If you are a college football fan who hates conference realignment, hates the elimination of rivalries, hates the lack of commonality and regionality, hates the assault on tradition, hates how everything is about revenue projections … well … tough break because the entire operation is run by a few television executives and they certainly don’t care what you think.
The Big Ten will have 18 teams in 2024. The Big 12 and SEC will have 16. The Pac-12 may not exist, at least not in any recognizable form.
Change is a constant in college sports because decades of relentless spending by athletic departments on outlandish facilities, bigger administrative staffs and ridiculous coaching buyouts means there needs to be a relentless pursuit of more and more money to then relentlessly spend and spend.