to assume that the Big Ten still exists. Given the recent changes in college athletics (specifically football) there may be a growing movement that the power conferences should separate themselves somehow from the rest of DI schools. So what I proposed was that 64-100 schools decide to do 1 of the following options:

A. Form a new division level within the NCAA umbrella;
B. Form a new association (amateur); or
C. Form a new association (professional).

Once they make that decision, then the next decision they have to make is how to organize themselves. Let's assume for the sake of discussion the schools jointly decide to dissolve the ACC, Big Ten, Big XII, Pac 12, and SEC. Then reorganize themselves as 1 conference to void all the GORs that are currently in place in an effort to wipe the slate clean for this new association/conference. "Per the Business of College Sports, the Big Ten, Pac-12 and Big 12 have execute these types of deals already" (from link). The schools decide to re-organize themselves based on regions and use the following names for the group: New England Region, Mid-Atlantic Region, Southeast Region, Central Region, Midwest Region, Rocky Mountain Region, Pacific Region, and Southwest Region. It is possible they made decide to use "Division" or even "Conference" in lieu of "Region." I think they would be hesitant to use "Conference" because it would be too confusing since the new association/division level is already 1 conference.

The reason to re-organize as 1 conference would be to allow them to pool their resources together for negotiation of media contracts while potentially circumventing antitrust laws (assuming the new association/division level wasn't exempt from antitrust laws). Also, as a group it would drive the value of the overall product to where 1 network may not be able to afford to have a monopoly. Instead the media contracts would be similar to how the various pro leagues do it now. The 1 major difference is that all the networks would have equal access to the 8 regions. The networks would have to bid against each other to establish a selection order for each region to divide up all the games. The networks then decide on which games they want to broadcast or not. I guess the networks could even trade amongst themselves the rights to broadcast a game (if they desire). Also, by forming 1 conference then it makes it easier to decide that they only want to compete against themselves which is no different than how the pro leagues do it.

If you compare this new structure to how the NFL is currently structured then it might look like this:

new association (or conference) name = NFL
nothing really equates to AFC and NFC (although the schools could decide to evenly divide up the 8 regions to create 2 conferences for playoff purposes)
regions = AFC and NFC divisions