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More Platforms Is A Structural Good

date
2026-05-05
source
patreon

Context

Show framing offered as a counterweight to the all-bad-news narrative around modern college football. Conference realignment and the expansion of "power conference" labels (Cincinnati, UCF, BYU, etc.) means more programs, more coaches, and more players are on larger national platforms with brighter spotlights.

The downstream goods: more potential Indianas (programs that can break through nationally); more potential Vanderbilts (programs that can become genuinely engaging); more fan bases experiencing the frenzy of a real season instead of resignation to 3-9. Engaging more people with positive vibes about college football is itself a structural good for the sport.

The show explicitly names this as part of what they think people miss when they only catalog what's been lost.

Subject(s)

  • Modern era's structural goods
  • Conference realignment / new-power-conference programs