'Dear Sen. Tommy Tuberville,' columnist ByCasagrande writes. 'Greetings from Earth. Your constituents and former colleagues need your help down here because college sports is headed for the pine box.'
Aug. 08, 2023, 6:31 a.m.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., was formerly a head college football coach at Ole Miss Auburn, Texas Tech and Cincinnati In times of need, Americans have long petitioned members of Congress in search of solutions. In 2023, there’s clearly no matter more urgent than the disaster looming for collegiate sports. In that spirit, we’re calling on Alabama’s senior senator/former football coach/liaison between the two worlds to take action.Greetings from Earth.
It’s all about the money, Senator, and that must bother you. These athletics departments built these escalating economies, stadiums and salary pools on the strength of these exponentially increasing TV deals. The numbers must go up to keep this bubble from popping so annual growth is the only way to keep this whole house of cards from crumbling.
Though there’s always been a certain amount of fluidity, the first shot in this cascade came in 2011 when the Longhorn Network was a catalyst for Texas A&M and then Missouri bolting the Big 12 for the SEC. Instability’s been the theme ever since and last summer’s blockbuster departure of the LA schools for the Big Ten pastures began this uncomfortable march toward the mess we find today.
Just Monday, ESPN reported Stanford and Cal were being vetted for a possible invitation to the ACC. That’s
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