Paul Finebaum reacted to the SEC and Big Ten announcement to form a joint advisory group as the power brokers in college football came together in an agreement announced on Friday.

Finebaum shared his opinion during his regular Monday appearance on WJOX and “McElroy and Cubelic In the morning.”

“I think this is an inflection point in the history of college sports where the 2 leagues that have not most of the power, almost all of the power, have decided to join hands and start collectively making important decisions,” Finebaum said. “As opposed to sitting back and allowing the NCAA office, or somebody on the West Coast, who really has little voice. And I think it’s significant too, because it’s a major shift in where the relationship has been between the 2 leagues.”

Finebaum recalled how when former Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren was in charge in Chicago, he barely gave anyone else in college athletics the time of day. Conversely, SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey and new Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti came together primarily because they had a previous relationship.

“I think they looked at each other and said, ‘We have all the power in this sport, on the football field and almost every other sport and field, why don’t we try to figure some things out together because it’s too late to let everyone else make these decisions or try to make these decisions,'” Finebaum said. “I think ultimately nobody is making these decisions and that’s why they’ve come together.”

Finebaum added that it puts the other major conferences, like the ACC and Big 12 behind, and it further magnifies how “stupid” the decision was to form an “alliance” between the ACC, Big Ten and Pac-12.

“That was always interpreted as a move against the SEC because of what happened with Oklahoma and Texas, I’ll spare you why the CFP was delayed a year as a result,” he said. “But ultimately that has come back to haunt, especially the ACC, because the Pac-12 really is no more other than in name only, and that’s a league that really has to figure itself out.”