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BOOM: Big 12 Using the GOVERNMENT to Take Down ESPN, SEC, Big 10, KILLING College Football Playoff
In a significant February 2026 report, Sports Business Journal detailed a mounting legal and lobbying clash over the future of college football media rights. At the center of the controversy is a proposal to consolidate all 136 FBS programs into a single, "universal" television package—a move the SEC and Big Ten are aggressively fighting to dismantle.
The Push for Centralization
The momentum for a universal deal has been spearheaded by Cody Campbell and his organization, Saving College Sports (SCS). Their proposal argues that the current system of fragmented conference-level deals is "broken…
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