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A lot of teams would cut football and many other sports entirely. Maybe half of the 125 teams could afford to pay players what people are suggesting. Obviously you'd have to have equal pay regardless of where you went to school, so the smaller schools that don't have huge money couldn't foot the bill. The BCS conferences would probably be the only teams left in FBS, and not even all those teams could afford it.
Basically what you said, the big conferences split away. No decent player would go to a non paying school, so those wouldn't have a chance at being competitive. I'm not saying that's necessarily a horrible thing, just something to consider. Some people wouldn't have the stomach to effectively ax dozens of programs.
And when title IX people come and say female players have to be paid the same amount?
If they are playing football then they should. But I'm pretty sure they would dictate the payments based off the income that sport would bring in. So obviously Football players would get the most, then mens basketball and then maybe womens basketball if they could prove that it brings in enough to warrant paying them.
I believe our football budget dwarfs all other women's sports budgets combined. Is this incorrect?
I agree. The positive revenue sports are the ones who would receive a stipend. They are the reason that allows women's softball, soccer, lacrosse, and volleyball to even exist. None of those players would be able to get scholarships if their existence was predicated on the revenue they bring in vs. the cost of fielding the teams.
What I see happening with this paying players thing is the power conferences go to the NCAA and basically tell them they are pulling out for Football only. Think about it, it would give them the freedom to finally pay the players while also maintaining the NCAA tourney for basketball. Also the ncaa won't put up a fight otherwise they risk the conferences pulling all sports leaving the ncaa with basically nothing.