Amid changing headwinds in college athletics, first-year Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti struck an optimistic tone for the conference during his opening remarks at Big Ten Media Days on Wednesday.
Changes are coming fast and furious in college athletics, and Tony Petitti has stepped into the middle of that evolving landscape in his first year as Big Ten Commissioner.
That will be the final championship game between the East and West Divisions; with USC and UCLA joining in 2024, future Big Ten championship games will pit the top two teams in the overall conference standings. Instead, it's finding a workable schedule that is obviously complicated adding two schools on the West Coast. Those football schedules are set and Petitti said he's happy with how those turned out, but it sounds like those Tuesday night USC at Maryland women's volleyball games are tricky. Go figure.
• Petitti said one of his biggest challenges is NIL and the transfer portal. •The Big Ten begins new TV deals this year, and several of the announcers who will be featured on those games were on hand Wednesday to introduce coaches.For years, CBS has been associated with the SEC and the 2:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon slot. That now will be a Big Ten game, to go with the 11 a.m. kickoff on Fox and now a prime time night game on NBC.
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