I am somewhat, but pleasantly, surprised that folks are beginning to catch on to the fact that college football is the lead dog in the College Sports Entertainment Business revolution. It's been moving that direction for quite some time but now it is increasingly obvious to more and more football fans. It is an inevitable, unstoppable movement (cf. college tuition, fees, housing, etc) and barring a very unlikely cultural and economic upheaval it is here to stay.
In future be prepared to see a shakeout in the industry, something similar to what happened in the US automobile industry years ago, when the number of badges began to shrink...then shrink some more...then become a handful of what once was a plethora. Big-time programs want and will form big-time conferences with big-time media contracts and, inevitably, big-time funding to help pay for those big-time venues and big-time athletes. Currently there are like 131 FBS programs. Let's consider just the upper 50% of those. Out of 65 programs maybe 10% are not already or soon-to-be members of "blue blood" conferences. How long do you think it will take for that group of 131 to become a group of 65? or 50? or maybe even 40? NCAA? no longer necessary because ESPN will organize and make the deals and will make some of the large, marketable athletic programs a real potful of money.
Now, am I saying the future is dark, filled with doom and despair? Not necessarily, except possibly for the programs that can't make the cut to true "big time college sports entertainment." They will still exist, mostly, albeit with reduced budgets and reduced crowds and reduced media coverage. Meanwhile there will continue to be a proliferation of college sports entertainment events for the fans to enjoy even in the face of rising ticket prices. Oh, to be sure, there will be some more subscription-only sports channels, and some bigger-better-beautiful venues ready to receive our leisure time and tribute, so all is not lost.
Heckfire, those palaces might even have short queues and cold beverages.