The Big Ten and ACC announced yesterday that they will only be playing conference college football games this season. We’ve known for months now that college football was going to look different this fall, but what’s coming into focus is that the price of playing football is going to be higher than ever in 2020.
The Big Ten and ACC want you to think that they are doing this to limit travel and avoid exposing athletes to different populations unnecessarily. That sounds nice on the surface, but the reality is a little bit more complex.
All schools that play football need the revenue it produces.