Athletes sue power 5 for not getting paid.

that Michigan $200 million chart is quite instructive. I have come around from thinking 20 years ago - keeping the athletes  strictly amateur   to now - pay the man (men) for their efforts. all of them. what is clear about Universities is they are not especially good at mangling cost and are willing to spend money they don't have. Without any new revenue there is definitely room to pay a good base salary (for the haves like M) to all revenue sports athletes with some sound business management. NIL has become a great equalizer for places like Michigan who need to compete with under the table money. what will be impossible is to get the likes of Georgia, Bama, OSU etc and Minnesota, Iowa, Oregon State, Cal, Texas Tech etc to agree on a set of rules that work for everybody and don't create a structural disadvantage. Up to now - the lesser programs have gone along because of the $ leagues like the B1G have provided. it will be interesting to see this evolve.