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Message: [QUOTE="UConnJim, post: 4467914, member: 1559"] I think we all agree that college sports are a business and the last 25 years have shown that it is a cutthroat business. Leaving a conference? Sure, no problem. Leaving schools behind? Sure, no problem. Offering money to a kid at a competing school? Sure, no problem. All of this means that there is loyalty to dollars and not to other schools (with some exceptions). For example, does Ohio St. care about Rutgers and does Rutgers benefit Ohio St. financially or athletically? No. Does Ohio St. care about Michigan? Yes as having a heated rival is good both financially and athletically. In my mind this means all conferences are not that stable and I wouldn't be surprised if we see schools get kicked out of conferences in the future or conferences get reformed with lower value schools not getting a seat. Think this isn't plausible? Look at what happened in 1994 when the Big 8 and 4 of the schools from the SWC formed the Big 12 and left TCU, Houston, SMU, and Rice from the SWC behind. Do you think Texas cared that 4 schools were left behind? No. Plus, NIL and the transfer portal are a problem for some schools. Do you think schools like Stanford and Northwestern can take a portal kid from a low level academic school? No. The portal is problematic for a number of FBS elite academic schools. Unless you are recruiting 4*s and 5*s, you will not be able to compete in college football with high school talent alone. And, NIL is problematic as well for academic schools and schools with smaller fan bases and support. Buckle up. [/QUOTE]

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