The SEC, the B1G, together again. Dogs and cats living together. It’s the rapture (of money, probably).
I will agree, if you want something to go slow, get politicians involved. So, yes, they have a point to that…but to suggest that anyone in college football has pivoted quickly to regulate anything is a laughable farce.
And don’t get me started on the “equity” that is being quietly communicated here, too. One of these two groups has reaped the benefits of the NIL era more than the other, so for the two to come together and pretend they’re on the same page is lunatic fringe material, too.
And finally, “lasting stability for college athletics”…is doing some heavy lifting.
Totally greed driven. The power boys don’t want to share. Plain and simple.
Why should the SEC and Big 10 share anything with the Big 12 in particular? They are nothing but a bunch of mid-majors at this point who used to have a set of blue bloods who realized they were getting left behind in the money race and left for greener (in cash) pastures.
I wouldn’t water down my media rights by pooling them with them either. Same thing to a degree with the Almost Competitive Conference.
Good luck on that.
The chances of anything passing through congress and getting signed were already close to zero. The BIg 10 and SEC bitching about the compromise bill just lowers the already negligible odds, and I don’t think they have a plan B. Personally I’m fine with it. But Josh brooks etal better start adjusting to the fact that a championship football team will run 100m a year by 2030.
Notably the NCAA is not a co-signatory. Lawmakers have no time to settle CFB disputes and will simply pass something to say they did it and move on to fundraising. Let the lawyers start lining up now.