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Message: [QUOTE="shizzle787, post: 4797898, member: 6581"] Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. In the late 70s and early 80s there were about 60 or so schools in the CFA that tried to create Division 1-A. Some others were thrown in to fill in the numbers, but several leagues that didn't want to drop down but were pressured to do so ultimately fought stayed up (MAC and Big West). It's not as easy to shed schools as you think. The NCAA literally just had a transformation committee whose main (unstated) goal of Greg Sankey was to shrink Division 1. It FAILED. 1 team left Division 1 (St. Thomas of Brooklyn). Also, if you really think there will be no major college sports programs in New York state or New England (basically what you are suggesting because Syracuse and BC won't make the cut), you are insane. That is 10% of the US population that is just going to be shut out of major college athletics. LOL. No better way to kill your earning potential as an organization than by shutting out the wealthiest region in the country. #1 These things don't move as fast as you think. #2 Compromises are made. If anyone thinks there is going to be a clean break of 50 schools, again LOL. Yes, 40 or so schools (in the Big Ten and SEC) will be making significantly more, but they can't leave the NCAA due to the liability shield. Who the final schools are left is anyone's guess, but I would bet my life it won't only be 50 schools. [/QUOTE]