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While the Power Five conferences will go forward as the Power Four amid the collapse of the Pac-12, there is a general feeling that the Big Ten and SEC have, at least in theory, separated themselves from everyone else by virtue of their new media rights deals.

LOL!

This line made me chuckle. I mean, that's what's important, right? It certainly explains the FSU situation (for those who still maintain that it had something to do with "strength of schedule", lol)

It's not about winning or losing on the football field. The best coaches always say, "Boys. Get out there and make sure you separate yourselves from the rest of the pack and earn us a media rights deal!"

So sad. Another great institution destroyed by money and corporate power.

The ironic thing is that FSU almost joined the SEC back in 1992, at least according to Bobby Bowden. Instead, they opted for the ACC, and ended up winning three national titles in the interim.

But honestly, due to the litigation building up against colleges over the decades in light of football's increasing popularity (insofar as athlete compensation went, because who seriously thinks a diploma is sufficient compensation in this day and age?), there were two routes this could have gone (less the NCAA and universities get sued into oblivion):

- The NCAA decertifies every single university team with a media deal and only recognizes those who treat football as a club sport (i.e. funded by participants only), or

- The NCAA jumps on board and essentially treats Division I football as the NFL Minor League it already was in all but name.