(12-02-2017 04:02 PM)AllTideUp Wrote:  

(12-02-2017 02:40 PM)XLance Wrote:  

(12-02-2017 12:57 PM)JRsec Wrote:  There aren't going to be any swaps. A school may choose to leave a power conference for another, but there won't be any swaps.

Games that generate high national or regional interest and the schools that comprise them will be the new targets for payday expansion.

Conference size will only be limited by profitability and cohesion, and possibly scheduling.

TV will insist on regional balance by conference.
Before all of the television money came into the market, the largest successful conference was 10. We will end up with 4 leagues with either 14, 15 or 16 members.

Depends on what era you're referring to.

The Southern Conference was huge and lasted for quite a while before the SEC schools broke off. The SEC itself was at 13 for a long time before Sewanee de-emphasized athletics and Tulane/Georgia Tech broke off.

Stability doesn't last long in college athletics. Change is the only constant.

Agreed JR. I used to somewhat follow Delaware in football when I lived up there and the Colonial Athletic Association they played in changed all the time. Biggest surprise to me was watching Hofstra just shutdown their football program almost completely out of the blue. The P5 is quite stable compared to those types of schools and leagues.