Hazy NCAA ruling could mean Duke basketball forever reigns supreme

The specifics are still to come and will be of great consequence, but the wheels are now officially in motion to make the richest blue-blood even richer on the court, which should give goosebumps to Duke basketball fans everywhere.

If the NCAA’s Tuesday ruling concerning student-athletes’ rights to profit off their names, images, and likenesses plays out to the extreme it realistically could — a proposed tax-code change from lawmakers might ensure it will — then the Duke basketball program stands to bask in the benefits from having one of the most outrageously wealthy fanbases.

Nerdy graduates — some of whom earn millions or even billions and many of whom are lifelong Duke basketball…