When one makes an idle threat in hopes of intimidating another, the worst response the antagonist can receive is, “I wish you would.” It is an indication the threatened party has great reason to believe the situation will not turn out as described.
Now, the NCAA and its president Mark Emmert, in what can only be described as a desperate attempt at intimidation, has threatened USC and the rest of the California universities with exclusion.
The only response should be, “I wish you would.”
The nuclear option is in response to SB-206 Collegiate athletics: Fair Pay to Play Act, which boils down to if a school makes over 10 million dollars annually from media rights surrounding athletics, then their students athletes are allowed to profit from their image and likeness.