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Message: [QUOTE="nelsonmuntz, post: 5170419, member: 833"] If you believe that fans of all the G5, mid-majors and Big East, Big 12 and ACC are easily transferable to becoming fans of a Big 10 or SEC school, than sure, the P2 can survive and thrive. That is very unlikely to happen. More likely, as teams are cut out of competing in football and basketball, the fans of those schools will simply lose interest. As the overall market shrinks, even some of the fans of the surviving programs will wander off because why would they care about a championship in a sport that was rapidly losing fans? At some point, the sport hits a doom loop from which it can not recover, as shrinking fan interest begets more shrinking fan interest. College sports are unique because such a large portion of the population is connected to the programs. Take that away, and it is just another minor league, but without the support of the major league programs. [/QUOTE]