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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 131740555" data-attributes="member: 1428007"><p><a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/o3upOLh_xSVAahXgTovLLg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTE4ODtoPTQw/https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-uploaded-images/2021-02/d6cfeca0-6bdc-11eb-9fff-072dbeffa160" alt="Yahoo Sports" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><h3>Ohio State AD Gene Smith says 'pause button should be hit' on CFP expansion. Others fret over ESPN's grip on football</h3><p><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/author/pete-thamel"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/x4BeikX7eWB3P6MdKhmhgw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTgwO2g9ODA-/https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-uploaded-images/2018-12/58f441b0-03b4-11e9-afdb-fd5fc4d327e2" alt="Pete Thamel" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/author/pete-thamel">Pete Thamel</a></p><p>Fri, July 30, 2021, 5:25 PM</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://sports.yahoo.com/ohio-state-ad-gene-smith-says-pause-button-should-be-hit-on-cfp-expansion-others-fret-over-esp-ns-grip-on-football-212514298.html[/URL]</p><h2>ESPN's broadcast dominance of college football </h2><p>Smith is perhaps the most powerful athletic director in the country and a former member of the CFP committee. Smith’s point is tied, in part, to potential changes in the fundamental structure of conferences and overall college athletics. Essentially, it's difficult to determine access when there’s little certainty as to what leagues will look like. There’s also NCAA governance issues, as it’s uncertain <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa-to-meet-in-november-to-discuss-overhauling-how-college-sports-are-governed-201357187.html">what the collegiate leadership model</a> will look like in two years.</p><p></p><p>Other leaders around the country have expressed a skepticism toward the financial value of allowing ESPN to continue to be the sole owner of the most powerful rights in college football. The College Football Playoff is, essentially, a television contract with ESPN that runs through the 2025 season. ESPN owns all of it now, which includes three playoff games and other New Year’s six bowls.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 131740555, member: 1428007"] [URL='http://sports.yahoo.com/'][IMG alt="Yahoo Sports"]https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/o3upOLh_xSVAahXgTovLLg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTE4ODtoPTQw/https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-uploaded-images/2021-02/d6cfeca0-6bdc-11eb-9fff-072dbeffa160[/IMG][/URL] [HEADING=2]Ohio State AD Gene Smith says 'pause button should be hit' on CFP expansion. Others fret over ESPN's grip on football[/HEADING] [URL='https://www.yahoo.com/author/pete-thamel'][IMG alt="Pete Thamel"]https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/x4BeikX7eWB3P6MdKhmhgw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTgwO2g9ODA-/https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-uploaded-images/2018-12/58f441b0-03b4-11e9-afdb-fd5fc4d327e2[/IMG] Pete Thamel[/URL] Fri, July 30, 2021, 5:25 PM [URL unfurl="true"]https://sports.yahoo.com/ohio-state-ad-gene-smith-says-pause-button-should-be-hit-on-cfp-expansion-others-fret-over-esp-ns-grip-on-football-212514298.html[/URL] [HEADING=1]ESPN's broadcast dominance of college football [/HEADING] Smith is perhaps the most powerful athletic director in the country and a former member of the CFP committee. Smith’s point is tied, in part, to potential changes in the fundamental structure of conferences and overall college athletics. Essentially, it's difficult to determine access when there’s little certainty as to what leagues will look like. There’s also NCAA governance issues, as it’s uncertain [URL='https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa-to-meet-in-november-to-discuss-overhauling-how-college-sports-are-governed-201357187.html']what the collegiate leadership model[/URL] will look like in two years. Other leaders around the country have expressed a skepticism toward the financial value of allowing ESPN to continue to be the sole owner of the most powerful rights in college football. The College Football Playoff is, essentially, a television contract with ESPN that runs through the 2025 season. ESPN owns all of it now, which includes three playoff games and other New Year’s six bowls. [/QUOTE]
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