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Treat all athletes the same...? by MrE
Give them 48% of all revenue generated by their sport (scholarship values included in that formula).
As the Knight Commission suggests in a recent study, the big boys in FBS will have revenues on average, well over $200M a year. Some already do. Most of that is Football-Related-Revenue (FRR).
I'm not an attorney, so I'll defer to you and others.
But could "equal opportunity" or "fair treatment" be constructed to mean that ND football players would, if a Marvin Miller ever materializes, be able to get 48% of ND's soon-to-be $175M of FRR, and ND softball players would be able to get 48% of their SRR?