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Message: [QUOTE="billybud, post: 2095553, member: 3850"] The problem with having a huge population (125 programs in football and a zillion in basketball) all purporting to be in contention for the same prize, is that it will always be a fiction. The strength of the teams will be aligned on a bell curve...and only teams placed on the forward quarter of that curve really have a shot. To be "fair", you might need a process of "norming"... To create "fairness" between races when competing for jobs by taking a standardized test, test scores are "adjusted" according to race by using separate curves for each race. You are only competing for a score with others that are in your group. In a way, the NCAA does this to an extent. Automatic qualifiers may not be as good as some bubble team left out. [/QUOTE]