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ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit doesn't think the SEC would be alone in breaking away from the NCAA, if something like that were to happen.
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey admitted at the conference's media days this week that those conversations have been had. Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart has admitted that he would like to see it happen, too.
“People have talked about that,” Sankey said Monday. “They’ve opined about the frustrations that bring them to the point of saying we should look at something significantly different.”
Big conferences like the SEC and Big Ten have grown frustrated with some aspects of the NCAA, as the landscape surrounding college sports continues to change.
But, if a true breakaway from the NCAA were to happen, Herbstreit believes that the SEC wouldn't be alone.
Herbstreit thinks Big Ten would likely join SEC
Herbstreit thinks that the Big Ten, and perhaps even Big 12 and ACC, would leave the NCAA, too.
“Yeah, I think that’s just talking season type stuff. If the SEC breaks away, my guess would be Tony Petitti and the Big Ten would also break away, and maybe the ACC and Big 12,” Herbstreit said during a Wednesday appearance on ESPN’s The Pat McAfee Show. “It doesn’t sound like the ‘super league’ (talk) or breaking away is the No. 1 priority, or the goal. I wouldn’t be surprised if they didn’t get (federal) help or some traction on trying to get Congress or the Senate to make some decisions to help them from a federal standpoint.
“If that ends up failing, then I think you start to talk about, ‘OK, what’s the answer going to be?’ But if the SEC breaks away, I don’t think they break away on their own and live in their own world. I think that’s just fodder, people talking right now.”
It's a fascinating time in the college sports world, that's clear.
