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Was college sports better before realignment?

SerenityBuff said:
This all happened because of the Playoff. It rendered conference championships irrelevant. It rendered bowl games like the Rose Bowl (the freaking Rose Bowl) irrelevant. All that matters now is getting into the playoff and winning. Everything else is inconsequential. And I hate it.
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You think the Rose Bowl is irrelevant now…? Just give it a bit.
 
Alfred91 said:
Yes, college athletics has been ruined by greed. I've said for a long time that cable TV ruined America. Politically, culturally, societally, and in sports too. ESPN particularly has ruined sports.

Personally, as time has gone by and college football especially has gone from a money making sport to a bazillion dollar making sport, I have switched from a "well, they're getting a free education" view of college athletes to a "adults are making tens of millions off this sport, kids need a piece of that pie" view, knowing full well that this will further accelerate the demolition of the sport.

Cable/streaming contracts are ruining the college sports. NIL will further ruin them. The transfer portal will further ruin them. But all of that derives from the greed that cable TV kick started.
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Put me in the “they“re receiving a free education” camp. They will have their shot at millions. That’s how most of capitalism works in the real world - people work hard at a company, get some compensation, the CEO gets rich, people keep working hard, they advance, get more money.
 
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