I generally hate sports analogies, mainly because many people who don’t follow the world of athletics won’t get the point. But as I think about the North Atlantic Treaty Organization these days, along with this week’s trilateral meeting between President Joe Biden and the leaders of Japan and the Philippines, I’m reminded that college athletics have been undergoing some significant geographic changes.

Many marquee teams have been moving out of their natural conferences — the ones with which they have always been identified — to join more distant aggregations. The biggest perhaps is the departure of two California powerhouses — the University of Southern California and the University of California, Los Angeles — from their natural home in the PAC 12 to join the Big Ten, centered 2,000 miles away in the Upper Midwest. This move, which has annoyed and mystified fans, has its basis in mutual gains: particularly money and television exposure.

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Forget an ‘Asian NATO’ — Pacific Allies Could Join the Real One

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08.04.2024

I generally hate sports analogies, mainly because many people who don’t follow the world of athletics won’t get the point. But as I think about the North Atlantic Treaty Organization these days, along with this week’s trilateral........

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