Epic changes coming for college sports?

As of this past Monday, college football has officially adopted a 24-team playoff that will begin next season. Mind you, the four-team college football playoff began a little over a decade ago, and the expanded 12-team format we have now has been in place for only two seasons. But none of that matters, because television money now essentially holds the sport hostage. As long as there is an opportunity for the networks to make more money, tradition, and, in some ways, common sense will take a backseat. College football has always been a sport rooted in tradition, and one of those traditions is rabid fan support. That support has led some schools to build stadiums that seat near or more than 100,000 people. But now, those same schools are renovating their stadiums and reducing seating capacity. Florida State just finished a $265,000,000 stadium renovation that reduced the seating inside Doak Campbell Stadium from 79,000 to just over 67,000.

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