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Yep throw out a high number so the number you want to get feels reasonable.

Oldest negotiating trick in the book. Make them feel like what you want is a reasonable concession.

PS If you ever read about Watergate, G. Gordon Liddy used it to get them to Fund Watergate. He threw out a huge number, then cut it in half and then cut in half again until they funded the break in. Only one guy was against it, and that was the guy who wasn’t there on the first two numbers.

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Welp. It was nice knowin' ya, Notre Dame. (CFP expansion coming soon) -- Maroon Baboon 06/08/2021 8:44PM

I was a lawyer for over 32 years -- TerryD 06/09/2021 01:39AM

Yep throw out a high number so the number you want to get feels reasonable. -- Stech 06/09/2021 06:22AM

Not there yet, automatic bids to Power Conferences Campions is a big deal, -- Stech 06/08/2021 7:12PM

If automatic P5 bids are a big deal, then breaking up a conference is less -- Maroon Baboon 06/08/2021 8:38PM

My article had direct quotes from the then Texas AD you don’t believe that? -- Stech 06/08/2021 11:56PM

So you think we are staying at 4 then? -- Maroon Baboon 06/09/2021 01:46AM

I think we are headed to 8, but not sure if now or later. ** -- Stech 06/09/2021 05:46AM

There should 8 P5 conferences of 11 teams each. Play 10 conference games, 2 -- NokieHokie 06/08/2021 8:22PM

I would love that. -- Maroon Baboon 06/08/2021 8:27PM

That works too. Could have P7 conferences with the champs and one at large ** -- NokieHokie 06/08/2021 8:28PM

Could you imagine New Years? 🔥🔥🔥 -- Maroon Baboon 06/08/2021 8:35PM

Good plan. ** -- RJHokie 06/08/2021 8:24PM

I'd add that they could bring back round robin play and get rid of -- Maroon Baboon 06/08/2021 9:06PM

There should be no independents in the picture either..... -- RJHokie 06/08/2021 8:09PM

Agree, you are in a conference and qualify or you don't qualify, period. -- FLKEYSHOKIE 06/09/2021 9:17PM

Why? ** -- TerryD 06/09/2021 01:36AM

Because no single school should be treated like, ... -- Atlee Hokie 06/09/2021 02:50AM

Its not. Any school can be an independent. Some still are. -- TerryD 06/09/2021 07:57AM

Welp, since ND is heading the committee, I doubt that happens. -- Maroon Baboon 06/09/2021 01:57AM

Just believe that conferences are the better route to go. ** -- RJHokie 06/08/2021 8:19PM

That "opinion" is not a practical or legal reason to exclude schools ** -- TerryD 06/09/2021 01:40AM

Whatever...... -- RJHokie 06/09/2021 10:02AM

ND is never going to be excluded as an indy -- TerryD 06/09/2021 4:13PM

Never is a long time...... -- RJHokie 06/09/2021 4:54PM

Yep, so has the last 100 years -- TerryD 06/09/2021 8:10PM

But, times might be just a "changing". Past history doesn't "guarantee" -- FLKEYSHOKIE 06/09/2021 9:44PM

Things change as people pass on. ** -- RJHokie 06/09/2021 8:20PM

Yep. ** -- EDGEMAN 06/08/2021 5:57PM