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[QUOTE="HtownOrange, post: 4156565, member: 622"]
I doubt a split will be football only.  The money differences are too great for top level athletic programs to not want a bigger piece of the pie.  They will add whatever teams are necessary to ensure top dollar and full coverage nationwide.  Otherwise the SEC would already have split to form its own league. The SEC can't because college sports are driven primarily based on regional interest.

Regarding the hoops tourney, as long as the NCAA has control and half the revenue, the P5 have to play by NCAA rules.  If there are sufficient teams, the top conferences can completely break from the NCAA, set up their own tourneys, create their own academic standards and enforcement,, etc., and keep all the money.  Your suggestion of some hoops only schools is possible and would make Olympic sports easier to manage, too.  It would also keep a lot of regional flavor in hoops, baseball, hockey, lacrosse, etc. in play.

Football may drive the bus but there is far more money out there for live sports programming than ESPN lets on.

Anyway, it is fun to speculate.
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