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[QUOTE="dwalks93, post: 1538495, member: 5598"]
The original Big12/ACC proposal allowed for complete conference deregulation.  Essentially each conference could decide how the teams for the CCG were selected.   It also allowed the Big12 to play a CCG with 10 teams.

Logic suggests most years the top 2 teams would play but that would not be guarenteed. If this were to pass it would give conferences (particularly the Big12 who is completely unstructured) the ability to select their team based on the best situation at that moment.  For example, if the Big12 had an undefeated Oklahoma ranked #1 and their next highest ranked team was a 2 loss #10 TCU team it might make sense to select another team which Oklahoma could more likely beat (thus insuring a  Big12 team gets into the playoffs) and would also allow for additional revenue if it was a big draw like Texas.  In this example, to use a blackjack term, the Big12 is essentially staying on 17 to get a team in the playoff.

Bottom line is deregulation would strongly benefit conferences without any structure (Big12) or conference looking to change their structure (ACC wants to move to 3 divisions).  If this passes, the PAC10, Big10 and SEC would have to consider changing their structure.
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