Well, that's not really the title of the article but it is the premise of the whole piece: If Texas A&M Aggies go to SEC, it will be a brief thrill that won't outweigh conference chaos it creates - College Football News | FOX Sports on MSN It puts it more lightly than I would have, with less cuss words and name-calling, but it does get my overall point across.
Unfortunately college football, like professional football is about money and making more of it. The decisions are made by those who benefit from the institution making more money. So though "rivalries" and all that jazz are considered by those making these monetary decisions, they NEVER trump the opportunity of making more money. Especially when you're talking about millions upon millions of dollars. IMO, the Big 12 and their revenue structure is what caused this, along with other things that benefitted Texas I'm sure. Look no further than Nebraska. Rivalries are still very important but in today's college football economic system they've become less important to the higher ups.
This article is written on Fox Sports. Who has a TV contract with the Big XII. Who thereby has a serious financial interest in the situation. Which therefore casts serious doubts about the journalistic integrity of their coverage of the situation. And besides, anytime I see wild fearmongering about damaging college football and, in this case, college athletics as a whole, I revel in their tears.
It may be from a network with financial stake in the argument, but it's the same argument I've been making. There is no guarantee that the product will remain as wildly successful and profitable as it currently is. Somebody has to lose, and if that means Texas A&M, that also means smaller viewership in the markets they were acquired for in the first place. I agree that we may be losing the very virtues that made (and keep) college football so great. If that disappears, there will be less money to be made.
I'm struggling with the idea of blaming Texas aTm for conference Armageddon when Neb. and Colorado beat them to the punch. As far as college football as we know it changing, good riddance. If this perceptual beauty contest we have been enduring for a NC has been able to keep fan interest and gate receipts up, we'll be fine. Lets get them all in a 4 mega conference. Let the CCG send the entries. We get the BCS to wrap their feeble minds around a 4 or 6 or 8 team playoff, just depends on how feeble and finally we reinvent the wheel. Hard for me to get too nostalgic about something that's been broke this long.
Heard something about the SEC saying enough of the dumb sh1t and racing right past 13,14 or 16 teams and going from 12 to 24. 4 ea 6 team divisions. I can't provide a link and it may have even been total speculation by the idiots on the radio here but I kind of like it.
