Matt Campbell's former AD is taking Big shots at the Big Ten and SEC over unchecked spending

The threat of the Big Ten and SEC breaking away from the NCAA continues looming as the two conferences' frustrations boil towards NIL revenue-sharing rules and governance disputes.

At the Big 12 Conference Spring Meetings, Iowa State athletic director Jamie Pollard was vocal about the matter, expressing his distaste for the lack of rule adherence by the Big Ten and SEC.

"The four commissioners spent a lot of money creating the [College Sports Commission]. 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?" Pollard told media members on Monday. "If you didn't want rules, then why did you create this entity? That's what's frustrating to me, the same people that say they want rules only want rules if they don't apply to them."

While the NCAA, CSC, and conferences attempt to come to solutions regarding financial gaps, adjusting the House v. NCAA settlement, and reforming the CSC, navigating the potential Big Ten-SEC breakaway is also in conversation.

For Pollard, in the heat of these disputes, threw his hands up and supported the separation.

Iowa State AD Jamie Pollard says "let them go" and "go do it" to solve Big Ten and SEC breakaway threats

"I said it three years ago, let em break away. I would turn it around and say we should break away from them. Let them go," he said.

Pollard wasn't only talk about football either, and he doesn't want the matter carrying on any longer than it should. He made it clear that all Big Ten and SEC sports in all seasons are also stuck playing each other and will be separate from the NCAA if this were to occur.

"See how fun it is to play baseball and softball and track when it's just the 20 of you. That's what I think we should do, but I'm one person, and you know that's probably a little more draconian, but that's how I feel about it," Pollard said. "Let's quit talking about it, quit threatening, go do it. But if you're going to do it, you don't get to just do it in football and then keep all your other sports with us. No, take them all, see how fun it is."

A 34-team league, including the 18 Big Ten schools and 16 SEC schools, seems more than enough for a football season, but a handful of sports suffer from such a reduced number of opponents to face in long seasons. Stripping away the rest of the NCAA, which is just over 330 teams in all of NCAA Division I athletics, will eventually hurt the power conferences long-term, looking beyond football exclusively.

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