NCAA president Charlie Baker floats regional approach to non-football sports

NCAA president Charlie Baker floats regional approach to non-football sports

Credit: Mykal McEldowney / USA TODAY NETWORKConference realignment has turned college athletics into a much more national endeavor than it ever was previously. The Big Ten stretches from Southern California to New Jersey. The ACC includes a pair of teams on the Pacific coast. And the Big 12 has members located in both the deserts of the Southwest and the mountains of Appalachia. The end result is something almost entirely unrecognizable from col…