The conferences do not care about the state of the game. They are purely looking out for themselves. There is no entity out there willing to stand up and call a time out, and ask the conferences to consider what they are doing to the game. The student-athletes are the absolute last consideration.
As much as we can lay the blame on any single group, I blame the CFP Board of Managers. They have the gravitas and influence to actually accomplish something, or at least set some parameters for the conferences to consider. Fr Jenkins sits on this Board. Maybe this Board doesn’t have the authority to effect change, but they could provide some guidance and use their voice to look out for the game itself and guide the discussion, not to mention to look out for the welfare of the student-athletes.
The NCAA has basically quit and doesn’t seem to give a shit.
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