Back in 1984, the world was in the middle of the Cold War, and the United States was running an arms race with the Soviet Union. The winner would emerge from the Cold War as the most influential, most powerful nation in the world. At the same time, the United State Supreme Court was making an important decision that would lead to another arms race, this time in the world of college football.
This was the time when college football wasn’t considered to be a big business. Old schoolers considered college football to be an outlet to promote the name and educational values of the universities, not to make money or send a lot of players to the NFL. Sure, making a little cash off of the sport was great, but that wasn’t its purpose.