[2006alum]

Notre Dame is reported to be making major cuts across most sports. This has seemed inevitable and I expect other schools to follow. The $21 million in payouts mostly has to come from somewhere and the vast majority of schools don’t have an athletic surplus.

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/report...p_catchall

I still predict over time we will only have football, basketball maybe baseball and the legally required offsetting women’s sports. Probably add men’s hockey which drives revenue for the schools that care. Then for women  say volleyball, softball, lacrosse, basketball, soccer and 1-2 others.

So ironic. When we represented the Pac-12 in the House litigation, one of our arguments against certifying a class of all D1 athletes was that if the Plaintiffs prevailed on their NIL claims, the result would be to the detriment of many athletes who would have their programs cut, and thus would see no benefits (but face existential harm). 

Judge Wilken wouldn't credit that argument. 

Now what? Do we get a do-over?

[2006alum]

Notre Dame is reported to be making major cuts across most sports. This has seemed inevitable and I expect other schools to follow. The $21 million in payouts mostly has to come from somewhere and the vast majority of schools don’t have an athletic surplus.

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/report...p_catchall

I still predict over time we will only have football, basketball maybe baseball and the legally required offsetting women’s sports. Probably add men’s hockey which drives revenue for the schools that care. Then for women  say volleyball, softball, lacrosse, basketball, soccer and 1-2 others.

So ironic. When we represented the Pac-12 in the House litigation, one of our arguments against certifying a class of all D1 athletes was that if the Plaintiffs prevailed on their NIL claims, the result would be to the detriment of many athletes who would have their programs cut, and thus would see no benefits (but face existential harm). 

Judge Wilken wouldn't credit that argument. 

Now what? Do we get a do-over?