At the heart of so many questions unfolding in college football right now is maybe the biggest one of them all: Wait, so who exactly is in charge here?
It’s a great question and a complicated one. On its best days, college football’s structure allows for independent organizations (conferences) to conduct business regionally while selling media rights on a national (even global) level, and the entire thing is bookended by broad NCAA activities (non-conference games and bowl games) that provide even more money to make the whole thing run.
On its worst days, a pandemic hits.