1) Proof? This is rhetoric. Here are the real numbers and the real story: 2) “Revenue for college sports is booming.” Maybe at the very top, but 94% of DI athletics programs spend more than they generate, including 49 of 69 “Power” programs. Great for the SEC that it distributed $1B. That’s 16 schools. There are hundreds of schools in DI. What about everyone else? Maybe you mean the sports supposedly driving all the profits? Still wrong. 76% of DI men’s basketball and 67% of DI football programs don’t generate enough revenue to cover even their own operating expenses. Revenue is NOT profit. 3) “Women’s sports are growing.” Great. Let’s protect that. College athletics is intentionally a broad-based participation model. DI schools are required to sponsor multiple men’s and women’s sports. It isn’t a professional league designed to operate only profitable teams. 4) “Ratings prove fans like athletes getting paid.” No. Ratings prove fans love college sports. Fans support the front of the jersey. Players graduate, transfer and turn pro. The fans remain. 5) “There is no chaos.” Conflicting state laws. Constant litigation. Rising costs ultimately borne by universities, students, donors and, at many publicly funded universities, taxpayers. That’s not a sustainable way to govern a national system. And turning this debate to race ignores the diversity of the athletes whose opportunities are at stake. There are nearly 90,000 Black student-athletes across the NCAA and more than half compete in sports other than football and men’s basketball. What about them? Their opportunities matter too. Using the economics of a small fraction of DI programs to define all of college athletics isn’t the full story. It’s misleading rhetoric. What about the 94% @ChrisMurphyCT ? Who pays? And what happens to everyone else?