(06-06-2012 03:29 PM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  Don't shoot the messenger here:

Quote:Under the new proposed playoff, the automatic qualifier status (BCS vs. non-BCS) is eliminated, but Delany said last month that there still would be a system of identifying the major conferences—and the major payouts.

Delany said then that he didn’t expect the Big East to be part of the elite group, but that he didn’t know how many different levels of payouts would eventually come from negotiations.

Read more: http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-footbal...z1x2zJUMu4

I read that yesterday, too. My initial thoughts are that the Big 4 are wont to screw the BE out of its big-boy share in order to secure more $$ for themselves. There's been enough poor media perception of the BE to drive home that sentiment over the past few years, but I expect the BE to approach the impending negotiations firmly, but with a consensus-building attitude. They stand to lose the most, and it's not necessarily warranted. The endgame might be such that the BE gets a larger share, but not as large as a tie-in team unless they qualify for a BCS game.