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[QUOTE="Townie72, post: 290452, member: 780"]
It seems pretty obvious that what we are seeing develop before our eyes is a concentration of power.  The number of “haves” appears to be decreasing and the number of “have nots” is increasing. The “haves” are getting more money, more visibility and more power. And the “have nots” are being relegated to the back waters.
 
And the really bad news is that there is no way to stop it from happening.
 
It seems pretty obvious that there are two groups driving this … the larger TV networks and the power conferences. But why, you might ask.
 
It’s pretty simple to understand what’s driving them when you look at the numbers. If you are a TV network what would you rather have, a single game that draws 20 million fans (e.g. LSU vs AL, 11/2011) or 11 Big East games that draw about the same number of total viewers composed of many of the same people?
 
The profit maximizing position for the TV networks is to have college football resemble the NFL. Many fewer teams, bigger regular season games and a play-off tournament. And the Networks have most of the money.
 
The financial bonanza for the few “have” schools will be huge and they will be unable to resist.
 
The NCAA might try and stop it. All the “haves” need to do is withdraw from the NCAA.
 
That’s where we are headed, folks. Next step along the path is a National Championship mini-tournament.
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