This is has been longstanding process and cannot be fairly attributed to only USC and UCLA unless you are only talking P12, and even then, it's far more complicated. Still, a good op ed, even though it ignores the slow grind and exponential acceleration of the implosion. I'm old enough to recall the ACC adding the likes of Miami, BC, Syrac. to add TV revenue, recruiting footprint, money etc. The B1G added long time ACC members Maryland et al for the same reasons. Then the SEC ATM and later TX and Okl.
Time for leadership and creative thinking-- or just let the "invisible hand" deal with it?
Happy CFB Holidays, ya'll!
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Time for leadership and creative thinking-- or just let the "invisible hand" deal with it?
Happy CFB Holidays, ya'll!
Opinion: The undoing of college football
Conference realignment, driven by broadcast media companies, is spelling the end of the Pac-12 conference as we know it, writes Tom Bie, an Oregon State alum and publisher of The Drake flyfishing magazine. The tradition and regionalities that fans enjoy and foster connections are of little...