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I just believe this part is just plain silly. Once players are declared employees collective bargaining will quickly follow. And huge amount of the donations will go away when these teams are officially viewed a semi-professional.
I predict that a portion of P4 rosters (around 20-32 includes paid employees with contracts). Unlimited contracts with an academic requirement is just a bridge too far for a lot of institutions. The next level of player will have scholarships only and transfer rules in line with seriously pursuing a degree. The transferring players will either be actually doing it to pursuit a degree or hoping to get a paid contract position. So a P4 roster will likely look like this 20-32 contract players, 30 scholarships and 10-15 walk ons. I really don’t think you can have players be pure employees without academic attachment to the school and maintain the same level of interest in the sport. Collective bargaining with the whole of FBS (or P4) getting an anti-trust exemption is the only way to got forward.
I believe UCLA basketball player, Ed O'Bannion, is the one that started this mess when he sued the NCAA for profitting from his name/image/likeness on EA Sports NCAA Basketball video game back in 2009.
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