(08-13-2013 11:14 AM)JunkYardCard Wrote:  So how do the P5 schedule games in the event of a messy divorce? They would have to fundamentally change to an "NFL model" if they couldn't load up the ooc schedule with MAC, C*USA, AAC, Sun Belt, and MWC schools, not to mention an occasional FCS school.

Perhaps more importantly, the home/away schedules would have to be even. ND, Ohio State, etc. couldn't have eight home games and four road games every year.

Do they really want to do that?

You just hit on a hot topic. This is the value that a proposed conference would have if it goes up to Division 1 with the big boys.

That is a value commodity for it to control. That commodity is the SoS value of their potential OOC games against the Majors. They will be the regional match ups of choice for many of the Majors who will want such games but wont want a major SoS hit from their ooc schedules.

That is why these schools in question will be very selective in who they let into their brand new country club. That is why they would be tossing around the idea of starting a new conference despite the cost of losing any NCAA credits that their old conferences have. The value of that new entity absolutely would outweigh the opportunity cost of creating it. At least that is the theory behind why they would create an entirely new conference entity.