40 years ago, the Supreme Court broke the NCAA’s lock on TV revenue, reshaping college sports to this day
- Written by Jared Bahir Browsh, Assistant Teaching Professor of Critical Sports Studies, University of Colorado Boulder

The Pac-12 is likely to be competing in its last March Madness, as realignment has pushed 10 of its schools to other conferences. What led the most decorated conference in the NCAA to dissolve so quickly?
This surprising development arguably...