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Message: [QUOTE="FfldCntyFan, post: 5072845, member: 71"] My belief (only a guess) is that the P-2 will not fully break away but will end up in a position where they can basically call all of the shots. Where it pertains to what many here are solely concerned about: the NCAA men's basketball tournament: [LIST] [*]Both P-2 conferences will be guaranteed a minimum of 12 bids each per tournament with no cap on total bids. [*]B-12 & ACC will each receive 4-5 bids per year. [*]The better of the remaining conferences (BE,MW) will receive two bids most years, three on a stray year. [*]The better of the mid-majors will on occasion receive two bids, most years only one. [*]The lesser of the mid-majors will receive one bid, perhaps once every six-eight years one may receive a second. [*]The better of the low-majors will receive one bid, no exceptions. [*]The lesser of the low-majors will be relegated to play-in games, now called first four, but there will me many more than four and P conference schools won't be subject to these. [/LIST] They won't ccompletely destroy the tournament as it is too great of a money maker and far too significant a portion of the general public is very invested in it but they will stack the deck considerably in their favor while presenting the guise that everyone has a chance. The day will come (and within a decade) where the third best BE team, performing somewhat similar or slightly better than Seton Hall did last year will be left out with the narrative being "[I]they didn't play as strong a schedule as the 12th best SEC school"[/I]. [/QUOTE]

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