The "reasonable solution that works for everyone"...is allowing players to capitalize on their NIL and still prohibiting direct pay for play by the school. The only entities which might find that it doesn't work are the small subset of schools (a couple dozen out of 1000+ in the NCAA) in the G5 who are using significant (tens of millions) money above what athletics actually generates to chase the dream of a P5 invite, or at least to be the next Boise State. Unfortunately for them, they might have to choose between running up even larger deficits or deemphasizing athletics and giving up that dream. But that's hardly a compelling reason not to move forward with something close to what California has already passed into law.