There is a growing sense that the Southeastern Conference and Big Ten Conference are losing patience with the current structure of college sports governance.
Reports suggest the two super conferences are increasingly frustrated with the College Sports Commission and may be considering a future in which they break away and build their own governing structure—one where they control the overwhelming majority of the money, the rules, and the power.
If that happens, college athletics as we know it could change forever.
On tonight’s episode of Show Pony Live, I explain why I believe this would be a profound mistake.
My view is straightforward: just because you can do something does not mean you should.
The SEC and Big Ten undoubtedly have the resources and influence to create their own system. But college sports has always been bigger than any two conferences. Its appeal has come from a national ecosystem where schools of different sizes, budgets, and histories all had a place in the conversation.
Destroying that ecosystem in pursuit of greater financial control would be legal.
It would also be deeply unethical.
I also discuss comments from Jamie Pollard, who accused the SEC and Big Ten of hypocrisy and essentially challenged them to stop making threats and simply go form their own league if that is what they truly want.
And I examine the irony of Big Ten administrators warning about “unsustainable spending” while conducting their spring meetings at an ultra-luxury resort in Southern California.
At some point, fans have to ask a simple question:
Are college sports leaders acting in the best interests of student-athletes and the broader athletic community—or are they merely consolidating power for themselves?
That is the focus of tonight’s episode.
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