Iowa State AD Jamie Pollard recently took to the media to air his frustrations with schools like Texas and Oklahoma for leaving the Big 12 conference after the commissioners purposely created the CSC (College Sports Commission) to keep the programs in their currently set conferences at the time.
Though it's a little understandable that some of the schools and commissioners basically went against their own "rules", it's easy to see how this type of thing would be nothing but an annoyance for programs like Texas going forward.
Here comes the whining
Pollard was pretty triggered when discussing what's going on with the Big Ten and SEC conferences:
"The four commissioners spent a lot of money creating the CSC. Then to have two of the conferences not want to adhere to it is perplexing to me, because then, why did we spend the money? If you didn't want rules, then why did you create this entity?"
Jamie Pollard expresses his frustration with the Big Ten and SEC for not adhering to the rules of the College Sports Commission. He adds he would be okay with the two conferences splitting from the NCAA.
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As I mentioned earlier, the frustration is understandable from a revenue-sharing standpoint with a premier program like Texas leaving the conference, but schools are never going to want to just sit still and become stagnant when better opportunities arise.
The Longhorns saw a better opportunity to improve their image and overall brand with a move to the top conference in all of college football, and they made the switch. The change brings more exposure to Austin overall, more money to the University, and the ability to compete at the highest level of athletics. What athletic director wouldn't want to make that move for their school?
Jame Pollard is known as one of the best athletic directors in the country, but he also has a reputation for being somewhat of a crybaby when it comes to different issues. The Big 12's potential "problem" with money and its overall outlook in the NIL era of college football is one of the main reasons why the Longhorns jumped ship early, and it's been looking like an excellent decision so far.
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