Bob Kanady, head of the National Federation of State High School Associations, is worried about the sanctity of Friday high school football. The Rebels and Wildcats play on national television Sept. 7. If you're in Vegas, there's no better way to kick off the weekend than dinner, Siegfried and Roy, an albino tiger and college football. Selling oneself for the almighty dollar is nothing new in college athletics. The pimps are merely dressed different these days.
Ratings are down for college football as they are for most televised sports.
The airwaves are saturated. Certain cable outlets innocently explain they're only providing an opportunity for the schools to be seen. It has become apparent to them that college football, almost any college football, will draw better ratings than a Tuesday night lumberjack contest on the worldwide leader in self-promotion. This isn't about college football, really. If water polo could pull a bigger number in the fall, it would be the cable darling.