HuskyHawk
The triumphant return of the Blues Brothers.
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What about 4 conferences going to 16 or 20 - ACC (16), B1G (20), SEC (20), PAC (16)? That's 72 slots. Right now, the P5 have 65 programs.
That could work. But 4 x 16 doesn't work. Too many on the sidelines and live content too valuable.
I hope we all remember that right before the Big East imploded, everyone thought the Big XII was about to dissolve. I think a few things are becoming more clear and putting the lie to the old value metrics. (1) it's obvious that the conference makes the school as much as the other way around. Rutgers in the B1G is worth more. Louisville in the ACC is worth more. TCU in the Big XII is worth more. UConn, elsewhere is worth more. The same is true of Nevada, Colorado State, etc. Valuing any G5 school as it exists in a G5 conference is faulty. (2) Football drove the bus. Football isn't driving the bus now. Cable networks, media markets and full year, 24 x 7 content are driving the bus. The conferences and media partners are realizing that they undervalued basketball, hockey, baseball etc. UConn absolutely clobbers every other G5 school on this measure. It clobbers many P5 schools on this basis.