Iowa State AD’s frustration with Big Ten, SEC boils over: ‘Let ’em break away’

[BleedGopher]

Per Scott:

Significant frustration over governance and other revenue-related issues between the Big 12 and the power-conference duo of the SEC and Big Ten has boiled over for one Big 12 athletic director, who told reporters, “Let ’em break away.”

“I would turn it around and say we should break away from them,” Iowa State athletic director Jamie Pollard told reporters along his annual Cyclone Caravan and filmed by Cyclone Fanatic. “Let them go, but they have to go in all their sports and see how fun it is to play baseball and softball and track when it’s just the 20 of you.

“That’s probably a little more draconian, but that’s how I feel about it. Let’s quit talking about it, quit threatening, go do it.”

Iowa State AD’s frustration with Big Ten, SEC boils over: ‘Let ’em break away’

Part of Pollard’s frustration stems from the Big Ten's and SEC’s unwillingness to adhere to College Sports Commission rulings.

www.nytimes.com

Go Gophers!!

 

[Ope3]

I feel it's inevitable.

Just a matter of who will win the war, Disney/ESPN vs FOX with help from CBS & NBC or if they can somehow figure out a detente.

 

[Off-GridTNgopher]

He's signing his own death warrant

 

[99Gopher]

He's an idiot if he believes that's true and it would solve any of his school's problems. Not to mention, he's in the same conference as Texas Tech, which is the poster child for the NIL era and an attempt to buy a CFP championship.

 

[Holy Man]

He's an idiot if he believes that's true and it would solve any of his school's problems. Not to mention, he's in the same conference as Texas Tech, which is the poster child for the NIL era and an attempt to buy a CFP championship.

I’m pretty sure his issue isn’t with pay for play. It’s with revenue distribution among the schools. I agree that it may be inevitable that the power 2 take all the money but it could be a reform in college sports that is long overdue if the others band together and attempt to return it to another aspect of the educational experience and not just a money grab. Pollard is right that vying for championships in a league of 20 isn’t going to be very attractive to most fans and probably a lot of athletes. This is coming from a guy who has run a pretty successful program without piles of cash. He knows what he’s doing in the industry.

 

[GophersInIowa]

It would be more like 40-50. Not sure how he figured 20. There's 34 already between the two conferences and I'm guessing some others would try to follow them.

 

[Holy Man]

It would be more like 40-50. Not sure how he figured 20. There's 34 already between the two conferences and I'm guessing some others would try to follow them.

And half of the group would be paid losers. Sadly, probably us included.

 

[Bad Gopher]

I feel him. I'm glad he spoke up.

It reminds me of the old saying about U.S. democracy: it's the worst system that's ever been invented...except for all of the other ones. The old NCAA system is turning out to look pretty good in retrospect. It held together for a very long time. Only money is proving able to destroy it. Of course, money destroys everything.

 

[Holy Man]

I feel him. I'm glad he spoke up.

It reminds me of the old saying about U.S. democracy: it's the worst system that's ever been invented...except for all of the other ones. The old NCAA system is turning out to look pretty good in retrospect. It held together for a very long time. Only money is proving able to destroy it. Of course, money destroys everything.

Love of money destroys everything. I’m willing take a stab at doing some really outstanding things with money. Perhaps donated by insanely wealthy 21 year old student athletes.

 

[GopherGrit]

It would be more like 40-50. Not sure how he figured 20. There's 34 already between the two conferences and I'm guessing some others would try to follow them.

As I said in the football board version of this thread:

the idea is that if the Big Ten and SEC left the NCAA and then organized together on any number of a range of things, they could be sued (say by the Big 12, ACC, etc.) for collusion.

If that holds water, then each conf would indeed have to go it alone for some amount of time after the breakup.


Not sure how much I buy that, but we'll see. I tend to believe what Ross Dellenger thinks and that is where I got this.

 

[nitramnaed]

Per Scott:

Significant frustration over governance and other revenue-related issues between the Big 12 and the power-conference duo of the SEC and Big Ten has boiled over for one Big 12 athletic director, who told reporters, “Let ’em break away.”

“I would turn it around and say we should break away from them,” Iowa State athletic director Jamie Pollard told reporters along his annual Cyclone Caravan and filmed by Cyclone Fanatic. “Let them go, but they have to go in all their sports and see how fun it is to play baseball and softball and track when it’s just the 20 of you.

“That’s probably a little more draconian, but that’s how I feel about it. Let’s quit talking about it, quit threatening, go do it.”

Iowa State AD’s frustration with Big Ten, SEC boils over: ‘Let ’em break away’

Part of Pollard’s frustration stems from the Big Ten's and SEC’s unwillingness to adhere to College Sports Commission rulings.

www.nytimes.com

Go Gophers!!

He's just pissy because they got kicked out of AAU for cow research.

 

[GopherGrit]

He's just pissy because they got kicked out of AAU for cow research.

I think Iowa State saw the writing on the wall with Nebraska and voluntarily left the association rather than be kicked out.

Medical (human, not veterinary!) research is the straw the stirs the drink.