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Message: [QUOTE="WoadBlue, post: 5465857, member: 1145"] Why do you not see either BT or SEC pushing beyond 20. For a very long time the Overton's Window on this was 12 would be the max. Then it widened to 16. Then 18, Now you say the max must be 20. WHY? The SEC and BT are in a shootout to prove who can secure top dollar pay outs forever and then go win almost all the championships in the 2 revenue sports. They only thing that will stop them from adding until they are gorged is lack of fiscal backing from networks to do so. The BT arranged to make that easy with its Fox deals with both NBC and CBS. Fox could use that to be able to show a coast to coast league of even 30 members and make big bucks. And if the BT goes to 30 or even just 24, it will secure ND and at least 5 ACC schools. The SEC then would expand to at least 24, adding at least 7 ACC teams and perhaps KU. Air that point those tow leagues will be between them so large that they will feel the next logical, maybe even necessary move is for them to set up as the 2 leagues in the new Top Tier of CFB. You assume the the BT and SEC are always going to be willing to allow even 1 league that has not bettered itself from where it is now to be granted an AQ in the football playoff they will own totally. I think both BT and SE. are far too greedy for that. When they can get away with closing the playoffs they control to just their two leagues, they will do so. They will take 16 of 16 slots in the playoffs. Insatiable greed is insatiable greed. And then you will see them use ACC history to argue why they should also have their own closed 2 league basketball tournament. The ACC long sponsored the Dixie Classic, all 8 ACC teams and 8 non-ACC, and then also the all 8 ACC tournament championship. Both tournaments were huge in ticket sales and TV audience. [/QUOTE]

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