As much as I'd love to see it go back that way.... It can't and never will be able to. Period.
The court's ruling stops any school from not allowing a player to get paid for their "services", regardless of what those may be...
True story... About ten years ago I met a young lady who played the violin. (Okay, maybe it was a cello and I don't know my symphony instruments all that well... I just call all of them that go under the chin, "fiddles").. Anyway, she was on scholarship to IU's Music school and when I met her she had just finished a world wide concert tour that had made her about 6 figures.... Hell, she didn't need the IU scholarship money but she was such a "catch", a true childhood prodigy, for the music department that they included the scholarship as part of their incentive for her to study at IU..... No different than an athlete but she could make tons of money while she worked.... Why? Because there's no music oriented "NCAA" to try and tell her she can't.... That's a real example of why the court's made the decision to allow athletes to get paid..... and unless it's overturned no college can tell a student they can't earn money, especially if the school is using their NIL in any form.
Actually, I'd l love to see them go back to requiring all scholarship athletes work at the student dorm cafeterias busing tables and washing dishes....
