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...proponents of the new requirements said they had a "deep commitment" to football, Reardon said, adding, "We tried to show that we had a deep commitment to football, but that we also had a commitment to other sports...
...believe television is at the root of the whole thing," Reardon said. "The big schools wanted their own small group within Division 1-A and their own small group within Division 1-A and their own contract so they could get all the money," he added...
Texas and Oklahoma have taken the NCAA to court over the issue of who has the right to negotiate television contracts. Reardon said the NCAA was left with a choice of throwing the CFA schools out--which would leave the NCAA with a television package that was less attractive--or reaching a compromise, the purpose of the special convention...
...convention's vote to eliminate the 12-sport rule "guarantees more ultimate TV revenue for the CFA and the other Division 1-A schools," Reardon said...
However, the drop to Division 1-AA is not expected to cut back Harvard's football revenues, Reardon said, adding that temporarily there may even be an increase since Division 1-AA teams receive the same amount of money for an appearance on television as 1-A teams, and there may now be more chances for Ivy teams to appear on television...