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The Man Who Wants to Make College Football Fair Again
On The Deal with Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly, Georgia Tech athletic director J Batt explains how the House settlement could “tighten up” the spread.
J Batt, left, on The Deal with Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly
College sports have always had drama, but until recently most of the action has been on the field.
The last four years have ushered in a period of unprecedented chaos in collegiate athletics. Players now command multimillion-dollar deals and can come and go from teams essentially at will. Longstanding regional affiliations among schools are seemingly blown up overnight, with California institutions flipping to play their games in the Atlantic Coast Conference.