This is actually a really good article.

http://regressing.deadspin.com/how-not-to-reform-the-ncaa-1614553705/+kylenw

However, I think it misses one key point. The NCAA and the colleges don't operate under the same motivations as pro teams. There are no owners. There is no profit taking. There is no inheritance to be given to your lucky children. Even though there is huge money involved, the money doesn't really matter. This is what we can see with the NCAA basically just dropping out of the video game business. However, it shows that the NCAA and schools still need motivation to continue or they will just say "not worth it". Right now, that motivation mostly comes from the non-revenue sports and alumni/fan connections to the university. It's not like these schools are keeping these profits for anything but being put back into the sports program, or in some rare cases back into the university.

When you suddenly setup a pro style revenue sharing system(somewhere between 50-57% of revenue) you basically remove all incentive for college sports to exist. Now, plenty of people will somehow try and say that the schools will still go on and that coaches and facilities will simply not be getting the same level of money but I find that unlikely. You still need good coaches so how can you start paying them less? Facilities may not see the same levels of upgrades but given players are still recruited and there isn't a draft you have to convince them to come.

This is what Jim Delany means when he says that the Big Ten will basically follow the Ivy League model if we have anything more than a pretty substantial across the board increase in the value of a scholarship. Something like $2,000-$3,000 more a month would be the best case scenario. Otherwise, it offers no benefit to the schools and it also kind of ruins the whole thing because if you turn it into a pro sport then why not watch the better league that pays more?

I think what the NCAA dropping out of video games proves is that while the players deserve more than what they get now we also need to keep the colleges at a point where they have a reason to be involved. Otherwise, we get The Nuclear Option where big time colleges make them club level teams and the players are worse off than they are now. It seems crazy to think they would walk away from all that money until you realize they don't really see that money now anyways.

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