What does this mean for sports fans?  Time will tell, but the obvious complications this could create is an increase in travel, and in turn, an increase in expenses for the Cornhusker faithful to attend road games.

Read more about University of Nebraska Athletic Director and former US Representative Tom Osborne’s decision – also known as ‘the first domino to fall’ – here.

One of the many unknown pieces to the puzzle which has received little attention is government intervention addresses here by Texas.Rivals.com:

GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION?

It has been expressed to Orangebloods.com by a top collegiate executive that any movement toward four, 16-team super conferences will be met with resistance by Congress.

The executive said that could be bad news for college athletics because Congress has already taken some cursory looks at the fact athletic departments enjoy a tax-exempt status as part of their universities.

The executive said if it appears the rich are getting richer in college athletics, there will be a hard look at whether to take away the tax exempt status of athletic departments.

“And it won’t just be Orin Hatch (a member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee from Utah and longtime BCS critic) looking into this,” the source said.

Stay tuned.