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Message: [QUOTE="Stern, post: 4742795, member: 527"] Hey DickyV...they aren't student-athletes anymore. They have NIL and are paid employees. Sports are their job; it's their major. Part of their job involves travel. If an athlete doesn't want to travel, drop down a level, don't get NIL, and play sports in a small-time regional Division II conference. If you want to play big boy sports, you will get paid, and you have to travel. Everyone wanted athletes to be paid, well they are. And now it's an arms race for schools to get as much money to pay the athletes (or set up and drive collectives for the athletes to be paid) to have the best teams. And part of that is getting more TV money and conference re-alignment. Welcome to [S]College sports[/S] minor league sports in 2023! Stop crying about the past; get on board with the new way of the world. [/QUOTE]