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Viewpoint: ESPN has it all wrong with move
Money definitely makes the world go round.
It couldn't be any different in the world of college football.
ESPN flexed its almighty muscle once again this week, dangling anything and everything to get back in the national spotlight on Sunday nights. The victims are not only two Mid-American Conference programs, but also every student-athlete competing in the NCAA Division I-A for football.
Northern Illinois and Miami hold the dubious honor of opening the Bristol, Conn.-based company's Sunday Night Football on Oct. 8. Unfortunately, the RedHawks sacrificed the traditional Saturday Homecoming celebrations to have the game televised on a network self-proclaimed as the “Worldwide Leader of Sports.”
And already, the move has been highly scru
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