I don't know how much better we are as a league. A year-round training table would be a start. The Pac-10 presidents had resisted the idea because of costs and the perception athletes were being alienated from the rest of the student body. Coaches argue their players are going hungry or eating junk food when they aren't monitored. All I've seen is light, and I'm not talking about Bud Light.
Coaches also say they believe it has made recruiting more difficult.
The training table has almost become an albatross around the neck of the league. Once that is lifted, the conference hopes the stigma will follow.