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Message: [QUOTE="Ward, post: 1752778, member: 1958"] That contradicts your series of posts claiming it wouldn't make as big a difference as I've been claiming but whatever... I agreed that was the issue and stated multiple times I am a proponent of paying the players. My argument is that your approach wouldn't work and is short sighted. As the divide grows and you start to see drops in attendance at schools home games because their teams aren't good anymore, dips in ratings because those fan bases lose interest, the NCAA tournament isn't as popular because the gap is so wide there aren't any upsets on Day 1 and 2 that people tune in for so TV deals aren't as big - the money generated dries up or stunts in growth. That hurts the sport as whole which trickles down to hurting the players and their maximum potential to be compensated. [/QUOTE]