Conference realignment is all about one thing: football. As the Big Ten and SEC look to gobble up the best college football teams in the country, regardless of borders and boundaries, the rest of college sports gets thrown into a lurch.
Forgotten in the churn are sports like women’s soccer. Expanding conferences across both coasts puts a laughable time and travel burden on these teams that play multiple games per week. The increased costs of travel to reach California will strain budgets and student-athletes’ GPAs alike.
But there’s another aspect that hasn’t really been touched on by any school administrator, athletic director, coach, or pundit.