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MAY 19, 2026
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1. 'The Big Ten and SEC Should Break Away and Do Their Own Deal'
“On the cliffs of the Pacific Ocean, some 30 miles south of downtown Los Angeles, administrators and coaches from college football’s new king — the Big Ten — gather at a Mediterranean style resort for their annual spring meetings during the most transformational time in college athletics history.
As the NCAA’s seven-year congressional lobbying effort reaches its climax — a vote on legislation is scheduled for this week in the House with momentum building for a bipartisan bill in the Senate, too — college sports is on the brink of more revolutionary decisions.
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