Texas A&M to the SEC: How About Some NCAA Intervention?
The entire college football landscape appears to be shifting before our eyes and the domino effect it could cause will possibly take the sport in a completely new direction.
It all starts in the Big 12, where Texas A&M has angered many of the conference's members, especially perennial conference doormat Baylor, by trying to jump ship and head for the SEC.
On Wednesday, the SEC welcomed the Aggies with open arms. Baylor, however, held up the move by threatening legal action if they left.
At this point, the Big 12 is on life support and all that can save the conference would be the two power programs, Oklahoma and Texas, deciding to stay.
If Oklahoma heads to the Pac-12 and takes Oklahoma State with them, it will be the end of the Big 12 and, most likely, the beginning of a new era of super-conferences in college football.
It’s a messy and complicated conundrum that is plaguing the Big 12 right now and could have a lot of ripple effects if not handled properly.
Conference commissioners and school presidents are all jockeying for power and posturing in the name of securing long term revenue for their own private interests. This is something that certainly cannot be good for the sport.
It makes you wonder if NCAA officials should step in and intervene.
The ramifications of this new wave of realignment will be far-reaching, and with so much at stake, the NCAA can’t let chaos ensue.
College Football is now a multi-billion dollar industry and every school and program wants as big a piece of the pie as they can get. When there’s that kind of money at stake, there’s bound to be cutthroat tactics involved.
This mess looks like it’s only going to get worse before it gets better, and if the Big 12 ends up disbanding, it won’t be pretty.
After a rough, scandal-filled offseason, the last thing college football needs is more negative press. The much talked about super-conference structure is something that sounds intriguing, but it is awful risky.
Many schools are seemingly shoving old traditions and storied rivalries to the side, all in the name of chasing the almighty dollar.
College Football was once about prestige and pageantry and now all it seems to be about is the ultimate payoff.
It’s sad that it’s come to this, but right now, we can only hope that it doesn’t get much worse. The way things are beginning to look, though, that doesn’t seem to be a very promising desire.
