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AAC chief: Colleges, preps can co-exist on Fridays

Call it one of those quirks of fate, a timely chance to share a significant Friday night plight with a key college figure.

The same day the Tampa Bay Times published this Tom Jones column decrying the infringement of televised college football on a night (Friday) normally reserved for high schools, we had a chance to ask American Athletic Conference commissioner (and former network TV executive) Mike Aresco about it.

His response: A generation ago, he might have believed Fridays should remain the sole domain of the high schools, but now he believes colleges and preps can co-exist -- to a degree.