(01-08-2016 09:28 PM)HerdZoned Wrote:  

(12-22-2015 11:15 AM)Buccaneerlover Wrote:  I think we'll see a split coupled with an open move up similar to what happened with the I/I-AA split in the 80's.

I don't think you ever see a split like this again. 1) The Non Power schools aren't just going to volunteer to step down and not play and the Power schools will not try and separate themselves for fear of anti-trust lawsuits (Which is what should have happened in the late 70s, but didn't).

Besides 8-12 schools in the Power schools, no one else could go out on their own and play with just themselves. Ive said it from day 1 when the Power schools said they wanted a playoff that it was set up for the same 8-12 schools to get into. With a wild card every year or so. This years wild card is Clemson, last year was Oregon.

Not following you there with Clemson and Oregon as "wild cards". Essentially, the Power Five conferences have already separated with the additional scholarship stipends, and that spending will continue to grow. Now that they have autonomy with this additional student aid, they will likely assert their independence in other matters going forward, and the other five FBS conferences will struggle even more to keep up their facade. Bottom line, none of the division I non-power five schools want to see the DI basketball tourney/March Madness messed with. In order to preserve that, some future football "compromises" might have to be reached.