Wolken: The rest of college football should call the Big Ten & SEC's bluff

May 19, 2026

By Dan Wolken, Yahoo Sports: As the financial disparity between the haves and have-nots in college athletics grew precipitously over the last 20 years, the SEC and Big Ten threatening to break away from the NCAA has developed into a strain of Stockholm syndrome.

Though nearly every problem in college sports can be traced directly to the largesse of those two leagues and the lack of fiscal restraint that came along with mountains of television money, they largely succeeded in convincing the rest of the NCAA that smaller schools cannot live without their captors.

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If the Big Ten and SEC want to break away from the NCAA, it's time for the rest of college athletics to call their bluff

As has been the case in the past, the Big Ten and SEC are the problem. Why would another new structure work any better if they're the ones running it?

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