“The structure of the NCAA could look very different by this time next year as members try to resolve the growing disparity between big-money schools and smaller institutions.
What won’t change, however, is the amateur status of the players who make college athletics a billion-dollar business.
“One thing that sets the fundamental tone is … virtually no university president thinks it’s a good idea to convert student-athletes into paid employees,” NCAA president Mark Emmert said Monday at Marquette University. “Then you have something very different from collegiate athletics. One of the guiding principles (of the NCAA) has been that this is about students who play sports.””

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