they do that, then others don't have power to do anything.

I also don't see how antitrust is violated if they do that. You have to treat it like any industry, if they decide that they don't want to associate with their current industry, how is that stopping the others from being able to compete. I hear the threat, but I don't think it is real. This is not one organization owning the market. It will be somewhere between 69 (with B12 expansion) or more. I think the antitrust is a red herring.

That said, I think the Power 5 want to stay in the NCAA for other sports, but they do want automatic's in the playoff. Not 3-5 SEC teams in it so they keep taking teams, no ND sitting home watching the Conference Championships and not getting penalized for it or the team that doesn't make the SEC Championship also sitting home and being rewarded for it. I wish they would go with the highest ranked conference champions with an objective system that has strength of schedule as the heaviest component. However, that may not be enough to get the Power 5 on board.



[Post edited by Stech at 12/21/2021 12:20PM]