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Do you take this and run? Athletic article...

I will not post the full article or all the hypotheticals...but I quickly say yes... Major conferences’ television rights are pooled The Supreme Court’s 1984 decision allowing schools and conferences to negotiate their own TV rights sounded great in theory. But in practice, it’s the single decision that’s had the most negative impact on college football. In the decades since, there’s been a gold rush toward television money. If a program’s conference isn’t getting enough, it’s going elsewhere, curse the geography. The NCAA absolutely should not be in charge of negotiating the television rights. I wouldn’t trust the NCAA to negotiate a better price for an oil change on my car. But pooling TV rights and negotiating with all the conferences as a whole makes sense and protects rivalries and the geography that helped build college football into America’s second-favorite sport. Sorting out rights with multiple networks across multiple conferences is more complex than it is now, but the NFL manages it. College football would be fine working with ESPN, Fox, NBC and CBS to reach a conclusion that makes sense. ACC TEAM Clemson Duke Louisville Maryland North Carolina North Carolina State Rutgers South Carolina Virginia Wake Forest Southwest TEAM Arkansas Baylor Houston SMU TCU Texas Texas Tech Texas A&M Big East TEAM Boston College Florida Florida State Miami Penn State Pitt Syracuse West Virginia Virginia Tech UCF SEC TEAM Alabama Auburn Georgia Georgia Tech Kentucky LSU Mississippi State Ole Miss Tennessee Vanderbilt https://theathletic.com/4691922/2023/07/17/college-footba...
Posted: 07/19/2023 at 03:46 PM ET

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Do you take this and run? Athletic article...
tcc_dc 07/19/23 03:46 PM ET
Sooners, sOu might have their feelings a little hurt w/ that layout; VT
HtownHokie 07/20/23 03:36 PM ET
It’s fantasy, but Rutgers would be in the Big East and Virginia Tech in ACC**
Stech 07/20/23 09:17 AM ET
No. I'm not a commie **
SpeakToDamien 07/19/23 09:21 PM ET
"Back To The Future". Cue up the Huey Lewis and News right now, baby.
Maroon Baboon 07/19/23 04:45 PM ET
Ahh - to go back to the days where conferences made sense and SEC schools
VPI_1998 07/20/23 08:29 AM ET
You now create the......
2hhoop3 07/19/23 04:42 PM ET
It's a great idea - pool the media money, and let schools keep their post
Big12 guy 07/19/23 04:26 PM ET