Commissioners say playoff not in picture

Five conference leaders discuss football postseason prospects and finance pressures in a "roundtable." By ANDREW CARTER/Orlando Sentinel Commissioners of collegiate athletic conferences are busy men these days, maybe busier than ever. They're trying to figure how to make their leagues viable for the long term. They're wondering if they'll ever again have to encounter large-scale conference realignment — the kind that happened five summers ago when the Atlantic Coast Conference raided the Big East. They have their minds on television contracts and the future of the BCS and the ever-growing financial strain of college sports, becoming more big business by the day. So it's a wonder that, along with retired SEC commissioner Roy Kramer, we got four active commissioners — ACC commissioner John Swofford, Big East commissioner Mike... [read full story]