Talk:College Football Association

Minor ambiguities

Unclear antecedent 1

The current version[1] of the article has the following paragraph:

On June 27, 1984, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in NCAA v. Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma that the NCAA's television plan violated the Sherman Antitrust Act. As a result, individual schools and athletic conferences were freed to negotiate contracts on their own behalf. Together with the growth of cable television, this ruling resulted in the explosion of broadcast options currently available. So beginning in 1984, they sold their own television package first ABC, and later with CBS. The Big Ten and Pacific-10 conferences sold their own separate package to ABC.

Who is the "they" who in 1984 sold their TV package? I'm sure it's perfectly obvious to people who follow this more closely, but the antecedent is not clear. Is the University of Oklahoma? Is it "individual schools and athletic conferences"? If so, is it all of them? The confusion is made more manifest by the following sentence which mentions the actions of the Big Ten and the Pac 10.

If someone knowledgeable could clear this up, it would be appreciated. 76.106.149.108 (talk) 02:23, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

Unclear antecedent 2

And in the next paragraph/section, we have the following:

By 1990, the television landscape changed. ABC had both the CFA and Big Ten-Pac-10 packages, and NBC had the Notre Dame home package. It was once again relegated to limited appearances.

What on earth is "it"? 76.106.149.108 (talk) 02:28, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

CFA History

One reading the current version of this article would almost certainly come to the conclusion that the CFA was created in the wake of the 1984 US Supreme Court case, NCAA v. Board of Regents of Univ. of Oklahoma. But I've been doing some research, and it turns out that the CFA existed at least as far back as 1981.[2]

Just one more example of how poorly written this article is. 76.106.149.108 (talk) 03:15, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

All of these issues will be fixed once I'm finished doing the major rewrite you have to give me and others time to find sources It cant all be done in one swoop so instead of just clogging up the talk page how about in give me time or do it yourself Be Bold.--Dcheagle | ^{Join the Fight!} 03:20, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

I completely understand. Sorry if my last comment there came across as testy; I guess I was frustrated because I thought coming here I would get the information I needed for the Big 12 stuff. I'll stay away from here for the time being. Good luck. 76.106.149.108 (talk) 04:36, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

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