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[QUOTE="Phillymoose, post: 4747575, member: 254"]
It goes even further, and in many ways shines a light on the underlying 'problem'.

All the major sports in the US have some form of salary cap (or spending control).  Teams can go over the cap and be penalized (and do sometimes), but there is a financial disincentive to do it.  These sports have league offices that operate in everyone's top-down interests.  The goals (among others) are integrity (of the rules), marketability of the product, and parity.  Dynasties are fun, but that new hockey team in Tampa is not going to last long if Chicago or Pittsburgh wins every year.  Parity is good for a sport.

Soccer in England is weird.  There is no salary cap, and the same rich teams are often in the top 5, but there is very much a league office seeing to things top-down.  The difference is, these teams and cities are so old and embedded in the culture that even when teams drop to Champions level, they still get a lot of local support, and the 'dream' alone of getting into the Premier League is enough to sustain them.  I don't think US fans would support a pro franchise that was 'dropped down' like this.  It offends our sensibilities.

Which brings us to what's happening in CFB.  There is no central office looking after the integrity of the sport as a whole.  Lack of parity is the goal of the wealthier teams and conferences, and there is no one there to stop the mad dash into the destruction of the overall sport.  Take it to its natural conclusion (and I don't see anyone or anything getting in the way), and vast populations of the country will not have teams with realistic access to games that 'matter'.  The funny thing is - everyone sees it.  Everyone admits it (even the perpetrators), but they also can't stop.  It's like a virus that needs to run its course.
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