The EPL Model: How College Football is becoming the North American Version of the Premiership
Since the inception of the English Premier League (EPL) as we know it in 1992, the combination of wealth, power and ego has transformed the concept of competition and parody into a frivolous argument used to only entice media advertisers and distribution mediums to continue the assault the intelligence of the audience in a feeble attempt to mask that only four to six teams only have a chance to win the crown each season. The recent changes in the structure of college football over the past ten years, as well as the inception of true Name Image and Likeness (NIL), mass media TV brokerage deals, and conference payout rights only magnifies the chance that the structure of college football is not just becoming a professional league, but will soon model the multi-billion dollar conglomerate that dazzles spectators with amazing contests and leaves little on the table for fan desirability. The purchase of what would become the EPL in 1992 by Rupert Murdoch created a mass influx of cash