Revolution

"There is going to be a revolution" or so says the old Beatles song, and this time I think they were right.  There is a revolution a foot in big time college athletics.  Anarchy is the rule among the titans of college sports.  The NCAA is being blasted from all corners, money has become the only ideal that seems to be adhered to by these powers that supposedly put the "student athlete" first, and foremost in their credo.  Look what just happened at Miami, Ohio State, and countless other universities across the NCAA landscape.  Lack of institutional control, or lack of governmental control?  The NCAA has legislated themselves to near extinction and all the while adopted an attitude of being above these dirty little affairs.  Most sports fans see through it!

Revolution is every where these days.  Schools are moving conferences to gain their bigger piece of the pie.  The new catch words are "Super Conferences" and "BCS".  The old way of geographic conferences are fast becoming a thing of the past and the NCAA has little power to stop it.  Talk of paying athletes is gaining legs, playoffs in football are moving toward fruition, and all the while the NCAA fiddles while their Rome burns. 

Other questions arise, such as what happens to mid-major conferences, and where will the revenues come from if all of the television monies are spent on the super conferences?  They will never be able to afford to pay their athletes, and I don't advocate that they should, but it will drive a greater wedge between the major and minors.  Times are changing and when this dam breaks lets hope that the current way of enjoying college athletics is not swept away with it.  Anarchy is brewing and revolution seems inevitable, but there is the old saying of "be careful what you wish for" it could be worse then what you have.