The Big Ten is a proud, long-standing major college football conference. Its expansion and growth have successfully added to its national reach and revenue.
But making a television deal to have its programs play on Friday nights starting in 2017? That initial idea already was bad enough. Now that the Big Ten actual Friday night schedule has been released for next season, the execution makes it a lot more hateable.
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How much so? Let us count the big ten ways:
1) It further infringes on the tradition of high school football.