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Message: [QUOTE="BlazeOrange, post: 28842, member: 683"] I wonder if some sort of alliance close to, but short of a complete breakaway could be negotiated? I know the idea is that the Power 64 would want to get out from under the NCAA rule umbrella, but that would create some new issues: [LIST] [*]Would the football teams want to schedule EVERY game against another superconference team? They would probably have to if they weren't part of the NCAA. That could lead to the teams beating each other up so much during the regular season that the top non-superconference teams would look better by comparison, resulting in tons of press about who the "real" top teams are, etc. [*]Hopefully, any breakaway would include a playoff system. But if not, the bowls would need to be reconfigured to accommodate who can play who. This wouldn't be a big deal, but could get interesting if there were two competing BCS's going on. [*]In hoops, many traditional powers would be left behind, so the issue of who's #1 could be legitimate if there is no mechanism to prove it on the courts. [*]March Madness would be the area most impacted by a breakaway. People love it (more or less) the way it is and cutting out the little guys (especially those that could contend) will not be popular. Plus they would either have to allow all teams (including bottom of the barrel losers) in or reduce the number of teams to 16 or 32, which would make it look like just another seasonal tournament (especially since a competing tournament would be going on for the hoops only and non-BCS schools). [/LIST] I think the solution would be to form the superconferences as a new Division, but keep it within the NCAA somehow. It could have its own special rules in some areas, but could still compete with all other colleges during the regular season and for bowls/championships. The bowl system& BCS wouldn't have to be changed (although it should) and in March you could put in 32 teams from the Power 64 against 32 from the remainder of Division 1. I wouldn't care if a special committee picked the teams or if each side had their own selection process and the committee only did the seedings and brackets. [/QUOTE]

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