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[QUOTE="CTFAN4LIFE, post: 4651968, member: 3328"]
Agreed that not all schools and conferences have the same value; there are stratifications.  That said, realignment is not just confined to the B1G and SEC.  For instance, Louisville could bring value to the Big12 and vice versa.  Several ACC schools could work well for other conferences and vice versa (it has to work for both parties or its not going to happen).  Conferences look to get into new markets and add institutions for various reasons, too.

And, it's not 100% a TV revenue play - schools look for stability, better athletic and academic recruiting grounds and perhaps least thought of are alumni relations/donations (the biggest fundraising days all year for most P5 schools are on football Saturdays whether at home or away games) and academic/research tie-ins as the R1/AAU schools collaborate hugely on government research contracts.  My long way of saying, realignment is not only based on the TV revenue/game theory aspects.
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