best. You split away and you lose money and your ability to prove every year that you are the best.

We'll say for a moment that 75% of all fan interest comes from the P2 (I think it is likely a lot less than that, but we'll start there). Why in the world would you cut your customer base by 25%? What do you gain from it?

Right now you get to play terrible non conference schedules and your best 3-4 teams will make the playoffs every year. You have the best of both worlds.