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Well let’s take it in a different direction...5 major car dealerships in town. (Maybe throw in other major businesses.) All paying out NIL dollars in addition to sponsorship funding for their local athletic department. Eventually they all get together and realize they could form a semi pro league with 7 other cities and pay the players but also generate revenues for profit and the kids don’t have to go to class. They will be too busy driving around in that new car they get from their new boss. What’s that going to do to UD basketball? Why would the “business” of 18-23 year olds men’s basketball be any different than any other industry? Money rules. It always has. In this hypothetical case, it would be loss of the best players for college teams, but also loss of the biggest sponsorship revenues for university athletic departments. 5-10 years from now, this isn’t going to be pretty if the cash cows have left the building. I don’t know a lot about Wright State’s athletic department sponsorships, but I’m pretty sure it’s a lot less than UD. UD could very well morph into a WSU funded program and WSU might not have athletics at all. Is some of this extreme? Probably. But don’t count it out. Money will rule the day and it will change college sports. It already has. It’s only going to get worse.
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