to the G5s as the P5 could be viewed as a restraint in free trade. The G5s could argue that the Committee Poll is biased against the G5s because the G5 conferences are perceived to be "weaker" than the P5 conferences. As a result, it is unlikely the Committee will ever vote multiple undefeated G5 conference champions in the Top 5 of the final Committee Poll because their regular season schedule is viewed as being soft. Given the past voting patterns, the Committee has pretty much said (without directly saying it) that if a G5 wants to have any legitimate shot at making the Playoffs, then it needs to become an Independent and play at least 8 or 9 (preferably 12) games against P5 opponents.

For the record, I am not saying that the G5s would win their lawsuit or that any case they brought to court would have any merit. I do think that once the Playoff Inc. starts to award automatic bids to the P5 conferences and only offer 1 automatic bid to the G5 conferences, then things could start to get very political and ugly pretty quickly. It is possible the P5s could possibly buy the G5s' compliance, but the P5s may have to pony up a lot more money that what is in the current distribution.