Paul Finebaum accuses Tony Petitti of playing ‘the television play’ with CFP expansion push

That’s the question Paul Finebaum set out to answer during a recent appearance on The Dan Patrick Show. That’s the leverage Finebaum thinks Tony Petitti, a former MLB Network and CBS Sports executive, is chasing on his conference’s behalf. “He’s the Big Ten commissioner from Queens, has the Harvard Law degree, has been in baseball, has been in television. “Right now, ESPN controls the College Football Playoff at 12. “Even ESPN, at the risk of I don’t want to go down the road of a few weeks ago, ESPN outsources those games,” Finebaum continued.