You realize this is from August, the NCAA cancelled all fall sports championships, many P5’s cancelled fall sports on their own, and there is still an NCAA

I saw that and I’m not sure still it will actually happen. First the power five will have to create and fund their own oversight agency which would have to come from their own pockets and not from the benefit of 1200 member schools paying dues and sharing resources. I’m not sure that something they want to do. And the commission report was for all of FBs, not just a power 5

To me the biggest consideration is being a force within your conference. Being one of those Top 3 programs that are regularly discussed by the media as a force in the conference race. Otherwise I don't care what conference you're in if you aren't doing anything in it it doesn't matter. Does anyone talk about LaSalle basketball because they are in the A10?

Then I think its how competitive that conference is nationally. Playing in Division 1 with the P5 makes cracking into the basketball or football Top 25 very difficult. It would be difficult enough with the resource disparity but they also stack the schedule with cupcakes at home which is acceptable by the polls since they already play the P5 competition in conference.

The best outcome I think is if the P5 just left in all sports that way the MAC would be one of the top conferences left behind. They can have their own NCAA tournament on ESPN while traditional Division 1 continues to have a viable tournament on CBS.

The missed point here is if the P5 splits off they have to fund, by themselves all the support that the NCAA provides, have to hire their own investigation teams and compliance teams, and WITHOUT the subsidy of 1200 other schools membership dues.

The reality is, if the P5 schools agreed to form the new conference, there would be absolutely no issue finding the money to make it work based on the revenue it would generate, nor would they have an issue building the committees they need. Since I’m assuming this league would be changing their rules, allowing schools to pay players, and so on, I think it essentially becomes a semi-pro league over time.

There’s 65 Power 5 football teams. They could play a March Madness style tournament where everyone gets in. Can you imagine how much money those games would make? Through ticket sales and ad space?

The other question I have is do all of the member schools contribute equally? For example, I can’t imagine Wittenberg is contributing the same amount of money as OSU, a university of 60,000+ students. Iif they aren’t contributing the same amount of money, then it’s possible the P5 is better off because they aren’t helping support the smaller schools and money from media contracts, playoffs, tournaments merchandise, etc. is divided among fewer schools.

I think the way the P5 ultimately breaks off is a TV network approaches some individual who is not currently a coach or administrator but is highly respected in the NCAA and College football in general. Someone who would become the commissioner of the new league and communicate with the big time programs and league commissioners to sell them on the idea. Then for the most part the network winds up paying for the league through streaming and televising games. Basically you get someone like Peyton Manning, Urban Meyer, Desmond Howard, or whoever to be the commissioner and then try organizing from there. Who knows if that’s how it happens, but it seems to make sense to me.

Please stop confusing them with the facts.

The answer to your first question is unquestionably no. Nobody cares about LaSalle basketball just because they're in the A10.

However, I don't think you should discount how much more clear being in the A10 makes LaSalle's path to relevancy. All you've got to do is win games and you'll be relevant.

A-10 sets up their schedule so only the top teams play each other home and home every year. LaSalle then perpetually ends up in the second divisions unless a miracle year.