Does college football have a flag-planting problem?

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Does college football have a flag-planting problem? 'Our approach must be aggressive. This is unacceptable.'

After triggering several melees over rivalry weekend, flag-planting has become a hot-button issue for conference commissioners — “If you want to plant a flag, you play ‘capture the flag’ or you join the military or you fly to the moon.”

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Suspensions would come at the detriment of the leagues themselves — a conflict that Herbstreit notes in his post. The absence of players would impact a conference’s performance in games against rival leagues with potentially millions on the line. A conference will receive $4 million for each team that makes the CFP and each team that advances to the quarterfinals. That amount increases to $6 million for each team advancing to the semifinal and national championship.

There exists no centralized governing body that can police such matters in an impartial and conflict-free way. It is a missing piece, many administrators believe, to an industry that is evolving from a regionalized amateur sport to a more national professionalized model.

“I thought it was classless on their part to start fighting,” [Michigan alum Jason Avant] said. “Over the last five years or so in college football, it’s been a staple that the winning team plants flags. That’s a part of it. Ohio State kicked our butt for 15 years and they planted flags. We didn’t take exception to it. Texas did it on our field earlier this year. We didn’t take exception to it.”

This old man thinks the increased incidences of fisticuffs this past weekend is related to the deterioration of society due to growing narcissism as an effect of social media.

 

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