If this picks up steam, it will be interesting to see how the men and women of different sports can coexist in one union.

This union is only for basketball and football players.

Yeah, but you know that can't last.

They won't get much if they have to calculate in the cost of women's volleyball.

They won't get much if they have to calculate in the cost of women's volleyball.

What percentage of players bring in more to Northwestern that the worth of their scholarship? The problem is with every Johny Manziel who make the school millions, they are 50 kids who bringing nothing in extra value to the table.

But you think other sports will just sit by and watch a small minority of athletes at their school rake in the dough at the detriment of the other sports? They all have the same "employers". Highly unlikely they can restrict other athletes from joining the union.

That's an interesting question. At Northwestern, I'd think it was almost 0.

At Purdue, you'd have to think Drew Brees did, but they actually saw a decrease in attendance the year after the Rose Bowl.

Now, at Alabama and Florida the conversation is slightly different but I'm also not sure they'd make less money if AJ McCarron retired after his junior year.
They'll be thankful the University didn't turn their sport into a club sport.

Title IX, can't change them all to club sports.

Yeah, just most of them and virtually every men's sport.

I guess you will see how alumni feel about that.

Most people who donate at my school seem to care about basketball and football.

"Seem" being the key word there I guess.

Players should be able to sign licensing agreements. If some booster wants to pay some kid 100k to sign autographs let him. Andrew Wiggins should be getting a cut of Kentucky merchandise beng sold with his jersey number.

If they do this I'd still like to see it regulated by the schools and put into trust funds that are payable after graduation at certain intervals.

Add in a 5 year scholarship guarantee(can cut a player at any time but you still pay them) and a monthly stipend of $2,000 a month.

However, that does basically get rid of most other non-revenue sports but that is probably happening no matter what.

In regards to non revenue sports: what is so necessary for these players to travel long distances at great expense to play a game for no one. There is nothing wrong with club sports. Students would get the same enjoyment out of the competition. It might even have the trickle down effect of ending this crazy ass practice of training kids for scholarships from the time of pre pubescence.

Andrew Wiggins should be getting a cut of Kentucky merchandise beng sold with his jersey number.

Getting rid of the non-revenue sports would be fine with me.

Agree. Treating smaller sports like the big ones is really getting away from what college sports should be about.