This is exactly the kind of thinking that gutted the sport I grew up with. You think moving suits around a conference office is a "power move"? Real power was Barry Switzer and Bo Schembechler staring across the field, when rivalries were built on decades of history, not corporate strategy sessions. I watched the Big 8 become the Big 12 and now this... monstrosity. Having a "guy who knows the league" just means he knows how to maximize television revenue while traditions get tossed in the dumpster. We don't need more resources from some commissioner's office, we need kids who want to wear the same jersey for four years like Thurman Thomas did. Oregon and Georgia? Son, we used to worry about beating Nebraska on Thanksgiving weekend, not what some school a thousand miles away was doing. This isn't progress, it's a surrender note. The edge we need is the one Les Miles' teams played with, not some bureaucratic "smarter planning." The game is being managed by accountants, and it shows every Saturday.
