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Catching up on a few comments....
While I assume there is money passed thru hands in football, I think football is a bit of a different animal than basketball. In this era of 1 & done, the lottery type talent is typically identifiable by the time they are a sophomore in high school, certainly by the time their heading into the senior years of high school and are able to sign an LOI. Obviously not all 5 stars pan out, but cast a wide net, and you're likely to see a decent return on your "investment" in 7-12 months. Meanwhile in football, the top level draft picks typically are not identifiable until their sophomore year of college. Sure there are 5 stars that develop into top of the draft talents, but the start ratings of 1st round draft picks is more diverse in the NFL than the NBA lottery. On top of that, there is far less incentive for the shoe companies to "invest" in HS or even college level football players than the top HS basketball talent. Football players don't sell shoes, at least not at the level that LeBron, Durant or Steph do, not anywhere close.
If this does ultimately turn college athletics into a semi-pro kind of environment, I'm not sure that UD, as its currently situated is effected all that much in relation to other schools, and may even be helped. Sure, UD isn't going to spend at the levels of UNC, Duke, Louisville, etc... in basketball, but they don't today. However, if basketball goes down that road, then its obvious that football would go down the same path. This is where UD may (I repeat MAY) benefit. While the shoe companies make much more money off basketball, colleges make much more money off of football. Would a "semi-pro" path for the NCAA lead schools like Auburn, Clemson, Vandy, Purdue, etc... to invest even more resources to football than they do today, and even less to basketball? Football isn't cheap to run, and if things allow the top revenue generators like Ohio State to spend even more money on football, some schools down the rung in P5 conferences are going to have to make some hard choices.
At any rate, looking back in 10 years could be hugely fascinating. This does have the potential to have vast consequences across the face of the NCAA. Impossible to predict at the moment, lots of different ways this could end up turning before all is settled. Guaranteed there are a lot of people in collegiate sports that didn't sleep real well last night.
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