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[QUOTE="DoctorBombay, post: 3831886, member: 626"]
To be sure this was always heading in this direction, so you’re right about that. And my point isn’t about them stopping it, rather how soft the landing for what’s coming. For years the tea leaves have indicated  that player freedoms in the form of greater movement, pay structure, and overall rights were likely to increase- and the old model of “student-athletes” would need to at the very least, be tweaked.
The system that they’re conceding to now could’ve been phased in & implemented years ago so as to avoid the shock to the system we’re likely to see in the next couple of years.
A pay system for players, greater freedom of movement w/out restrictions, flexibility in the definitions of amateur/professional athletes... and what that means for schools, just to name a few. 
If you’re looking for details i certainly don’t have many,  but my point is that a change of mentality was needed, and the ncaa was ill-prepared in dealing with that. Maybe because of denial or love of the status quo, etc.  
Now however the courts, govts, & lawyers are filling the vacuum, & it’s like they’re being dragged kicking & screaming towards a change they have much less control of. JMHO
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