Chris Clary
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And that's not even a possibility.
But the idea was so they could work together on thought.
And the reason it's not happening is television.
The other one is married to Fox.
And they can't get those two together for good reason.
Tony, I'm old enough to remember two years ago when all these commissioners, three years ago, they weren't sure we wanted to go to 12.
We were at four, and the commissioner of the ACC and the Big 12 said, don't fall out of your chair.
We have to be concerned about the health of the student-athlete.
And no one's concerned about it.
But the problem in college football, it's different than the NFL.
And by the time you get through 12, 13 games of the regular season, you're losing players at a high rate.
And that has cost schools national championship.
It cost Georgia national championship a couple of years ago when their quarterback got knocked out.
And, I mean, I know that in this world where there's so much money, you only get lip service.
Because I don't really think they care about anything other than making more money right now.
And the reason they care about that is that there are, a year ago today, we were on the verge of the House settlement, which capped every roster at $20 million.
This past season, there were $40 million rosters.
And there was a lot of speculation at the meetings in Florida this week that LSU's roster under Lane Kiffin right now is about $60 million.