re: Will you still care?

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the basis for those TV contracts that have spawned all of the changes disappear?

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To me, it's doubtlessly moving towards a TV dominated sport, if we're not there already. I think a lot of teams will keep their base, even if it's smaller than NFL teams

Does that mean the SEC tries to sweep all of Florida by adding FSU Miami FL?

The fans are being left out of this plan. I can see half empty stadiums becoming commonplace.

This is all about ESPN not wanting to pay top dollar but for maybe 30 or so teams. So many teams will be left out and some will surprise you.

Possible left out in Big Ten:
Illinois
Indiana
Northwestern
Rutgers
Minnesota

Possible left out in SEC:
Vanderbilt
South Carolina
Missouri
Mississippi State
Ole Miss

The Big12, ACC, and PAC12 are in trouble with their high profile programs being taken by the SEC or the BIG.

I think that the Big & SEC are going to create a new top level of College Football and this level will leave behind the programs which just are not really on the same level and are just drawing a check that the top teams (Texas, OU for example) actually earn. Teams like Kansas, Iowa State, TCU, Texas Tech, and others will be at a different level.

I think is at that point done and these top teams will govern themselves.

Look at Alabama, LSU, UGA. Is Washington State, Cal, Kansas, etc really on that level? No.

After the first shift becomes a reality and in place, my wonder is what the next move becomes?

Let's say a Vanderbilt, Missouri, South Carolina, Rutgers, Maryland, Northwestern, etc. are continuing to get drubbed in the super conferences and others like a Miami, Florida State, Stanford, Oregon, Washington, Notre Dame, BYU, etc. want in. How does that influence what the super conferences look like, say, ten years from now? Will those that don't have $100 million NIL payrolls start falling out of the super conferences to be supplanted by schools presently on the outside with larger NIL funding that are looking to get in? That circumstance could occur with the "haves" and "have nots" becoming even more significant.

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Will you still care?

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Not so much. I've found that as I get older, I care less and less about LSU football. The more it strays from those nights playing Tulane, Ole Miss and Alabama, the less it means to me.

The stadium atmosphere is generic garbage now. Barely ever hear the Golden Band From Tigerland, no more Mike, and televised games that break up the action so much, you almost forget you're there to watch a football game.

The tailgating atmosphere has changed as well. It's more corporate, less ad hoc than it used to be. It's become cold and not as welcoming as it used to be.

Then there are the players. I remember Tommy Casanova winning All-America 3 times in a row. Than can never realistically happen again. It's more like college basketball now where you basically get a whole new team every season.