When late summer turns to fall, temperatures start to drop and football season is in the air. The excitement — both on and off campuses — is palpable. Football has become part of the cadence and ritual of the American autumn. It is part of the natural order of things that Saturdays are for the college game and Sundays are for the NFL, right?
One might be excused for thinking that this arrangement was etched in the tablets that Moses brought down from the mount. In actuality, the Saturday/Sunday division between college and pro football is the result of governmental regulation of sports on television.