I'm going to keep on repeating this until it penetrates some apparently very thick skulls:
"Distribute 50% of each sport’s total conference revenue evenly among athletes in their respective sports."
Does NOT equal
"Pay players 50% of revenue."
Yes, paying players 50% of revenue could satisfy that demand, but it's not the only thing that could satisfy that demand.
There are probably 87 million other things that could satisfy that demand other than directly paying the players.
Everything from providing health insurance that extends beyond paying time, guaranteed full, four year scholarships across all sports even if an athlete gets injured, guaranteed full scholarships for other sports, full nutrition programs for other sports, equal academic support across all sports, even adding more scholarship sports
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, all of that, plus a whole lot more could satisfy that demand.
Give the kids a little credit here - they're
NOT "just asking for cash." They are asking that 50% of conference revenues get spent directly, and evenly, across all athletes in all sports.
That's not an unreasonable ask - it really isn't.