Changes Are Coming To College Athletics, But Mack Brown Wants His Sport To Tread Carefully

Posted Jul 26, 2022
The health of college football is at stake, North Carolina head football coach Mack Brown says, which obviously includes the Atlantic Coast Conference. "My fear is if we go to a two-mega conference, NFL-type situation, and then your playoff becomes 16 teams, you’re the NFL," he said at the ACC Kickoff. "And then college football around it has dropped." (Tar Heel Illustrated)

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