Would it be a school by school decision or a conference decision (say majority rules)?

If all 10 BE schools had the option to follow suit, and it was a school-by-school decision, how many would? If it's a conference decision, would there be enough schools on board to make it happen?

Just think of all the scholarship athletes, male and female, in all the sports. How many are there at MU, for example. Plus, many athletes have partial scholarship, half, third, fourth, fifth, and so on. How would they be affected?

This could get very, very interesting, not to mention very, very, very expensive. There are more than 350 D-1 basketball programs. How many non-equity schools could afford to match what the schools in the five power conferences can do? My guess is not very many.