(04-11-2021 04:27 PM)johnbragg Wrote:  

(04-11-2021 03:53 PM)panite Wrote:  Next question though is - will the waiver become a permanent thing so the AAC expansion threads can stop for awhile.

Seriously: IMO, the waiver is here to stay. Nobody is mad about it, so nobody's going to do the work of getting it taken away.

Less seriously: Of course not--what if the waiver gets taken away? Then the AAC would have to add..................

Thats what I think. Nobody cares. With Covid and trying to fill budget holes created by the Covid mess--the AAC waiver is pretty low on everyone's "give a crap" meter. My personal belief is the Big 10, ACC, and Big-12 would all be for a rule change making the waiver unnecessary. It could potentially be useful for the SEC as well. I doubt the Pac12 really cares. The AAC would be for it---and I wouldnt be surprised if another G5 or two liked the idea.

In the long run, I suspect some sort rule that allows conferences with more than 10 members to hold a divisionless CCG---simply pitting the two teams with the best records---without requiring that every team plays a full round robin within the conference---will end up passing. I think several conferences would be interested in having that option---even if they eventually decide not to use it. It will probably require a continuous round robin that has the rotation pick up where it left off the prior season. There might be some flexibility built-in so that rivalry games can get played every year.