decide where they will go. The schools will still get the recruits they have been getting all along.
Ohio State's stipend is below those of Indiana, Maryland, Rutgers and Illinois yet no one believes they will lose any recruits to those schools because of the stipends. Michigan State will offer the lowest stipend but they won't lose a single recruit. I also don't see any recruit turning down USC because they can make $1,000 more at another school.
The only advantage will arise if one school offers stipends and another does not. Otherwise, the dynamics remain the same. The status quo has become more expensive; that's all.