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Message: [QUOTE="tep624, post: 2150855, member: 430"] Not saying it isn't unique. It is. I just don't see how suggesting that neutering all but 30 or so P5 programs or some other high fliers on the basketball side somehow protects "history and audience". It does for a small minority of schools. And I also don't see this model being in the best interest of the student athlete in general - yeah it's in the best interest of the top 5% of all student athletes. The rest that get to watch lower level P5 football schools offering 85 free rides a year drop down a level or two and start offering partials, if that, might have a different take on it. I mean I guess one possible outcome you could have, which is probably pretty likely, is that schools teetering between being academic or athletic focus will teeter heavily back towards the academic side. That isn't necessarily a bad thing but it would fundamentally change private school participation in major athletics, probably permanently. [/QUOTE]