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[QUOTE="UConnJim, post: 4336470, member: 1559"]
Ultimately, we are moving to streaming, so think about this.  What if the BTN bought the PAC12 Network and broadcast both Big 10 and Pac 12 games?  Lot's of synergies including scheduling games between the conferences.  And, for football, you could have 12 PM, 3:30 PM, 7 PM and 10:30 PM time slots each week.  Right now, it's more profitable to sell games to the linear networks like ESPN/FOX/CBS,..., and put secondary games on the conference networks, but will that be the case in 10 years?

I really don't think there will be a breakaway from a small number of schools as you don't enhance value by decreasing reach.  And, the top schools needs teams they can beat and have good records.  Look at the SEC.  Last season, all of the SEC schools had records of 6-7 or better except Vanderbilt!  That is why they only play 8 conference games.  If the top 40 schools broke away and only played each other, you would have almost half of the schools with losing records and that wouldn't make their fans happy at all.  Winning builds fan bases and losing erodes them.
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