Special Report… the BREAKAWAY

EDITORIAL

by TexCane

For decades, the NCAA has been a loosely knit band of warring tribes, led by a small group of power brokers or “good ole boys.”

Despite handsome financial success, those “good ole boys” have managed to brings chaos and disorder to the sport we love. Conference realignment has spread out schools across the country. Travel to away games is disappearing under the financial burden and time constraints of fan bases everywhere. Team rankings are controlled by people who don’t even watch all the teams, outside of their biased-based interests. Playoff selection is made behind closed doors in smoke filled rooms by the networks.

What happened to our traditional Saturday college football game?

The “good ole boys” have recently been manipulating the annual national championship playoffs to benefit the two most powerful conferences. You know who! The Southeastern and Big Ten conferences. Those conferences have been under the control of the two strongest media conglomerates, ABC/ESPN and CBS. Together, their goal is to make as much money as they can. Be dammed if it hurts the game and/or the fans who love OUR game.

When is enough, enough?

Recently, a group of friends challenged me with…”if you were the commissioner of college football, what would you do to save our game?”

First, I reminded them that there is no commissioner guiding the sport in the best interest of the fans, student athletes and coaches. No focal point for accountability.

Hmmm!

Then I began to ponder the question deeper. After months of research and thought, I have come up with a business model that would bring logic and common sense back to the leadership and management of OUR game.

It’s not going to be popular. At least not to the “good ole boys.”

This series, I call it “BREAKDOWN,” is a high level plan to right the ship and get back to what made college football OUR national sport.

In part two, we will set OUR strategic goals.

Until then…

GO CANES!