Spiderlegs is absolutely right. When the Big Five attain independence, whether inside or outside of the NCAA, everything changes. They will grant stipends to their athletes (I refuse to call them students) and that will end the delusions of the MAC, Sun Belt, and other pretenders. In a few years, we will be looking at four levels of college football: Elite (Big Five plus Notre Dame,) Division 1, Division 2, and Division 3. Why spend a fortune "moving up" when those schools will all be "coming down" to us.