“Pay For Play” Can Pay Off For Mid-Majors In A Different Way

[Jason Svoboda]

Something we've talked about at length here. From the article:

If “pay for play” comes, mid-major campus leaders should be mindful of the accompanying silver linings. A post-amateurism landscape would make it more practical for mid-majors to reduce university subsidies and student fees, refocus athletics on educational priorities, and make other financial or structural changes that have been previously contemplated but politically unfeasible to implement. Ironically, “pay for play” presents mid-majors with a sensible exit strategy from the unwinnable college athletics arms race.

“Pay For Play” Can Pay Off For Mid-Majors In A Different Way

“Pay for play” in college athletics has long been taboo among the institutional and establishment leaders. But what if the downstream consequences of “pay for play” are more nuanced and could even net out to be beneficial for many universities with mid-major athletics programs?

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