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[QUOTE="All4SU, post: 4671854, member: 381"]
When trying to analyze a fluid situation like this, where various actors are frequently less than forthcoming about their genuine intentions, it’s always good to identify the things we know as well as the things we may not know.

Things we know:
1) The game is more entertaining for fans if conferences are constructed around traditional rivals.
2) Conferences operate most smoothly when there are 9 teams in a conference, allowing for full play in football, and home/home in basketball.
3) Parity builds fan interest.
4) TV craves big match-up games.
5) Team fortunes rise and fall over years. What is true today is not likely to be true in 5 years.
6) Football not only drives the bus, football IS the bus. Basketball rides.

Things we may not know:
1) How big do the SEC and B1G really want to be?
2) What will fans do if those two conferences dominate the landscape and leave 2/3 of the country out of the picture?
3) Given the state of the portal and NIL, will players unionize? Will academics still even be part of the equation? Can other schools sue for monopolistic practices and restraint of fair competition?
4) Will networks simply abandon major markets in favor of two dominant conferences?
5) How much money is enough?
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