There was a good yahoo sports CFB pod today. First time I listened to it. Dan Wolke and Pete Thamel (Pat Forde was on vacation).
It was very fair and balanced, IMO. Everyone agrees 50% of revenue is a nonstarter. The kids did themselves a disservice by making this demand, because it takes the eyes off the legit requests, such as Covid assurances, 6 years post-graduation health insurance, and the ability to transfer one time without penalty. It's hard to argue with any of those.
Some of the other demands are ridiculous, especially when camp is supposed to start in 3 weeks.
They go on to say that Mark Emrett sucks. The schools/ADs have wanted NIL for years, because it gave them a way to get the players paid without running into Title IX issues. Emrett dragged his feet, and now the players have the leverage. He makes $4M/per, and basically does nothing.
Apparently the B1G commissioner gets $20M/year after bonuses. As the podcast hosts said, pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered. Even bowl game commissioners are making over $1M.
As far at the Pac12 commish, apparently he sucks at his job too. Bungled the tv deal, which is the only thing he has really done. Makes like $5M.
I get the arguments that the kids get the education and all that, but when you see how fat these elitist presidents are getting, its hard to say you can't break a little something off for the kids.