Although this column, and The MMQB’s coverage, typically revolves around professional football, there have been some very “professional” situations going on at the highest levels of college football. College football is mirroring the NFL—even occasionally surpassing it financially—in some important ways. Let’s examine.
College commissioner power
The legal wrangling over the past two weeks between University of Michigan, along with football coach Jim Harbaugh, and the Big Ten Conference is very similar to the legal wrangling among the NFL and its teams, owners and players over the past 15 years. The issue involves an important tenet that is central to the business of the NFL: commissioner power.
