Large-scale conference realignment has been terrible for intercollegiate athletics as a whole.
The realignment itself isn’t anything new. Penn State’s addition to the Big Ten was incredibly controversial decades ago and Nebraska departing the Big 12 felt weird at the time, but it didn't drastically shake up the national landscape.
What is new is the fact that the latest round left one of the oldest, most storied conferences in the country behind for dead. Before you get mad, yes I am entirely aware of the old Big East and how the Big 12 has faced existential dread throughout its existence.