(05-31-2020 05:17 PM)shizzle787 Wrote: Everybody knows that there is going to be consolidation in the Power 5 and it is probably going to be a merger of the two most vulnerable conferences- the Pac 12 and Big 12.
Note that from commentators to this thread, it would appear that not everyone knows this, and indeed a majority likely do not believe this.
One thing that is crystal clear is that a "merger" that involves kicking schools from both conferences to the curb would not actually
be a merger, it would be the formation of a new conference.
This would be, after all, a conference which would not have to worry about its champion getting an autobid, since in almost any scenario it would get a bid in any event.
Then the left behinds still in the PAC-12 and Big-12 would dismantle much of the MWC as well in the Big-12 case raiding the AAC in an effort to make the most of the situation.
While still unlikely, that would at any rate feasible if enough of the prospective members wanted to go that route (which itself is open to question).
Getting the PAC-12 to vote on kicking a large number of its members to the curb is not: indeed, kicking out three in the Pac-12 would need either 8 or 9 members supporting (depending on where their supermajority is set) and its highly unlikely this plan would be supported by Washington, Oregon
or Arizona. And if the by-laws include due cause for kicking a school out, "not worth enough money in the media contract" doesn't count as due cause.
The OP is yet another in a long line of "Playing Realignment Risk" posts that neglect the fact that a conference can not act like a commerical corporation with the schools as wholly owned subsidiaries, but is rather a member owned, member controlled co-op.