The NCAA got caught with their pants down on the NIL issue. I remember the first year with some local IU and Purdue players getting some spending money from t-shirt sales with their name and likeness. The NCAA had no idea that these collectives would quickly form and bring in huge $$$ to essentially buy players.
My only distinction is between titles won on the field/court vs ‘mythical’ titles.
In 1956 (or pretty much any year prior to the 80’s) Team A was 10-0 and claims a title because of a press vote. That’s not the same as a team that won via tournament. JMHO
With 68 sectional titles in one class basketball, Lincoln was a long-time beneficiary of a very weak sectional. They were the literal big fish in a very small pond with North Knox, South Knox, Sullivan and Rivet. Things have changed since the advent of multi-class basketball - only 4 titles since 1997.
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