not gonna happen. Employing athletes is just too incongruent with a university mission. I'm sure some will read that and think "athletics is already incongruent with university missions." Maybe true, but to literally employ an athlete crosses a line that I think universities just won't do. Never mind the mess that would ensue with Title IX and other issues if somehow that line got crossed. Maybe there's some sort of contrived "revenue sharing" solution that looks like pay for play and achieves a similar end but isn't actually employment, but I don't think there's any way we see employment contracts with universities to play ball.