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[QUOTE="suloyalfan, post: 1108943, member: 397"]
My opinion is that if this "power conference" thing happens, the talent level on all of the "haves" will be increased because the best recruits will all want to play for one of those teams.  So, the talent pool currently spread across 130 teams (albeit, not evenly by any stretch) will now focus more on the ~60 teams in the power conferences.  Since Syracuse will be in the middle or back end of that group, they will benefit more from that phenomenon than the "factory" schools that already get those players.

This is the same argument/point that I have when talking to people about expansion in the pro sports... MLB, NFL, NHL, NBA all have too many teams in my opinion.  They've spread the talent too thin, so the product gets watered down.  With less teams, the cream rises to the top and the talent level on the remaining teams increases significantly.

I know that the NFL is far too popular to ever eliminate teams at this point, but for argument sake, if you took away 4 teams, that would be roughly 212 players (100 starters) to divvy up between the remaining 28 teams.  So, each team could in theory have 4 more starting caliber players to add onto their roster while purging 4 players from the roster who are far down the depth chart.  Show me a GM or Head Coach that wouldn't take that in a heartbeat.
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