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[QUOTE="nelsonmuntz, post: 4711542, member: 833"]
What everyone but apparently message board posters can figure out is that if 70% of D1 athletic programs went away, the remaining 30% would be worth 10% of their current value.  College sports is unique among sports entertainment worldwide in that everyone is either directly connected to a school, and knows people that are directly connected to schools.  That direct connection to some schools creates interest to other schools and the two major sports as a whole.  If the P2 pull that away, they won't simply absorb the fans from the schools that were kicked out.  Those fans will go away.

And as I have said before, if the number of teams gets concentrated enough, the NFL and NBA will just step in, squash college sports, and create a minor league in its place.  The only reason those two leagues allow a multi-billion dollar enterprise of college athletics to exist is because it is too hard to create the network of fan interest and rivalries that exists between 125 D1 football programs and 350 D1 basketball programs.
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