Originally Posted by
BigHorns
I have not looked at the precise makeup of the Div 1 committees that would have to vote this up/down, but believe there is representation of ADs/Presidents from the P5 (autonomy), G5, FCS, and non-football D1 (eg: Big East) conferences. The P5 do have an outsized voice typically, but I believe if everyone else was united against it, the NCAA would reject the agreement, on the basis of committee votes.
That would potentially leave the P5 on the hook since they were the major defendants in the case. They might at that point threaten to leave NCAA or actually leave. But would that be worse than subsidizing them?