Football conferences will never be the same

Money is said to be the root of all evil.  This point is proven well in what Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) football has become.  There have been numerous colleges and universities that are abandoning their current conference for other conferences that can make them more money.  The FBS NCAA football scene today is basically a game of cut-throat, and no institution's conference loyalty can really be trusted.

At the start of this year, Boise State University joined the Mountain West, Nebraska joined the Big Ten, Utah and Colorado joined the newly named Pac-12 and Brigham Young University (BYU) became an independent.  These moves may seem like a lot, but they are small moves compared to the moves decided this year that will take effect in the near future.

As of today, Texas A&M is going to be a part of the South Eastern Conference (SEC) next year.  Texas Christian University (TCU) is a part of the Mountain West Conference (MWC) this year, but they were supposed to join the Big East Conference next year.  They were offered to join the SEC after Texas A&M left the Big 12 conference.  They decided to drop their commitment to the Big East and accepted the invitation to join the Big 12.

If that isn't confusing enough, Syracuse University and the University of Pittsburgh both have also left the Big East to join the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).  Also, with West Virginia University most likely joining the Big 12 when the University of Missouri joins the SEC, the Big East will be down to only five football schools.

This has made the Big East angry to the point that they are talking about possibly becoming a nationwide super conference of 12 football schools.  According to ESPN, one of the main schools they want to add is Boise State University.

With all of this uncertainty, FBS NCAA football is just plain chaos.  Last year, when Nebraska and Colorado left the Big 12, I was excited.  It was something fresh and new.  Now, it is just too much.  It is nearly impossible just to keep up with all the conference realignment.  

They aren't moving for good reasons either.  They are moving for football because football makes the most money.  These schools are blinded by the dollar sign, and all they care about is doing whatever it takes to make an extra buck.

NCAA football makes so much more money for schools than NCAA basketball does that these schools aren't even considering how these moves will affect college hoops.  There are going to be NCAA basketball teams in major conferences in the future that have no business being there.  The only reason they will be in that conference is because they have a good football program.

With the economy the way it is today, I can understand where these schools are coming from.  I just believe that these moves will NOT be good for NCAA sports in the long run.