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[QUOTE="Cusefan95, post: 5694104, member: 173"]
One of the pivotal moments in the history of the NFL was when the NY Giants and Mara agreed to the plan to package TV rights.  At that very specific moment in time, it wouldn’t help the Giants since they had the biggest deal being in the largest market.  But it helped drive the explosive growth of the NFL, so much so that MLB and NBA and trying to figure out how to nationalize rights as much as possible.

The ideal solution would be all the conferences working together to create a “league” with rights to negotiate TV deals with multiple networks - it would not be a return to the 1970s.  But the SEC/Big Ten are more interested in protecting their short term interests and competitive advantages than in broad, long term growth.  It’s not an indefensible position…it’s just not best for the sport overall.

Related to others comments - the claim that this doesn’t require government intervention is…interesting.  Government has been intervening in college athletics for over 50 years - this is not about government starting to get involved, it’s about staying involved in problems they themselves helped to create with earlier interventions.
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