CHANGE EVERYTHING. >> THERE ARE NO SHORTAGE OF THINGS TO TALK ABOUT HERE DURING OUR IN-DEPTH SEGMENTS TO POWER BILLS, CHILDCARE, GUN VIOLENCE, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, ELECTRIC VEHICLES, EVEN THE IDEA OF TIME ITSELF, I'M LOOKING AT YOU DAYLIGHT SAVING. BUT THERE IS ONE SUBJECT WE KIND OF DOVE INTO A LOT THIS YEAR. SOMETHING WE COULDN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT. THE FIGHT FOR TELLS WALKER AFTER WALKER TRANSFERRED WHAT? IS TED WALKER'S MAJOR? I MENTIONED UNC WIDE RECEIVER TELLS WALKER HAS WALKER COULD PLAY. NOW HE CAN PLAY. OH HONEY, I FORGOT UNC IS BY YOU. IS IT NICE THERE? THIS ENTIRE UNFORTUNATE EPISODE. >> WE HAVE BEEN AVOIDED >> YEAH. OKAY. I HEAR YA. WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN OVER. DID IT JUST A BIT THEN AGAIN, THAT HAS WALKER SITUATION. IT ISN'T SO MUCH A STORY AS IT IS A SAGA. THERE ARE CHAPTERS IN IN FOOTNOTES AND IT WAS LITTLE DRAWINGS IN THE MARGINS, NOT EVERYBODY'S HERE FOR MORE. LINDA SENT ME AN E-MAIL WITH THE SUBJECT LINE WALKER WRITING, CAN YOU PLEASE, PLEASE MOVE ON MORELAND? I'M TRYING. ALL RIGHT. MY FIRST NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION IS TO DROP THE STORY. I PROMISE. BUT SINCE WE HAVE ANOTHER WEEK OF 2023, LET'S TURN TO THE FINAL CHAPTER OR IS IT MORE LIKE A SPINOFF OR A POST-CREDITS SCENE? EITHER WAY? LET'S GO IN DEPTH. >> SO AFTER TRANSFERRING FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL TO SCHOOL TELLS WALKER IS NOW TRANSFERRING. >> TO THE NFL, THE BIG SHOW JUST IN TIME FOR A JUDGE TO PIPE IN ON THE SUBJECT. YOU SEE A BUNCH OF STATES INCLUDING NORTH CAROLINA AND ACTUALLY SUED THE NCAA OVER THAT TO TRANSFER RULE. THAT KEPT HAS OFF THE FIELD EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE COURT ISSUED A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER THAT PUTS THE RULE ON HOLD WHILE THE SORT EVERYTHING OUT. SO KIDS ARE TRANSFER TWICE OR MORE LIKE 10'S AND COULDN'T PLAY LIKED AS CAN NOW GET IN THE GAME. AND WHILE THAT KIND OF FELT LIKE THE END OF THE SHOW, TURNS OUT THERE'S ALREADY A NEW SEASON SET JUST OFF TOBACCO ROAD. A DUKE FOOTBALL PLAYER, DWAYNE CARTER IS AMONG THE NEW GROUP. NOW COLLEGE ATHLETES SUING THE NCAA. THEY CLAIM PREVENTING SCHOOLS FROM PAYING ATHLETES DIRECTLY IS A VIOLATION OF ANTITRUST LAW. CARTER WRITES IN A STATEMENT, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN NCAA SPORTS, BUT THE ONLY ONES WHO CANNOT BE PAID ARE THE ATHLETES. BUT ANO GUY WAIT, THEN WE ALREADY SETTLE THIS WHOLE THING. MAN. THEN IN LEGALIZING NIL DEALS, SETTLE THIS. THAT'S WHERE THE ATHLETES CAN USE THEIR CELEBRITY. A NAME TO GET PAID FOR SELLING PRODUCTS AND DOING LOCAL COMMERCIALS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. WELL, NOT QUITE. YOU SEE ONE OF THE ONLY RULES WITH NIL IS THAT SCHOOLS CAN'T MAKE DEALS THEMSELVES. THEY CAN'T PAY THE ATHLETES DIRECTLY. DWAYNE CARTER IS PRETTY MUCH SAYING, WELL, WE JUST GET RID OF THAT RULE, TOO. AND THE NCAA DOESN'T TOTALLY DISAGREE. THIS MONTH. THE NCAA PRESIDENT PROPOSED A NEW TIER OF DIVISION, ONE SCHOOLS WITH THE MOST RESOURCES CAN ACTUALLY OFFER NIL DEALS AND EVEN PAY THEIR ATHLETES DIRECTLY. THIS ELITE LEAGUE OF SCHOOLS THAT HAVE A COUPLE OF RULES LIKE PAYING AT LEAST HALF OF THEIR ATHLETES AND PAYING THEM AT LEAST $30,000. EACH NOW. THAT MIGHT NOT SOUND LIKE ALL THAT MUCH. BUT THINK ABOUT A SCHOOL LIKE TEXAS, A&M A HUGE SCHOOL WITH HUNDREDS OF ATHLETES HAS AT LEAST 10 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR AND AGAIN, CONSIDER THEY JUST PAID A SINGLE FOOTBALL COACH JIMBO FISHER. 75 MILLION BUCKS TO LEAVE. THEY BOUGHT OUT HIS CONTRACT AND FIRED IT. SO PERHAPS THEY CAN FIND AN ADDITIONAL 10 MILLION. I'M SOMEONE THE COUCH CUSHIONS OR SOMETHING AGAIN. SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE THEY MIGHT HAVE THIS ALL FIGURED OUT. BUT AGAIN, THERE'S A HITCH. THE NCAA DOESN'T WANT TO CLASSIFY ATHLETES AS EMPLOYEES BECAUSE THAT MIGHT TURN INTO A SLIPPERY WHAT I MEAN IS A SURE. AND I OWN $30,000 DIRECT PAYMENTS. SURE, WE GOTCHA SHARING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM TV DEALS. YOU KNOW WHAT? LET'S KEEP THAT IN OUR POCKETS. IT BRINGS ME ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE POINT THAT I MADE FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE STORIES WHEN THIS HOLT HAS WALKER EPISODE STARTED, I MADE THE POINT THAT NO ONE CARED ABOUT HIS MAJOR, WHAT IT WAS NOW TAR HEEL FANS. THEY WERE MAD AT YOU WHEN I SAY THAT BECAUSE TELLS WALKER ACTUALLY A GREAT STUDENT, BUT THAT WAS MY POINT. THE STORY WAS NEVER ABOUT HES OR HIS PRIORITIES. IT'S ABOUT OURS. WHETHER OR NOT YOU SUPPORT TO TIME TRANSFERS OF THE TRANSFER PORTAL WHERE NIL DEALS ARE PAYING PLAYERS FINE. DO YOU HAVE YOUR OPINION? BUT WE NEED TO STOP PRETENDING THAT THIS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH EDUCATION, NOT SAYING IT'S A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING OR SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN. BUT WE WANT IF WE WANT TO BUILD AN EDUCATION SYSTEM WHERE KIDS ARE GETTING PAID TO PLAY SPORTS IN THESE BILLION-DOLLAR CONFERENCE IS SCHEDULED TO PRIME TIME GAMES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTRY ON A SCHOOL NIGHT. WE NEED TO HAVE HONEST CONVERSATIONS. AND THIS IS THE PLACE TO DO IT. TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK ON THIS ONE OR OR ANYTHING WE'RE REVISITING CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD THIS PAST YEAR. THERE'S STILL TIME EMAIL ME, DAN AT WRAL DOT COM. TELL ME WHAT YOU CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT. TELL ME IF I SEE SOMETHING YOU DISAGREE WITH. YOU THINK I'VE LEFT OUT OR YOU HAVE AN OPINION YOU WANT TO SHARE. LET ME KNOW.