Donald Trump to host college sports roundtable with Nick Saban, Urban Meyer, Adam Silver, Tiger Woods among invitees
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Heather Dinich: There’s ‘more momentum than ever’ for 16-team College Football Playoff
"Right now, that stalemate still exists. [Greg Sankey and Tony Petitti] have the bulk of control over the format."
It’s not going well for Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti
The Big Ten may still be atop the college football world on the field, but off the field has been a different story.
Big Ten commish Tony Petitti: Need DC help to reform college sports
“That's the focus right now is getting this consistent, off and running, but also trying to protect it..."
Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti favors ‘straight seeding’ for expanded March Madness
The change would see more low-major schools forced into play-in games.
Rece Davis blasts Big Ten’s ‘absurd’ 28-team College Football Playoff proposal
"I don't believe they're serious about this... Because on its face, this is absurd. It's absurd on its face."
Big Ten floating idea for 24- or 28-team College Football Playoff, per reports
The proposal would eliminate conference title games and provide a large number of automatic bids to all four power leagues.
Big Ten CFP expansion idea comes with play-in games proposal for networks
The Big Ten could create play-in games to sell to network partners to give them a taste of playoff action with their CFP expansion idea.
Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti doubles down on controversial CFP model
Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti dismissed concerns about his College Football Playoff push, insisting for automatic qualifiers.
Tony Petitti stands by CFP proposal giving Big Ten, SEC four auto-bids each
"The alternative to this system is expanding the field and giving the committee more to do."
ESPN’s Dan Wetzel questions Tony Petitti’s silence during college sports upheaval
The Big Ten commissioner isn't big on addressing the media.
Stewart Mandel unloads on ‘cockamamie’ CFP proposal from Big Ten
"Nearly everyone The Athletic has spoken to about this subject over the past few months says this entire cockamamie scheme is the brainchild of Tony Petitti."
SEC, Big Ten talk scheduling agreement to increase media revenue
The conferences are in talks to schedule as many as 12 to 16 regular season nonconference games every year.
Big Ten commissioner hints at new ‘Maps’ commercial
"I learned very quickly in this job that there's a lot of passion around the Big Ten 'Map' commercial."
The Big Ten will have at least nine Friday games in 2024, boosting Fox Friday sports
"It’ll be significant in terms of the amount of national exposure that we have on Friday night on Fox."
Analyzing ESPN’s report on an unfinished Big Ten TV deal, Kevin Warren criticisms, and the conference having to ‘pay back’ Fox and NBC
According to ESPN's Pete Thamel, ex-Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren gave the 2026 conference championship game to NBC "without full authority to do so." Warren's deal with NBC also created a divide between the network and top schools over late-November night games.
Former MLB exec Tony Petitti is reportedly the next Big Ten commissioner
The Big Ten reportedly has their next commissioner lined up.
The 33rd Team adds execs Tony Petitti and John Entz, partners with NFL Films, Liberty Media, and The Baupost Group
Entz and Petitti both have decades of high-level media experience.
