In case there were any doubts that college football has drastically changed, the Big Ten announced Friday that its 2025 Media Days won’t be held in Indianapolis.
Believe it or not, Las Vegas will host the Big Ten’s college football media days from July 22-24. The top coaches and players in the conference will be interviewed at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. No, we’re not kidding.
“This year’s event will once again feature a three-day format, July 22-24, at Mandalay Bay with Big Ten Network providing coverage all three days,” the Big Ten said in a press release. “Additional information on school attendance order, credentials, media schedules, hotels and student-athlete attendees will be announced at a later date.”
Unsurprisingly, college football fans despise this move. For starters, Las Vegas doesn’t have a Big Ten team at the moment. That alone makes us wonder how it landed this event. Another issue is that traveling to Las Vegas might be a bit more complicated – and expensive – for certain reporters.
“Keep all things related to the Big Ten within the Big Ten footprint and allow those cities and business to profit. Vegas doesn’t need our money,” one fan said. “To anyone in favor of it, you won’t convince me otherwise so don’t bother trying.”
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“This is stupid. There are no big ten teams in Vegas,” a second fan wrote.
“Is this a precursor for the Big Ten adding UNLV? If it is, neat. If it’s not, it’s really stupid and will limit the coverage the league will get from student newspapers, bloggers, freelancers and newspapers struggling financially,” another person replied.
When the Big Ten added Oregon, UCLA and USC as conference members, most fans accepted that the times were changing.
That being said, shifting the site of the Big Ten’s media days from Indianapolis to Las Vegas seems unnecessary.
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