The University of Texas' groundbreaking $300 million, 20-year Television deal with ESPN has generated considerable praise for the financial windfall it could create for the university. However, it's also fueled plenty of discussion about competitive balance, and the even bigger gap between the haves and have nots in big-time College athletics.

Recruiting advantage? What you say, NCAA? Fox Sports will now cut a deal with say, Alabama? This will cause another arms race among the college elite. And college is about education? Yeah, what fool believes that? Where does the NCAA fit into all this? Do they get a share of the $300 million? No, because the NCAA no longer controls college football. Television and conference commissioners do the talkin' for football at the FBS level.

It's all about the money and has nothing to do with education. And most people don't care. We now have colleges so that we can have football teams.

Television has also made national signing day a redneck circus.... and more profits for networks. But hey, it's about math, science and history, right?  Or maybe producing doctors, educators,  and missionaries instead of defensive tackles?  Naw.  Roll Tide, go 'Horns, gettem Ducks.