(03-26-2014 09:35 PM)Eagle78 Wrote:  

(03-26-2014 08:47 PM)BIgCatonProwl Wrote:  

(03-26-2014 07:37 PM)jml2010 Wrote:  

(03-26-2014 06:34 PM)10thMountain Wrote:  11 P5 openings all at once if the privates have to drop sports?

Talk about the **** hitting the fan!

Cutting out Baylor, TCU and SMU wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing.

Just kidding.. No one get upset

There are plenty of state supported schools willing to take there place, that's for sure. The P5 privates may end up being in the same boat with the Ivies. Love to be a fly on the wall in the President office of these schools, some of them I would think are contemplating and discussing contingency plans (of possibly bailing on big time football ) if they lose there appeal before the larger NRLB board. Fasten your seatbelt folks, it's going to be a bumpy ride.

Sorry, but, IMO, this is a simplistic and inaccurate view of this. First of all, regardless of what happens in an appeal, this will, IMO, go into the courts and, given the magnitude of issue at hand, will likely be a lengthy process. Second, why do you think that only private universities will ultimately be impacted? According to the reporting, THIS case applies only to private universities as the athletes attempting to form a bargaining unit are at a private university. If ultimately successful, what makes you think that athletes at a state university won't bring the same petition to join a state employee union.

The reality, IMO, is that this has the potential to impact ALL collegiate athletics in BOTH private and state universities.

From what I understand, the decision states that athletes CAN vote to join a union. Even if this goes through, that doesn't mean that the athletes at every school will actually vote to join a union.

Finally, NO ONE knows the full impact of such a change so, IMO, I highly doubt any school is actively considering dropping football at this early stage. (BTW, what makes you think that this will stop with FB? Why not BB, for example?)