I don't think the NCAA/universities will ever let go of their multi-billion dollar lotto ticket regardless how much of the 'amateurism' is whittled away
Nah but everyone likes the independence right. Once you establish the football team as some sort of university-ish enigma business entity and the people running that entity and rooting for that entity figure out they could do something so much better if only they weren't tied to the institution at all...it's only a matter of time until that becomes national debate and some kind of breakaway into a fully professional model gets talked about.