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<blockquote data-quote="Illini in Italy" data-source="post: 2021591" data-attributes="member: 748568"><p>I would not be shocked at all to see a number of college presidents make the decision to eliminate football and basketball programs completely. Some seem to forget that the NCAA is a <strong>member-run</strong> organization, not a separate entity unaccountable to the universities. The courts are essentially dictating to the colleges what they can and cannot do in college athletics. The rational response by the heads of the institutions just might be to say "If we can't make the rules for our own organizations, then we're going to eliminate that huge freaking headache. I've got bigger headaches to deal with, like declining enrollment, lack of state funding, etc., etc. etc." Europe seems to get by without college athletics as we know them in North America.</p><p> </p><p>I agree with you that chaos is going to reign supreme for the foreseeable future, or until the walls of the NCAA come crumbling down (which may be sooner than later). And that will then be replaced by some other organization that will be sued ad infinitum until sport are no longer part of the university experience, and what is left are crappy semi-pro or minor league with a substandard product that no one will want to watch.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://media0.giphy.com/media/BYX02iDDv1mZq/200.gif" alt="grumpy brad jones GIF" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Illini in Italy, post: 2021591, member: 748568"] I would not be shocked at all to see a number of college presidents make the decision to eliminate football and basketball programs completely. Some seem to forget that the NCAA is a [B]member-run[/B] organization, not a separate entity unaccountable to the universities. The courts are essentially dictating to the colleges what they can and cannot do in college athletics. The rational response by the heads of the institutions just might be to say "If we can't make the rules for our own organizations, then we're going to eliminate that huge freaking headache. I've got bigger headaches to deal with, like declining enrollment, lack of state funding, etc., etc. etc." Europe seems to get by without college athletics as we know them in North America. I agree with you that chaos is going to reign supreme for the foreseeable future, or until the walls of the NCAA come crumbling down (which may be sooner than later). And that will then be replaced by some other organization that will be sued ad infinitum until sport are no longer part of the university experience, and what is left are crappy semi-pro or minor league with a substandard product that no one will want to watch. [IMG alt="grumpy brad jones GIF"]https://media0.giphy.com/media/BYX02iDDv1mZq/200.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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