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They don't have any reason to break away from the rest of the P5. There would have to be some sort of proposal where they would get more money, and I don't necessarily see it. It. Is there more money in watching a dozen colleges exclusively playing against each other? And would those 12 schools fan bases be okay knowing that every year couple of them are going to have 2-10 type seasons?

It's almost as though in seeking a true national champion, all we wound up doing was exposing all of the cracks in the system, and that the best teams, are substantially better. And if you give them a chance to erase a mistake from a random Saturday in mid October, and/or force the second tier teams to beat them a couple of times in a playoff environment, it's not going to happen.   You have eliminated every goal except for one, and then given teams multiple chances to prove which team is actually the best. Which I guess is fine if that is your goal, but it certainly detracts from the entertainment value

gotta have the little guys to pick on and take their lunch money

Competing is different from winning it all, at all costs.

Schools like mine are not going to win 2-3 games to win a CCG and MNC. It's just not possible.

Yeah, the road to the NC is improbable for even the very best team, which makes it basically impossible for the have-nots (including the G5).

gotta have the little guys to pick on and take their lunch money

Everyone should go back to the corners - and like it

They don't have any reason to break away from the rest of the P5. There would have to be some sort of proposal where they would get more money, and I don't necessarily see it. It. Is there more money in watching a dozen colleges exclusively playing against each other? And would those 12 schools fan bases be okay knowing that every year couple of them are going to have 2-10 type seasons?

It's almost as though in seeking a true national champion, all we wound up doing was exposing all of the cracks in the system, and that the best teams, are substantially better. And if you give them a chance to erase a mistake from a random Saturday in mid October, and/or force the second tier teams to beat them a couple of times in a playoff environment, it's not going to happen.  You have eliminated every goal except for one, and then given teams multiple chances to prove which team is actually the best. Which I guess is fine if that is your goal, but it certainly detracts from the entertainment value

This, exactly.  

We can all name plenty of great teams that didn't even play for the NC because of a "mistake from a random Saturday in mid October".  Ohio State in 1998 springs to mind.  That team was incredible but one Saturday in early November they had an off day and/or Michigan State had a REALLY good day so they didn't even get to play for the NC.  In today's world that team still would have easily won the B1G-E and gotten to the B1GCG where they'd have been a prohibitive favorite over the B1G-W Champion (Wisconsin) and with a win there they'd have headed to the CFP.  

As a fan of Ohio State it sucked to lose that game but the set-up made games like that exciting because you KNEW going in that a bad week against PSU, IL, MN, NU, IU, MSU, or Iowa could doom your NC dreams.  

Now, as an Ohio State fan I know that my team has at least a 50/50 shot with one loss and at least some chance with two losses so the intensity isn't there anymore.  If I miss a random mid-October game I'm not nearly as perturbed because I KNOW that even if the Buckeyes lose they'll still be in the race.  

The CFP also has SUBSTANTIALLY reduced the chances for teams like Cincy and even for teams like Wisconsin and Michigan.  In the old days Bama's loss to aTm would have basically eliminated them and UGA's loss to Bama would have basically eliminated them.  An undefeated team from the Big Ten would have played Utah for the NC.  Cincy might have even snuck in with a bowl win.  

Now that undefeated Cincy/Wisconsin/Michigan at the end of the regular season still needs to win back-to-back-to-back games against increasingly tough opponents.  The chances are near zero.  

Teams with a lot of fans will be able to support large NILs, teams without won't.

I am curious as to how the money now changes these things. I tend to think the NIL money will make things more even - TAMU used it to break the stranglehold on recruiting this year, and there is no reason other schools can't follow suit. Wisconsin, Nebraska, etc. have been mostly hurt by not being near the best talent. Now they have another bullet to change that equation.

To be clear, TAMU didn't use NIL for that-- they used bags of cash paid directly under the table to the players and/or "representatives" of the players.  They just did it on a scale we've never seen before.  Even Hugh Freeze and Ole Miss boosters are blushing at what the ags just pulled off.

But your greater point stands-- NIL money is going to dwarf dirty money once people understand how it can be used within the system, and schools with lots of boosters and/or companies that are favorable to them (Nike with Oregon, Under Armor with Mryland, etc.) will be able to capitalize on it.