries, -- fordham 06/21/2021 5:36PM

Good luck with that argument in court ** -- fordham 06/21/2021 3:00PM

Yep. Enjoy what we have while we have it ** -- fordham 06/21/2021 11:04AM

Can’t wait to see what “internships” the SEC -- GreenvilleVT 06/21/2021 11:12AM

The car dealerships are gonna have a field day -- Technocrat 06/21/2021 11:55AM

They already do that. This changes nothing about what has been happening. -- ElbertoHokie 06/21/2021 1:25PM

How does that benefit the dealership? Are the advertising that -- hoosnowahokie 06/21/2021 12:46PM

It may not, but it is not a pathway that boosters have to provide money to -- HokieToph 06/21/2021 1:23PM

"Come meet so and so on Saturday - will be signing autographs...." -- Technocrat 06/21/2021 12:53PM

The ruling doesn't do that at all, IMO. It may upset a small number of ppl

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