from schools outside the Big Ten and the SEC are worried about being left behind, the reality is for those in the "P4" are most likely what will be rolled into the future of top league collegiate football. However we are looking at a bona fides minor league for the NFL. What the haves cannot avoid if they are insisting on constantly demanding the entitlements of position and are actually being given a portion of these if not all of these is the reality of playing in a pro ball league which is not being able to saddle their scheduling with 7 to 8 home games each year. Not being able to schedule those "rare" OOC away/neutral games with schools within convenient driving distance from their own campus in order to make it a home game.

The constant salting of the mine in order to keep up appearances will be what they have to sacrifice to "get" what they say they want. The irony is we will see more NFL-esque competition where even the best teams can lose a game or two to some of the worst teams. Many will find themselves fighting to make it to the playoffs with a schedule two games above five hundred due to parity. For some reason the zeitgeist that is the good old boys club constantly fail to realize that as they keep pushing for exclusivity, they create the shackles of being part of the "elite" college football league which includes many of those they believe are beneath them. Fine maybe year one and even year two, but by year five they will not be able to stop the parity, the dynasty building outside their little group of friends.

They can continue to beat their chest regarding their number one "draft/recruiting" classes, but that 3rd QB who was also a 5 star recruit will end up leaving for playing time and this can't be stopped. Oh they will try to lock them in by letting Feds regulate NIL of course in "their favor" and give them unlimited "scholarships" so they can shelve talent. However this will only create a temporary gap while recruits catch up with the change in the process and begin to be more careful with who they do business with. The end goal is still the NFL and the NFL isn't going to draft a kid who was stockpiled at Alabama as one of 8 5 star recruits, but never got off the bench because....of program greed. Kids are going to realize with their agents letting them know they can get a large bag now and risk missing out on the NFL or get a decent bag and compete for playing time to develop and prepare for the NFL.

Too much talent in this country means the few cannot contain it all and it will flow into the next level and then to the next level and even drip to the next level which means there will always be several schools who are not "blue bloods" barking at the heels each and every year. Just like the NFL it will eventually be like Kansas City as a dynasty team while the Dallas Cowboys have done squat for how long?

Let the NCAA football blue bloods continue to be greedy, it will be their undoing in the end.