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[QUOTE="Tornado91, post: 23895, member: 355"]
I'm not a lawyer, but from what I've read, the trend will probably continue away from NCAA control.  That may not be such a terrible thing.

It seems almost all of the NCAA's revenue (something like 95% or $1 billion annually) comes from march madness- still run by the NCAA. The schools have a love-hate relationship with the organization.  It distributes a portion of the revenue to all of its schools, but then dictates terms with rules schools and athletes find unacceptable.

If the schools ever end up creating their own football playoff (using 4x16 conferences or otherwise), not only would it be an incredible source of revenue (Jim Delaney estimated something like $700 million more than the current system), it could convince them to run their own hoops tourney, disempowering the NCAA by taking its money.

Interesting stuff, IMO.  I was never a fan of the NCAA, but it was more about arbitrary enforcement, etc.  Turns out that's only a small portion of it.  The Atlantic article- the source of most of my info- really pulls the curtain back.  I think the schools probably want a FB playoff, but not one run by the NCAA.  Until they can run it themselves - possibly facilitated by 4x16 conferences- it probably won't happen.
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