Ohio State athletics director Gene Smith has gone on the record and let it be known that his Buckeyes will not schedule games against California universities if the Fair Pay To Play Act goes into effect, as "they won't be members of the NCAA."
Smith told USA Today's Steve Berkowitz on Tuesday:
"If the California law goes into effect in '23 and let's say the NCAA legislation, how ever it emerges, doesn't quite meet what California wants it to be and they continue to hold that law, who's going to play (California schools)?