Without knowing future details or structures, of course,

what would prevent Notre Dame from maintaining status quo in terms of football players living in the dorms, earning their undergrad degree, etc?

Recognize, ND players are getting paid today (and some, quite well) and some grad student players are part time students not working towards a degree.

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I don't think they'd be competitive holding on to the - VaDblDmr 2023-03-26 18:07:32
- I don't know. Seems like it'd be a nice differentiator. - MrE 2023-03-26 18:20:20
  - Differentiating, though, in a way that's detrimental to - VaDblDmr 2023-03-26 19:57:21
    - why exactly would they eliminate the student requirement? - jt 2023-03-26 21:21:50
      - It's pretty tenuous as it is - ravenium 2023-03-27 13:34:25
        there is a very simple reason to keep the academic - jt 2023-03-27 13:46:08
        jt, you keep mixing apples and oranges w/r/t the "courts - VaDblDmr 2023-03-27 14:29:08
        what happens to title 9 when/if there are no scholarships? - jt 2023-03-27 15:51:35
        I don't give a damn about the NCAA or Swarbrick. I'm high- - VaDblDmr 2023-03-27 18:55:18
        There are complex variables at play - jt 2023-03-27 19:58:39
        There seems to be an assumption there that girls don't care - VaDblDmr 2023-03-27 21:33:12
        Oh, I don't think that's accurate in the slightest - jt 2023-03-27 22:15:17
        The solution to specious arguments shouldn't be more - ravenium 2023-03-29 13:38:57
        Oh sure, they want to be paid - jt 2023-03-29 23:05:08
        I might be advocating exactly what he fears - ravenium 2023-03-27 14:25:30
        I tend to agree with you. Why not have both? - smithwick 2023-03-27 14:39:27
        I wonder if the Bettis model might be a good one - ravenium 2023-03-28 12:49:50
        help me understand the students and olympic sport athletes - MrE 2023-03-27 13:39:29
        ND probably isn't the right example to think of when - VaDblDmr 2023-03-27 19:08:22
        It'll be interesting to see how it all shakes out. - MrE 2023-03-27 20:29:50
        I mean, what kind of person walks around jealous - jt 2023-03-27 15:49:04
        there will be locker room strife. - MrE 2023-03-27 17:19:50
        Or spread it among the student body. - doolinbanjos 2023-03-28 12:24:22
        Would prefer to end the exploitation of the football players - MrE 2023-03-28 17:16:05
        It's been said here before. - doolinbanjos 2023-03-28 18:00:05
        Major CFB is a pro league/$6B industry. - MrE 2023-03-28 18:29:03
      - Stifle. I was following the subthread in which I understood - VaDblDmr 2023-03-26 22:58:10
    - I don't think the gap will widen. I think the opposite. - MrE 2023-03-26 20:31:02