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[QUOTE="AcAndAc, post: 5362342, member: 10310"]
The one exception is if the BT and SEC actually shrink to get to the next level. Why should Ohio State get the same share of the pie as Purdue... Texas and Mississippi State... and so on.  At some point, those schools might have fiduciary duty to start maximizing their own shares and, remember, Texas tried for unequal revenue sharing before.  So we could see the top 20 of the BT and SEC break off... and leave a much bigger group to form the third "major" conference, which itself might involve 50 or so teams in divisions.  These two entities could stay tied together... Tier 1 gets 10 playoff spots, Tier 2 gets 5, Tier 3 (Current G5) gets 1.  Or each Tier gets its own champion.

But, by enlarging the have nots, the unfairness is actually somewhat mitigated. Now BC and Wake Forest are in the same position as Mississippi State and Purdue, where they belong.  And maybe that makes sense anyway.  Some schools just have an inherent advantage and it is impossible to remedy it in a meaningful way.  No matter what the system, dynasties arise and it is often financial.  Even with a hard salary cap, major markets offer advantages (media deals, etc.).
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