Wonder if Baker was able to say that with a straight face!
And, of course, expecting Congress to fix things! 
This seems so straighforward and on spot, it deserved to be requoted.
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There will be a lawsuit(s) about this for some schools that have student fees and they pay players. It’s inevitable.
If it even gets past the politicians.
From the language it looks like it’s not limited to NU so at least it’s statewide.
Just a random thought, but if the Hornets and Panthers are getting money from the city to build and upgrade facilities why shouldn’t we get a slice of the pie? I think we should propose to the city council that we drive up x% of tourists money and we would like a x% from the tax to go toward our NIL/athletics program so that we are able to create even more tourism revenue. I’d even be willing to put some kind of patch on the jerseys to help promote the city even more, in case our name isn’t enough.
What do you think?
Would the state allow that? Of course, from 1949 to 1958, no problem.
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The city of Winston-Salem bends over backward to give Wake Forest whatever they want including sweetheart deals on a basketball arena and baseball stadium. I guess the difference being they are a private. It is stunning the way Wake is treated in Winston-Salem and the way we are treated in Charlotte.
NC State received state and local funds for PNC Arena. The Hurricanes actually run the venue but don’t own it. It is an odd set up. Again the way NC State is treated by Raleigh and the way we are treated in Charlotte is comical if not so sickening.
I am sure there are others I can’t think of off the top of my head. My guess would be the city of Charlotte would tell us to take a hike. But I have been wrong before. I do appreciate the outside the box idea.
Same here in the QC - city owns Spectrum Center while Hornets operate the arena.
My bad, I wasn’t very clear there. I meant it was odd that NC State contributed to pay for the building among other government entities but the Hurricanes run the venue. Also kind of odd having two primary tenants (Hurricanes and NC State Men’s basketball.) But maybe I am overlooking other similar set ups.
The city of Greensboro also gave NC A&T a somewhat run down but historic Memorial Stadium for baseball (awesome but older baseball venue) so there are examples of cooperative agreements between municipalities and state universities.
I just can’t see it happening for us. I would love to be proven wrong.
UNCG also has an arrangement in which the Greensboro Coliseum has been the primary home court for the men’s basketball team since 2009.
As usual, a good read from Dennis Dodd, though I would argue that schools have always tiered their respective sports.
And here we go!
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Do G5 teams join in against the settlement or do they worry it will hurt them in future conference shuffling??
I could see some G5 schools objecting, especially within CUSA, MAC, and Sun Belt. Gets more complicated with the AAC and Mountain West. What could definitely happen is that a number of FCS (such as Houston Christian) and Division I-AAA schools object. And then there’s the possibility of players objecting as well. P4 and Baker were counting on everyone falling in line and looks like that won’t be the case.
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