I'm with you on that.
The sport is actively being ruined before our eyes. It's a travesty, honestly.
Disney, FOX, and the rest are very quickly morphing college football into something resembling the NBA, where only major national brands receive any exposure beyond their immediate region, 90% of the games are on streaming or buried on specialized cable channels, the officiating very brazenly maneuvers to create the narrative the leagues want, and casual fans and square gamblers are catered to exclusively in presentation.
For the vast majority of the history of the sport, no games were on TV, and only big brands got national exposure. That's fine, I get it. But there was a very brief window of time, probably the early 90's through the advent of the CFP, where college football had a very egalitarian feel, and the sport was covered by the major networks in a way where you felt like the actual college football fan was being catered to, as opposed to now, where it feels like they're just trying to have a new "GAME OF THE CENTURY" every single week that's actually just another SEC or B1G conference game, and create clips for TikTok.
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Articleon the Athletic: SEC is a ratings machine for ABC
-- PadrosWindup
Oct 18, 2024 at 07:59 AM ET
PadrosWindup
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10/18/24 07:59 AM ET
I know this should be common sense for everyone-
-- Baltimore_Hokie
Oct 21, 2024 at 03:06 PM ET
Baltimore_Hokie
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10/21/24 03:06 PM ET
The irony of you pointing out common sense that is missing a key point
-- Vienna_Hokie
Oct 21, 2024 at 09:58 PM ET
Vienna_Hokie
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10/21/24 09:58 PM ET
I'm not sure where all the hostility is coming from, friend-o.
-- Baltimore_Hokie
Oct 22, 2024 at 12:41 PM ET
Baltimore_Hokie
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10/22/24 12:41 PM ET
This is where I think that the conference networks miss the mark.
-- Big12 guy
Oct 22, 2024 at 02:59 PM ET
Big12 guy
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10/22/24 02:59 PM ET
I don't have concrete evidence, but I don't think so.
-- Baltimore_Hokie
Oct 22, 2024 at 04:56 PM ET
Baltimore_Hokie
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10/22/24 04:56 PM ET
Not true. When I'm watching games, i always check to
-- Big12 guy
Oct 22, 2024 at 08:11 PM ET
Big12 guy
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10/22/24 08:11 PM ET
There are several things that I think are really going over your head here-
-- Baltimore_Hokie
Oct 23, 2024 at 10:13 AM ET
Baltimore_Hokie
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10/23/24 10:13 AM ET
Nothing in that post compels me to disagree, but
-- Big12 guy
Oct 23, 2024 at 11:10 AM ET
Big12 guy
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10/23/24 11:10 AM ET
I'm with you on that.
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-- Baltimore_Hokie
Oct 23, 2024 at 11:21 AM ET
Baltimore_Hokie
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10/23/24 11:21 AM ET
ABC selections by conference in 2024 ... shocker, SEC dominates**
-- Will Stewart
Oct 19, 2024 at 11:32 AM ET
Will Stewart
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10/19/24 11:32 AM ET
Interesting ACC had the most games in 2023
-- Turk Malloy
Oct 22, 2024 at 09:23 AM ET
Turk Malloy
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10/22/24 09:23 AM ET
How could anyone have possibly guessed this trend in 2011? Poppycock?**
-- TDVick
Oct 20, 2024 at 12:41 PM ET
TDVick
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10/20/24 12:41 PM ET
I wanted us to jump to the SEC. Oh well...**
-- NokieHokie
Oct 20, 2024 at 01:43 PM ET
NokieHokie
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10/20/24 01:43 PM ET
I think Tech’s ratings are good with this reality & our recent records.
-- Stech
Oct 19, 2024 at 11:39 AM ET
Stech
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10/19/24 11:39 AM ET