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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 5043034, member: 405"]
OK, so here's the best brands likely to be left behind:
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[*]Syracuse
[*]Duke
[*]Boston College
[*]UConn
[*]Temple
[*]Wake Forest
[*]Vanderbilt
[*]Georgia Tech
[*]Army
[*]Navy 
[/LIST]
That's 10 teams.  Viable for football.  OK, but a big drop in revenue.
Pretty good for hoops, certainly on par, in terms of brands, with the Big East.

Are there teams that might be kicked out of the Super Conferences, if they expand to 20 or 24?  There might be closer to 30 mouths to feed, if some of these conferences want to further consolidate to avoid paying out so many teams "who don't contribute".

So, do any teams get throw out of the lifeboat?  Probably not, but things are blowing up, and labor concerns may drive a lot of this consolidation for contract negotiation purposes in the future.

Who gets thrown out?  Under-performers?  
Rutgers, Maryland, Nebraska, Iowa State, Kansas State, Kansas (?)

Does this "Survivors League" do better or worse with more than 10, or 16 teams?  Will it even feel like a conference at all, if it's more than that?

People say a league should want Central Florida and South Florida to get you into fertile recruiting grounds, but do they really deliver audience in Tampa or Orlando?

Do you have to have mediocre programs from Texas to get into those states for recruiting?  I guess so.  That's where the players are, and they want to play in front of their parents at least occasionally if they go away to school.

Do you see any way this turns out with us landing on our feet?  Glad they build up the facilities while they had the money.  That will pay dividends to keep them in the hunt for the next 20-30 years.
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