The problem is, it is college sports. There wasn’t a good answer, thus why they did little to nothing. Could they have done a better job? Sure…maybe.
You want them to pay guys (or let them get paid by someone), but also want the NCAA to fund crummy non revenue sports. Even beyond that, expect them to also prop up non revenue schools. It doesn’t help some schools a sport can have great revenue and another school it is worthless.
People want the NCAA/Schools to baby all these different sports and baby the less fortunate non-P5 schools to protect the fantasy of college athletics. It’s really trying to put lipstick on a pig.